Schneider Dealt

Mets deal Milledge for Nats' Church, Schneider

Early word is that Mets fans are said to be disappointed to have dealt their once-prized outfielder of the future. Let's be real, though. It's not everyday you get yourself a five-tool handyman like Schneider. The club house will never be in such great working order.

I Thought You Said That You Was Alright Spida

Read this interview in SI with Michael "Spider" Imperioli:

Q&A: Michael Imperioli

Aside from being shocked that he is 41, I was highly impressed and amsused.

Particularly liked this quote:

"In acting, everything is OK. If it's all right that I put someone's head through a window, than I guess it's OK to wear a Met uniform."

That's called a professional, Ben Affleck. Mumbling, stuttering, little f*ck.



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Update!

Painting compliments of Harvey_Bars at Yardbarker and Tirico Suave.

"Look at this. It's beautiful. One dog goes one way and the other goes the other. One's facing east, the other west. He's saying, 'Whaddya want from me?'"

Jimmy Fallon will eventually kill your franchise

I came across this little blurb on the NY Post Gossip section:

SIGHTING: Jimmy Fallon and Rangers Sean Avery and Brendan Shanahan at the Waverly Inn after the Blueshirts won their season home opener

I really thought nothing of it until I saw this on ESPN.com

Avery suffers separated shoulder after taking hit

Then I remembered reading this back in 2004 during the Sox run, the Yankee collapse and the abortion know as Fever Pitch.

"I was never really serious with one team. I was into the Mets because my Dad worked at IBM where he got free Mets tickets, so I was into the Mets ... then I got to "Saturday Night Live" where my boss has unbelievable N.Y. Yankees tickets, so he invites us to the games. I'm going to all the games, so I might as well root for the team I'm gonna go sit with. I became a Yankees fan for a few years. But now, I gotta say, I'm really rooting for the Red Sox." -Jimmy Fallon

The first thing lesson in all this is all you need is a pair of premium seats and Fallon is your best friend and a fan of the home team toot-sweet. But let’s dig deeper.

Fallon claims he began a Mets fan, so he was about 12 when they won the World Series in 1986. At twelve years old, a kid is into sports but is probably more concerned with touching girl’s boobies or lighting things on fire. But he was still a fan. Since 1986, the Mets have done bump kiss except a few NLCS losses, a World Series appearance (more on that in a second) and a fluky “worst collapse in baseball history.”

Fallon’s tenure on SNL ran from 1998-2006, in which he was a Yankee fan till that 2004 quote. So he was “rooting for them” during two World Series victories, two series losses to Arizona and Florida and a couple first round exits. One of those World Series wins was against Fallon’s first team, the New York Mets. When you are putting the kibosh on two teams, one must lose, usually the team you killed for so long (in this case, the Mets.)

Don’t believe that theory? Fine, let’s look at 2004 where Fallon’s new-old team (Yankees) lost to his new-new team (Sox) in historic fashion. It would have been a normal loss if Fallon wasn’t filming a movie about being a tortured Sox fan. The premise being his love for a team that always breaks his heart and loses. And we know the baseball god’s love irony so they had to let the Sox win the World Series. Since then? A 2005 ALDS loss to the White Sox and a 2006 playoff no-show last season.

If Fallon shows up at an ALCS game wearing a Sox, Yankees or Indians hat all hell could break loose. But luckily for those fan bases, Jimmy has now turned his attention to hockey.

According to SI.com, the Rangers are a preseason favorite for Atlantic Conference champs and a Stanley Cup appearance.

This could either mean a Rangers Stanley Cup win or a huge disappointment; beginning with…oh I don’t know…a separated shoulder for a key player.

Still don’t believe me? Ask Horatio Sanz and IBM.

It's Been a Long Time

Citizens Bank Park will soon be called, "The House that Cole Built", literally, since Cole built the entire stadium by himself, on only 3 days rest.

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Come on out and...

meet the Mets....

Separated at Birth

My Name is Dobbs

Sweating out the Phillies game in between NFL telecasts, Ariel says to me: "Don't worry, your boy Dobbsy's up."

BANG!

Salami.

Karma is a good thing. Bless you, Ariel, pulling your best Patty Arquette/Alabama Woorley.

The new Tom Terrific.

While everyone else was watching Bonds and A-Rod hit their milestone homeruns this weekend, Tom Glavine went out and won his 300th game.

All-knowing baseball gnome Tim Kurkjian sums it up:

“In beating the Cubs on Sunday night, Glavine became the 23rd pitcher to win 300 games, 135 more wins than Koufax. Glavine has the fifth-most wins among left-handers and the sixth-most wins in the National League since 1900. He made 10 All-Star teams, won two Cy Young awards and has five 20-win seasons, more than Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz, Barry Zito, Carlos Zambrano and Mike Mussina combined.

The common denominator of the greatest pitchers of all time is durability: Glavine has never been on the disabled list. He has made at least 25 starts in 19 consecutive seasons; only Greg Maddux, with 20, has a longer streak in baseball history.

Glavine also has 14 postseason victories; only Smoltz, with 15, has more. Glavine did all this without throwing 95 mph, but few pitchers have commanded a fastball and changeup better than he has.

Every 300-game winner who's eligible for the Hall of Fame is in. So 300 is the benchmark, but who will be next to get there?”