I’m sick today and home from work, which means I’m watching the Price is Right, because that’s what you do when you’re home sick, even now in the age of TiVo when you don’t have to. Anyway, here are some items of note:
John Sickels provides his list of Top 20 Mets prospects. Sickels’ list seems as good as any I’ve seen, and I think he’s got a pretty good perspective about the Mets’ system in general. But — and forgive me if this sounds like homerism — I don’t think anybody touches Toby Hyde when it comes to knowledge of the Mets’ minors, so I’m eagerly awaiting his Top 41 for this year.
I will make no comment about this Gilbert Arenas affair other than to say that I really hope this leads to an Al Sharpton Twitter account.
UPDATE, 12:28 p.m.: Al Sharpton has a Twitter account. Obviously.
Joe Namath is appropriately surprised that everyone cares so much that Rex Ryan called his team the favorite to win the Super Bowl.
Let he who doesn’t have a soft spot in his heart for the Expos step forward. The pinwheel hat will always be one of my all-time favorites.
Tedquarters 
Huh, Derek Jeter could have ended up with Montreal, thereby delaying somewhat his time with the Yankees.
Growing up in West Palm Beach then Vero Beach I saw a lot of the Expos farm when the WPB Expos played the VB Dodgers (as well as the PSL Mets). I saw a lot of those guys playing at early time and even remember when Felipe Alou was managing them. My dad had me get his autograph for him back in 89 I think (dad’s a hardcore Braves fan and I a Mets). As you can see a young Mat Stairs and FP Santangelo who at the time thought had a great name for baseball…
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=37036
89 was also the year Keith didn’t sign my baseball card while he was rehabbing in PSL big jerk.
Your dad was a Braves fan while you were a Met fan? Jeez, the 90s must’ve been rough!