Sell the team Wilpon

The Mets have been the laughingstock of the league ever since they blew their enormous lead on the division on the final game of the 2007 season. Since then it has been a humorous but embarrassing, gut-wrenching, down right sickening roller costar ride. We thought that with the departure of in bumbling Omar Minaya and the entrance of Sandy Alderson that perhaps a track towards better days had been set upon. I am of the opinion that the expectations for this season must be set low for Mets fans and we cannot get on Alderson for having his hands tied in terms of moves he was allowed to make during this off-season. I also was under the assumption that the Mets were not really hurt from the Madoff ponzi scheme and that next year they would be ready to spend money of big free agents again. Now, as this disgusting Wilpon & Katz disaster unravels I am less and less optimistic.

The Wilpons clearly love the Mets and I understand that their family name and reputation has been hurt and is on the line taking the fire. I understand that their pride is probably so great that they would rather swallow a pint of blood then sell the majority of the team and the SNY network (which is an absolute cash cow) But the bottom line is that, if the care about the team as much as they say they do, they must sell the majority share of this team!

We still don't know the exact financial situation of the Mets ownership after these Madoff implications have come to light. According to the Wilpons they have lost half a billion in paper money, but attorneys representing the Madoff victims claim otherwise, stating the Wilpon's have made out well from the scheme in ghost money. So they are not only suing the Mets for the money they had invested in Madoff, but the money they have made since. 

It's tough to say how this will all play out but it seems that the Wilpon's will not have the money to run a New York baseball organization in the proper manner. I know our payroll is high right now but I fear that this financial crisis could put us in the same stable as lets say the Pirates.

With all of this uncertainty, compounded with a mediocre team in a tough division,  I can see big time free agents being very skeptical about playing in New York. We are getting hit with hooks and upper-cuts on a daily basis and its tough to see the top players available wanting to associate themselves with that. The Wilpon's need to do the right thing and sell the team. Let someone who is financially stable take over and right the ship.

Song Of The Day: Queens of the Stone Age - A Song For The Deaf

This is the QOTSA at their best. Eerie and unpredictable. It seems like forever ago when this album came out but they are still doing now what they were doing then: Experimenting with exotic guitar sounds and riffs with dark bass lines and heavy hitting drums. They have been a 21st century pioneer in hard-rock.

Pujols in free agency

As always  my boy J-Tunes (check out his blog contributions to Crimdelacrim : http://crimdelacrims.com/) is making outlandish and outrageous predictions. His imperialistic Yankee syndrome has gotten the best of him yet again. First he predicted that " on a cold, blustery winter day" he would call me up with the news that the Yanks had locked up Joe Mauer for some bloated salary. Mauer is now locked into Minnesota, probably for the remainder of his career. Then J-Tunes went Skip Bayless on me and guaranteed that Cliff Lee would be donning pinstripes and leading the Yankees to a 162-0 2011 season. Instead, Lee broke both our hearts and signed with those creatures from Philadelphia.

Now, with the news breaking that Albert Pujols will indeed enter free agency next season after failing to come to terms for a new contract with St. Louis, J-Tunes has guaranteed Pujols won't be able to turn down the extravagant amount of money that the Yankees will offer him next year. We have money on this so let me hit him with some truth: Albert Pujols will never be in pinstripes!

First off, as Cliff Lee has proven, just because the Yankees throw an absurd amount of money at someone, doesn't necessarily guarantee that they will be seduced to the dark side. But the reality is that making an offer to Pujols isn't rational on the Yankees part. The negotiations with Jeter have proven that they are more responsible than the George days.

Also, the Yankees have no needs for Pujols, even though he is most likely the best player in the game. Their infield is locked up for quite some time. Mark Texiera is firmly supplanted at first base. He is a far superior fielder than Albert and there will be no moving him. J-Tunes claims he will move to 3rd base but at his age that would make no sense and he would never acquiesce to such an idea. The two players that will move from their infield eventually are Jeter and A-Rod. Jeter's movement won't affect Pujol's and Rodriguez, who is still locked up for another 7 will inevitably become the DH. Sorry Yankees fans, even if Pujol's wanted to be a DH, which I'm sure he doesn't, the Yankees have theirs locked up for some time.

Finally, sorry J-Tunes, but the Yankees aren't the only team that can offer lucrative deals for someone of Albert Pujols' talent. The Angels, Nationals and Cubs come to mind. My gut tells me that St. Louis wont fuck this up and will do the right thing by re-signing him. The next few Summer's in New Yiddy will have to be without Pujols...unless the Mets get him...chea. No but seriously what the fuck Mets? We all know they can't afford him now.

Song Of The Day: Pink Floyd-Us and Them

An overlooked psychedelic masterpiece from Pink Floyd's classic Dark Side of the Moon. Also check out the cover version by the Easy Star Dub All-Stars.

Song Of The Day: Cragga - Mr.Postman [Dubstep Remix]

Dubstep has been taking things over for awhile now but this is one of the best Dubstep products to date. Put your speakers on full blast and kick the bass up for this shit.