All Stubble, No Trouble

Beltran is batting .400 since he hit puberty.

From Ryan Church’s first at bat, Gary and Keith were talking about how several of the Mets, including Carlos Beltran, were sporting a bit of stubble last night in Atlanta.  Maybe it was because the flight delays that led to 12 hours of travel from Philadelphia to Atlanta.  Maybe it was in response to the cold, wet weather that blanketed the East Coast.  Or maybe, just maybe, it was because the Mets needed some edge and they follow The Wright Stache on Twitter.

No matter the reason, the Amazins looked like confident men instead of confused boys last night.  Beltran continued to lead the universe in hitting and added two home runs.  Jose Reyes swiped two bases.  And, of course, David Wright hit a home run and a double while showing signs of breaking out of his April slump.

Keep the razors packed up, fellas.  The stubble looks good.  And it plays even better.

Ed. Note: Those last three sentences are the most homoerotic paragraph ever printed on this site.

Stat Splits, or Why a Stache Would Help D-Wright

A mustache is a much better way to stay warm than whatever the hell that is on his head.

Baseball is a numbers game.  No sport is more evaluated in terms of statistics than baseball is.  Everyone talks about BA, OPS, VORP, WHIP, OPS, AARP and NAMBLA.  You are only as good as your numbers.  So today we’ll take a statistical look at how a mustache could aid David Wright by looking at some of his stat splits.  Join me, won’t you?

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