Author Archives: Ted Berg

Here is a photo of Mo Vaughn with a giant sandwich

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I’ve got meetings today. You’ve got Mo Vaughn with a giant sandwich:

Hat tip to Tino, who asks me if I could ever take on the challenge of reviewing something like the “Mo-Licious” seen here. The answer: I could try and at some point I probably will, but no chance I could eat that whole thing. Because I love food, I shy away from eating challenges that reward volume. If I ate that whole thing, I wouldn’t enjoy lunchmeat for a long time. And that would suck.

I did once win a lemon-eating contest, but that’s obviously a different skill. Actually, the attribute that won the challenge (and Amazon.com gift certificate) for me was my deftness in peeling citrus fruits.

Terry Collins on managing a bullpen

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Obviously with stuff like this it’s a lot easier to say the right things than actually do the right things with the game on the line, but it bodes well that the first thing Collins mentions about bullpen management is the pitcher’s workload. Probably also a good sign that he was himself once a bullpen coach.

The Mets should sign Pedro Martinez

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Yeah, I said it.

Rumor says Pedro is open to pitching again in the 2011 season. I have no idea how much he’ll cost, and last time he pulled this all the reports said he was prohibitively expensive. Plus if he’s coming back he’s probably going to want to come back to a team likely to win, and that conservatively puts about 10-15 teams in better position than the Mets. Also, he’s 39 now and hasn’t pitched a full season since his first in Flushing in 2005. And he doesn’t seem any more apt to stay healthy and contribute to the Mets in 2011 than Jeff Francis or Chris Young.

But every single time Pedro makes noise about a comeback, I will argue that the Mets should oblige him. Pedro Martinez is one of my favorite pitchers and humans of all time, and though I recognize that any future Major League incarnation of Pedro would likely appear a shell of his former self, I’d be thrilled to watch the shell again.

Plus, not for nothing, he was pretty good in his small-sample return for the Phillies in 2009, and it’s not like the Mets have a glut of starting pitching.

Apparently Carlos Beltran owns a restaurant

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The Mets have been using their @NewYorkMets Twitter account to have players answer questions from fans, which is awesome. Carlos Beltran participated today, and this was the most interesting interaction:

My favorite restaurant is Sofrito on E 57th. I am a part owner. The food is delicious. RT @rhongolf Carlos , Where do you like to eat?

As a fan of Carlos Beltran and food, I was surprised I hadn’t heard of this. Turns out there was a N.Y. Post item about it in August, and to Beltran’s credit, the Post wrote that he bought a share of the restaurant because he liked it so much. So he’s probably not just shilling for the place he owns in the above Tweet.

Sofrito is on the extreme East side of Manhattan, between 1st ave. and Sutton. The good gets pretty good reviews on MenuPages. Anyone ever been?