Items of note

Well the Jets won, but holy crap, how bad is Kellen Clemens? I mean, granted he hasn’t played in a long time and he never got any real rhythm going, but one time he dropped back and fell down. That’s no good.

Dan Graziano weighed in on what the Jets need to do to make the playoffs.

For what it’s worth, I think I’m in love with Darrelle Revis. And it’s so awesome that Thomas Jones is the son of coal miners. Badass.

Speaking of the Jets, their old home, Hofstra University, announced yesterday that it’s cutting its football team. Too bad. My high school coach was good friends with Joe Gardi, so we used to get to work out with the Hofstra guys some times. It was cool to have a reasonable program nearby, even if it wasn’t exactly Penn State.

The Mets made the Henry Blanco deal official. Apparently it’s for $1.5 million, which seems a little excessive, but like I said yesterday, Blanco’s not bad. Sam Page expounds.

3 thoughts on “Items of note

  1. Ted, did you notice Billy Beane pried Jake Fox away from the Cubs for nothing last night?

    (http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/1613/as-and-cubs-swap-no-names)

    Exactly the kind of AAA stud (like Nelson Cruz) you advised the Mets to go after. He’s also a guy I’ve been crusading for the Mets to go after (along with Kelly Shoppach).

    I hope the Mets don’t go on to regret missing out on both of these guys, who were obtained basically for free.

    • I did see that, and I agree. Supposedly Fox is best suited to being a DH, but if he could handle first at all he’d make a nice platoon partner with Murphy. And Jeff Gray doesn’t appear to be anything special.

  2. Blanco’s not bad. But pairing him with another old righthanded catcher with no speed (Bengie Molina) is bad. Maybe Omar will surprise us all and not sign get Mr. Molina.

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