Sunday, January 27, 2008
Johan is the Dictator of the deal, and the Twins Can Decide Whether they want Draft Picks or Players
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The Knicks STILL Are Embarassed by the Celtics

Thursday, January 17, 2008
Hey Oh! That's 3 In a Row!

Wednesday, January 16, 2008
BREAKING NEWS! KNICKS TRYING SOMETHING NEW: WINNING
WOW! DO MY EYES DECEIVE ME? THE KNICKS, THE NEW YORK KNICKS, STILL OF NEW YORK THAT PLAY AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, HAVE WON TWO IN A ROW! AGAINST TWO SOLID TEAMS NO LESS!?
I'm in shock. So is the rest of the NBA and world for that matter. It seems to me that the only person NOT surprised is Isiah Thomas, "The Prophet." Apparently, Zeke knew that the Knicks would somehow pull off the miracle blowout, "Fluke of 2008", 24 point victory over the Detroit Pistons, and then even win the very next night against the ailing Wizards.
Let's be frank here: Both of those teams playing their 7-12 men on the roster could beat the Knicks on any given day, which is why these 2 straight wins are so special.
Could it be the correct usage of the bench? Possibly. Could it be that the Knicks are ACTUALLY moving the ball, (except for when it is in Randolph's hands)? It could be. Could it even be the fact that they are playing defense for the first time since Van Gundy was in charge of the team?

I mean, about freaking time! Isiah Thomas, way to utilize the bench, and guess what? I AM NOT BEING SARCASTIC! I am one of the biggest Isiah Thomas haters, but lately, he has been utilizing his bench very nicely, giving hard workers such as Renaldo Balkman and Nate Robinson playing time, and it is ACTUALLY paying dividends! Who knew!
Now, for this team to climb out of the cellar, it is going to have to do a few things, the most important of which is to keep playing tough, hard nosed, TEAM basketball.
Another is split up Randolph and Curry for good. It's gotta be done. I'm sorry, they have failed. In theory, it was a good idea, but it just hasn't worked out. When Curry is in, the other man down low should be David Lee, who continues to contribute.
The same goes for Zach Randolph. His partner down low needs to be David Lee. Lee isn't a ball hog like either of the two I just mentioned, and is OK with not being the first scoring option. Curry or Randolph have to be dealt, for something, ANYTHING! GET A WATER COOLER! All I can say is the tandem has failed, and one of them needs to go.
Starbury, Q-Rich, who is just DREADFUL, and Jared Jeffries all need to go, as well. Starbury is...well he's Starbury, which is now being written into medical books as a type of Cancer. Q-Rich is just awful...he cannot shoot the rock any worse than he has this season without becoming Jared Jeffries, bringing me to why Jeffries must go...he is even WORSE than Richardson.
If you were not just listed, please vacate Madison Square Garden immediately, and please leave your jersey; it costs money.
Point is, the Knicks are playing hard, and Isiah Thomas is starting to realize who goes out to win, and who goes out there to just go out there.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Biggets Fluke of this still Very Young 2008: Knicks beating the Pistons, at the Garden, by 24

Wednesday, January 9, 2008
The Year That is Shea: The Nationally Adopted and Official Pre-Game Mix

Once again.
Forget the discussions and debates.
It's time to celebrate.
One more time...
Song 1. MEET THE METS/Mets Originals
-Need I say more?
Song 2. BLEED IT OUT/Linkin Park
-"Yeah here we go for the hundreth time, hand grenade pins in every line. Throw 'em up and let something shine, going out of my f-ing mind." If this song doesn't get you pumped up for what's in your future, then damn it man, you have no soul!
Song 3. START ME UP/Rolling Stones
-Entrance songs for our Mets in the 2005 season. A classic song that reminds you, "Oh yeah, it's Mets baseball time."
Song 4. PARADISE CITY/Guns 'n Roses
-"Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty. Oh please, take me home..."
Song 5. STRONGER/Kanye West
-"N-n-now th-that don't kill me, can only make me stronger. I need you to hurry up now, 'cause I can't wait much longer. I know I got to be right now, 'cause I can't get much wronger. Man I've been waitin' all night now, that's how long I've been on ya..." Try and sum up the transition from 2007 to 2008 any better than Kanye. I dare you. You know why I dare you? 'Cause i know you can't.
Song 6. HEY BABY/DJ Otiz
-Pepsi Party Patrol. End of story.
Song 7. LAZY MARY/Lou Monte
-Thank the lord for John Franco and the 7th inning stretch.
Song 8. GUERILLA RADIO/Rage Against the Machine
-"It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime. What better place than here, what better time than now?" Forget politics, Rage was speaking straight to the Met fan with this line.
Song 9. ENTER SANDMAN/Metallica
-Billy Wagner. Stage right.
Song 10. THE BEAT KICKS/Breeze & Styles
-At this point in our trip, we are in New York and quickly approaching the cathedral of Shea Stadium. Turn up the techno, get me pumped up. The beat kicks.
Song 11. EVERYTIME WE TOUCH/Cascada
-Not only a great pump up song for Shea, it is the track the Shea stereo blasts whenever Endy "The Catch" Chavez hits a double.
Song 12. ONE MORE TIME/Daft Punk
-The Song of 2008.
Song 13. SEE THE LIGHT (SY AND UNKNOWN REMIX)/Paradise
-The Song of 2006. Simply never gets old.
Song 14. DANCE ME/Heaven-7
-Bringing back the classic from the '06 mix. Keeps your blood pumping after the 2 stalwarts of the mix.
Song 15. SANDSTORM/DJ Darude
-Cue Noise Meter.
Song 16. MANIAC/Hits of the 80's
-For John Maine. Simply put, he's a maniac on the rubber.
Song 17. WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT/Twisted Sister
-For all those doubters out there that think the Mets can't do it. Screw You.
Song 18. REMEMBER THE NAME/Fort Minor featuring Styles of Beyond
-Entrance song for '06 that still speaks volumes.
The Mix. The Mets. The Shea. 2008.
The Year That is Shea: The Nationally Adopted and Official Post-Game Mix

No more changes.
No more discussions.
If there is one thing I certainly am, it's a overly-addicted Mets fan. And I will not settle for any more talk, debate, or discussion to what will be on my creation i stress over for months and months after every Mets season:
The creation of the next year's Mets pre and post-game mixes.
Now, I'm starting you all out with the post-game mix. Because, simply, the pre-game isn't finished quite yet. That's how long it takes me to make it perfect. I go to no ends to make the mix everything it is. Last year, I openly take some blame for the Mets struggling and my disappointing 20-21 Win/Loss record at Met games. I never was satisfied with one mix, and constantly changed the mix. This year, not the case. Consistency and awesome is the game. The Mets are my name.
THE MIX AND REASONS WHY: I hope you have a change of pants. This is going to get messy...
Song 1. TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS/Bachman-Turner Overdrive
-Why? Easiest question in the world. The goal is to see the Mets win. What do the Mets play after a win...
Song 2. YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG/ AC/DC
-Making its second appearance on the post-game mix, this AC/DC classic is a solid representation of what Shea Stadium does to the Pinch Hitters after every Mets game.
Song 3. ROXANNE/The Police
-A simple, easy song that compliments You Shook Me All Night Long very well is also a good song to play under any circumstances that brings us back down to home.
Song 4. LIVIN' ON A PRAYER/Bon Jovi
-If you can think back to the dream year of 2006, the Mets used to alternate between Sweet Caroline and this as the 8th inning sing along. Personally, i prefer this. It's more...Mets baseball.
Song 5. DANCIN'/Morillo, Romero and Nunez
-The techno remix to Metallica's Enter Sandman, a song I and noted Mets analyst and devoted fan Ted Youngling still believe to this day should be Billy Wagner's entrance song from the 'pen.
Song 6. KING OF ROCK AND ROLL/cKy
-This song defines a car ride home with the Pinch Hitters from Shea. There's usually a huge tractor-trailer involved as well...
Song 7. TRIBUTE/Tenacious D
-"He asked us: (snort) Be you angels? And we said 'Nay. We are but men. ROCK!"
Song 8. WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN (KARL G REMIX)/Artic Monkeys
-The perfect song to keep you amped and awake after a thrilling Mets win. As Youngling would say: "The bass is just...powerful."
Song 9. SCOTTY DOESN'T KNOW/Lustra
-We dedicated this song unjustly at first to Scott Schoeneweis for his inability to record outs in the beginning part of the year. Since then, we have reformed the dedication to Scott's inability to ever seem happy on the mound...
Song 10. VIOLENT PORNOGRAPHY/System of a Down
-Maybe the funniest song of all time that also keeps the adrenaline pumping. And not the way Roger Clemens kept his adrenaline pumping...
Song 11. B.O.B./Outkast
-"Get back home, things are wrong. Well not really, it was bad all along, before you left adds up to a ball of power. Thoughts at a thousands miles per hour, hello, ghetto, let your brain breathe. Believe there's always mo', OWWWW!"
Song 12. JUMP AROUND/House of Pain
-"I'll serve your ass like John McEnroe" also, take a trip down memory lane with me. During the Clincher of the Division in September of '06, the 'Stache provided the power for the Mets with 2 home runs. Now I ask you, of all the songs the Mets could've played, which did they play after his 2nd homer...
Song 13. CRANK THAT/Soulja Boy
-Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Song 14. CHACARRON/La Yanta
-The greatest walk-up song ever for Jose Reyes, who desperately needs to bring this classic back.
Song 15. ROMPE'/Daddy Yankee
-We, the Pinch Hitters, continue to support Carlos Delgado. If we don't, we'll have no chance next year.
Song 16. PROMISCUOUS/Nelly Furtado & Timbaland
-The music video Shea always played in '06 along with Snow to kill time. And maybe the hottest music video of all time. A little riske on the Mets part, but I'm not complaining.
Song 17. RED ALERT/Basement Jaxx
-"And the music keeps us playing on and on..."
Song 18. HELICOPTER/Bloc Party
-Always needing that one song that connects the Mets to the other national pastime: Guitar Hero
Song 19. THE IMPERIAL MARCH/John Williams
-Where would we be without a little Ramon Castro in our lives?
Song 20. 19-2000 (SOUL CHILD RE-MIX)/Gorillaz
-"It's the music that we choose..."



