With Moises Alou as sturdy as a three-legged dog these days and Ryan Church's status in doubt, the Mets are in dire need of a proven, everyday corner outfielder with some pop. But Barry Bonds? Are they serious?
Bonds is more radioactive than Three-Mile Island. Not only does his baggage outweight any possible return his 43-year-old body is still capable of producing, but he isn't even the right fit.
The Mets need someone who can play adequate defense and, at the very least, is a right-handed bat capable of balancing their lefty-heavy lineup. A stationary peach basket in left field may catch more than they left-handed hitting Bonds can these days.
Recent reports (Click Here for the story) have suggested that acquiring the beleagured BALCO posterboy Barry Bonds is an option that Mets' GM Omar Minaya has yet to dismiss. Now, to be fair, the Bonds-Mets story could be a by-product of high-caliber sensationalism on behalf of a saavy media corps, but still what is wrong with Omar? Why didn't Minaya automatically, and loudly, reject any idea of Bonds joining the Mets?
I guess Minaya wholeheartedly believes in the old notion that "no publicity is bad publicity." They already invited the circus to town with the way they dismissed Willie Randolph. In the aftermath of that debacle, even flirting with the idea of bringing Bonds in is baffling.
Omar Minaya needs to get on the phones if he hasn't done so already. The Mets need a temporary bailout in the outfield, but Bonds won't cut it.
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Known for some of radio's randiest hits, Madonna surprisingly doesn't kiss on the first date. C-Rod's lawyer is not accusing A-Rod and the material girl of any adulturous sexual activity, but is simply claiming that the relationship between the Bronx Bomber and 49-year-old vixen is an example of A-Rod's emotional abandonment. Read more courtesy of The New York Post.
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The New York Mets won the final three games of their four-game set with the first-place Phillies in Philadelphia capped by a 10-9, nearly-disastrous slugfest on Monday night. Although Mel Rojas and Armando Benitez no longer where the Orange and Blue, this Mets' fan couldn't help but think of the days when they caused more heartburn than a Jimmy Buff's Italian hot dog.
A night after Joe Smith turned in one of the team's top relief efforts in recent memory, the Mets' bullpen nearly did something that could only be fathomable with the aforementioned dynamic duo present. After 5.1 innings of two-run ball from Pedro Martinez, a tandem of Mets' relievers, the very mortal Billy Wagner included, surrendered seven runs and nearly produced the biggest buzzkill since Yadier Molina.
But the Mets survived. With the tying run on second base after Carlos Beltran exercised judgement that makes Rudy Guiliani's Florida Primary strategy look logical, Wagner averted disaster by getting Jayson Werth to fly out into the glove of Endy Chavez.
It has been ugly and tumultuous. Not just last night's game, but the entire season has taken more dips than the DOW Jones. Still, at 45-44, the Mets are above the .500 mark for the first time since June 5 and sit only 2.5 games back of their turnpike rivals.
The Mets are in the black, but is it a bull market ahead?
Bonds is more radioactive than Three-Mile Island. Not only does his baggage outweight any possible return his 43-year-old body is still capable of producing, but he isn't even the right fit.
The Mets need someone who can play adequate defense and, at the very least, is a right-handed bat capable of balancing their lefty-heavy lineup. A stationary peach basket in left field may catch more than they left-handed hitting Bonds can these days.
Recent reports (Click Here for the story) have suggested that acquiring the beleagured BALCO posterboy Barry Bonds is an option that Mets' GM Omar Minaya has yet to dismiss. Now, to be fair, the Bonds-Mets story could be a by-product of high-caliber sensationalism on behalf of a saavy media corps, but still what is wrong with Omar? Why didn't Minaya automatically, and loudly, reject any idea of Bonds joining the Mets?
I guess Minaya wholeheartedly believes in the old notion that "no publicity is bad publicity." They already invited the circus to town with the way they dismissed Willie Randolph. In the aftermath of that debacle, even flirting with the idea of bringing Bonds in is baffling.
Omar Minaya needs to get on the phones if he hasn't done so already. The Mets need a temporary bailout in the outfield, but Bonds won't cut it.
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Known for some of radio's randiest hits, Madonna surprisingly doesn't kiss on the first date. C-Rod's lawyer is not accusing A-Rod and the material girl of any adulturous sexual activity, but is simply claiming that the relationship between the Bronx Bomber and 49-year-old vixen is an example of A-Rod's emotional abandonment. Read more courtesy of The New York Post.
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The New York Mets won the final three games of their four-game set with the first-place Phillies in Philadelphia capped by a 10-9, nearly-disastrous slugfest on Monday night. Although Mel Rojas and Armando Benitez no longer where the Orange and Blue, this Mets' fan couldn't help but think of the days when they caused more heartburn than a Jimmy Buff's Italian hot dog.
A night after Joe Smith turned in one of the team's top relief efforts in recent memory, the Mets' bullpen nearly did something that could only be fathomable with the aforementioned dynamic duo present. After 5.1 innings of two-run ball from Pedro Martinez, a tandem of Mets' relievers, the very mortal Billy Wagner included, surrendered seven runs and nearly produced the biggest buzzkill since Yadier Molina.
But the Mets survived. With the tying run on second base after Carlos Beltran exercised judgement that makes Rudy Guiliani's Florida Primary strategy look logical, Wagner averted disaster by getting Jayson Werth to fly out into the glove of Endy Chavez.
It has been ugly and tumultuous. Not just last night's game, but the entire season has taken more dips than the DOW Jones. Still, at 45-44, the Mets are above the .500 mark for the first time since June 5 and sit only 2.5 games back of their turnpike rivals.
The Mets are in the black, but is it a bull market ahead?
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