Fun fact from Mike Salfino: No passer in the league attempts a higher rate of 30+ yard passes than Tim Tebow. Few attempt fewer than Mark Sanchez.
Jets don’t take many downfield shots
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Previewing Giants-Eagles with John Fennelly
The Sexiest Man Alive distinction is a sham
Actor Bradley Cooper was named People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive,” which serves as proof that the distinction is a complete flavor-of-the-month sham never meant to reward the real sexiest man alive.
Because Bradley Cooper? C’mon. I could probably argue he wasn’t even the sexiest man in The Hangover 2 if only I were willing to watch The Hangover 2. He’s weasel-y looking, and he doesn’t even have a strong jawline. Unless he’s got some Gerard Depardieu thing about him that defies all objective standards of handsomeness and randomly appeals to women/the editors of People magazine, I fail to see how there’s any way he’s anywhere close to the Sexiest Man Alive.
Hell, I could name you fifteen men right now off the top of my head that are decidedly better looking than Bradley Cooper. First, Christian Bale. Then there’s a big gap, then, I don’t know, George Clooney, Hugh Jackman, Mark Sanchez, the guy from the Old Spice commercials, Brad Pitt, Josh Brolin, almost the entire male cast of X-Men First Class besides Oliver Platt, Idris Elba, and… how many is that? Hell, I can practically guarantee there’s a shirtless dude outside Hollister on 5th Avenue right now making passersby feel uncomfortable that’s better looking than Bradley Cooper.
And people will be like, “well you should be proud of Bradley Cooper, as a fellow Georgetown man.” Incorrect. It’s called “Sexiest Man Alive,” not “Vaguely Attractive Man Who’s Currently En Vogue” or, in this case, “Smarmy-Looking Fella You Should Endorse as Handsome Because He Went to Your College.” Plus it’s not like Bradley Cooper and I would’ve hung out if we overlapped at college.
People Magazine needs to either end the charade and change the name or just be honest about it and give the distinction to Bale every single year. Enough is enough with this.
Bahamian baseball
Alex passes along this video highlighting the growing popularity of baseball in the Bahamas. I really hope Lynden Pindling III makes the Majors, because the All-Dickens-Name team could really use an upgrade over Norris Hopper in the outfield.
Which closer should the Mets pursue?
Eno Sarris polls the Amazin’ Avenue community to determine its preferred available free-agent late-inning reliever. There are a bunch of good options, but I like physical freaks so I voted for Jonathon Broxton.
Vaguely related: When they kick at your front door, how you gonna come?
Excuse me?
We are not like the Basketball Wives; we are classy…. [The Mets] were scared of my big fun bags. They were afraid they were too big, and they were going to obstruct the view of the fans seeing the game. Plus they were intimidated by them themselves. So they had to trade him, I guess. I don’t know why you would trade a stud pitcher. I don’t know why it became about me. But it kind of makes me feel good that they were intimidated by me.
Wait a minute: Who’s the “stud pitcher” in question?
Talking Tebow with Josh Zerkle
In which I call Tim Tebow “the Nickelback of Quarterbacks.”
Nick Evans: Gone, and long since forgotten
Remember Nick Evans? Yeah, don’t worry: few do. Least of all Major League managers.
It’s a shame though, because Evans can hit at least a little bit. And he can play a bunch of positions, and he’s still relatively young. But he’s the victim of a numbers crunch in Flushing: The Mets have a bunch of prospects they need to protect in the upcoming Rule 5 draft that they must feel offer more long-term upside than Evans, so they outrighted Evans to Buffalo to clear space on the 40-man roster, and Evans elected free agency.
Evans will catch on somewhere, and I suspect within a couple of years he’ll find his way into a regular Major League gig for part of a season and rack up 15 homers or so, then Mets fans everywhere will flip out, like, “never should of traided Nick Evans!” Then Evans will serve as a useful cog off some team’s bench for a few years, and then, of course, fade away as we all ultimately do.
None of that now appears likely to happen with the Mets, which seems too bad to those of us who came to root for the young man every time he got passed over for obvious opportunities by various managers. But decent-hitting right-handed corner-bat types aren’t terribly difficult to replace, so losing Evans to free agency hardly cripples the Mets’ future.
Mostly Mets Podcast
New Mostly Mets Podcast. And lo! It is good. On iTunes here.
Rundown
0:00 Hello
1:00 Fishy Marlins Reyes Rumors
– With a brief Phillies digression
– The role of Shake Shack
15:00 Marlins Logos/Uniforms. Learning from the Sand Gnats
23:00 Call-in Question
– A forgotten prospect
33:30 Email
– New CBA
43:00 – More Sandy Sweater vests
47:00 – How working in baseball has changed us
54:00 – Helping Patrick pick a college basketball team
Pascucci returns
The Mets have signed Vinny Rottino and Valentino Pascucci to minor league deals, sources told ESPNNewYork.com.
And Vinny Rottino, for good measure. Bensonhurst is abuzz tonight!
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