“Watching Ankiel try to hit Chapman was somewhere between comedy and tragedy; you got the sense that if Ankiel faced Chapman 100 times, he would strike out 100 times”
A man everyone calls “Goose” thinks K-Rod is a clown. Robble robble robble.
The Big East Tournament starts today. The Big East is so much better than the other conferences in basketball that the winner should just gain automatic entry into the NCAA finals. That’s the only fair way.
Eric Simon’s got another installment of the Make-The-Mets-O-Meter.
Tedquarters 
Hey Ted – I check your site daily. Great stuff for the sane Mets fans out there. Are you still writing flushing fussing for sny.tv?
Thanks Alex, and good question. To be honest, I’m not sure. Since I’m the editor of that site (and this one, naturally) it’s my call to make, and I never intended to shut down that space when I started up this one. But the traffic here has been surprisingly good and I love the feedback and interaction the comments section affords. Plus I’ve been posting so much content here that it’s just taken a lot of my time and thought and energy.
And when I think about it, I can’t really think of a great reason why to keep that column going when I can write the same things here. Can you? I’m not asking that rhetorically; I mean it for real, because you’re not the first person who has asked if the SNY.tv column will return. Is there a greater sense of legitimacy to the thoughts when they’re presented under the SNY.tv banner? Is my tone different?
Never really thought there was much difference. Frankly I thought this blog was part of SNY anyway. Tell us, how exactly does the relationship between the SNY blogs and SNY-proper work exactly? Are Metsblog et al. like contractors or are you guys on the SNY payroll. I know you’re an editor for SNY, but how about the other guys?
I don’t really want to speak for anyone else, plus the relationships all vary by blog, but I’m in a bit different situation than most since I’m a full-time SNY employee and this blog is only a part of my responsibilities here. All the blogs fall under the SNY umbrella, for whatever that’s worth, but in my case I’m paid my regular salary for all the work I do here, of which this is only a part.
Well, I sure am glad to know what Goose Gossage and his giant handlebar mustache think of the Mets’ closer. Whew.
I hope that the rest of us get the chance to see Chapman pitch before Dusty permanently disables him.
And damn, too bad the Mets were so gun-shy on Chapman. Anyone know whatever happened to that other guy, Maya?
Pretty sure that Maya is still unsigned.
From the article with the Goose Gossage quote:
“Mejia’s No. 76. Frankie’s No. 75,” Jerry Manuel said, referring to Francisco Rodriguez. “They might follow each other down there. That’s what I’m trying to tell you. My goodness.”
NOOOOOOOOOOOO. Will someone please hit Jerry in the head? (Not Jenrry, Jerry.)
Funny coincidence, Josh, but I told a friend just this morning that if Jerry doesn’t shut up about Mejia, I’m gonna hit him over his head with his bong.
Please, waterpipe.
That’s what I meant, of course.
The Big East is the best conference in CBB but its superiority is certainly overblown. The pollsters and ESPN vastly overrate the conference and this has a trickle down effect to our every day discourse on conference strength.
The more objective computer rankings tell a different story. RPI has 6 BE teams in their top 50, compared to 7 each for the ACC and Big 12. Kenpom.com gives a slight edge to the Big East, ranking 8 BE teams in the top 50 as compared to 7 each for ACC and B12.
The CBB media is often guilty of confirmation bias. It will tell a story and work the facts around to fit their story. Nothing proves this point better than the claim that the ACC is “having a down year” which has been repeated to no end in 2009-2010. A few commentators saw UNC struggle and to these people, the ACC = UNC and Duke. The concocted the “ACC is down” storyline and ran with it, despite the overwhelming evidence that shows that the ACC is at least a top 3 conference this year. No team in the ACC is lower than 78 in the kenpom rankings and 75% of the conference is in the RPI top 100.