On The Mets

The Mets signed Carlos Beltran. Hooray. Yes, he is a great player. Unfortunately, we know what happens to great players when they come to Shea... they suck! It's one thing to play centerfield inside the windless Astrodome, quite another to chase down fly balls in Shea's notoriously treacherous jet-washed swirling crosswinds.

Furthermore, the only way the Mets have ever won is with pitching. Shea is a pitcher's park.

Major league hitters will figure out a way to score and win if they know they have a great pitching staff holding it down. I'd rather have an ace than a slugger, and Pedro Martinez is no ace. Now that he has his ring, his money, and has signed his last contract what the hell does he care? Can't you just see him standing in the locker room after a loss with his gheri curls undermining Willie Randolph and being an all around destructive presence?

Just because all these guys speak spanish doesn't mean they're going to gel as a team. There is a "feel good" element to this team and its precedent setting "minorities" that really makes me wary. The "feel good" story of the spring could easily turn into the "feel bad" story of the summer.

With all the money and hoopla surrounding these high-profile signings Mets fans and the WFAN guys are going to be ready to go into firing squad mode if things start to go sour in July or August, and Omar Minaya will be first in the line of fire.

I personally will be taking on the nom de guerre "Abu Bonilla" of the militant KazmirBrigades, a group linked to two of the dumbest front office moves in history. (Bobby Bonilla and Scott Kazmir).