Cut down before his prime
The injury train rolls on. The latest victim: Jonathon Niese. Hamstring. Here’s the Mets’ 2009 season in a nutshell:
Promising young pitcher, promising young stache, HAMSTRING INJURY OUT FOR SEASON SURGERY ARRRGH!
Sorry for the caps.
It makes you wonder, if the Mets could have gone back and done it all over again, if a mustache would have helped? Maybe extra padding, I don’t know. I’m starting to think, though, that Big Pelf falling off the mound in the Citi Field opener wasn’t a good sign.
Brian Costa says this one hurts more. What exactly does “more” mean? Hasn’t the whole season been painful enough?
At least last night’s 9-0 drubbing of the Cardinals and their fake staches was cathartic.
The Wright Stache will be down at Coney Island on Saturday to root on the next crop (and to see if there’s anybody down there we can add to the thresher that is the Mets dugout this year). Other than that, I welcome you all to become Tigers fans for the rest of the season. You’ll like the Tigers — Detroit could surely use the help, they’re orange and blue, they play solid defense and have great young pitchers. And they’re footing the bill for Shef…..BREAKING NEWS SHEFFIELD HAMSTRING INJURY OUT FOR WEEKS ARRRRRRGGGH!
Oh well. At least there’s one more reason (but you gotta jump).
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Without the mustache, Ted Nugent is pretty vanilla.
Over the weekend, there was much talk and consternation over Omar Minaya’s comments that the Mets lacked “edge.” In fact, he said that the team’s lack of edge is why he brought in Alex Cora and Gary Sheffield. That was Omar’s response to how smooth the Mets are (smooth is the opposite of edgy, right?). Seems to me, though, that there is an easier (and cheaper) way to gain an edge. Mustaches.
I don’t know much about Alex Cora, other than he’s 33 and looks 12. Not exactly edgy. As for Sheff, well, that dude wasn’t born edgy. He had an edgy mentor.
But at the end of the day, nothing adds edge like smoking cigarettes a mustache. Now more than ever the Mets need David Wright to grow a mustache. He’s the captain. He’s the leader. He can be the edge.
If not David, I know a certain someone who looked pretty edgy with a stache (and there may just be a spot in the rotation available).
Wright's text to Sheffield: "Hey, you still out?"
One of the reasons that Gary Sheffield signed with the Mets is that David Wright texted him. David sent an SMS to the slugger to recruit him to join the blue and orange. That, along with the urging of his uncle, Dwight Gooden, led Sheffield to sign the one-year deal with the Mets.
Sheffield acknowldeged that he’s reached a point in his career when he’s no longer a superstar. He sounded agreeable to coming off the bench and being a part of a team effort to win a championship.
Jerry Manuel said that Sheffield will not play the field during the series in Cincinnati to allow the aging outfielder to get into playing shape. He’ll pinch hit and wear ridiculous sunglasses while he gets his throwing arm warmed up.
So there you have it. David booty texted Gary and now they’re friends with benefits.
NYP
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