Red Sox blow just like the Mets

I would like to dedicate this blog to John Tunas and the Boston Red Sox. Thank you  Red Sox for fucking up so bad, and blowing your huge September Wild Card lead. Thank you for embarrassing your entire city and choking like a Jenna Jameson porno while the Tampa Bay Rays stormed back to take the AL Wild Card. Thank You Boston Red Sox for taking the “Biggest Collapse” burden off of the New York Mets. We were tired of holding onto that trophy… The Mets have long been the most embarrassing franchise in sports but at least we have Bill Buckner and now were not the only team who can’t win when it counts. The Mets could probably have beaten the Orioles too, unless Tom Glavine was on the mound. Papelbon looked like Armando Benitez out there. He can do an irish jig straight to hell.

Jose Reyes...Mets...Embarrassment

A Mets player has, for the first time in their history, won a batting title…and it’s still an embarrassment. Yup, Jose Reyes, arguably one of the best players in MLB, and certainly the most dynamic, finished his stellar 2011 campaign with a .337 average, beating out the Brewers Ryan Braun.

And still it all happened in the typical embarrassing and confusing New York Mets fashion. As expected, the Mets season has long been irrelevant so we only had Jose Reyes to boast about. In a selfish, player before team manner, and even worse, COWARDLY manner, Jose asked to be taken out of the last game of the season after getting a bunt single in his first at-bat.

The Mets fans booed and they have every right to. Not only was this potentially his last game, but what kind of man are you? Compete motherfucker. Compete. So what if you got out your last 3 at bats and Ryan Braun (who went 0-4 anyways) beat you out. At least you would have played through. Now this first batting title for the NY Mets feels tainted, and everyone will regard it as such from here on out. I don’t like the Red Sox but I respect the hell out of Ted Williams for taking every at bat possible in 1941. He didn’t give a shit what his average was, he was a man and wanted to play the season through. Oh yeah, by the way…his average in his last games (it was a double header for the final day of the season) was 399.5. He went 6-8 and ended up batting .406 Man talk.

Don’t get me wrong, I fucking  want Jose Reyes back as badly as any intelligent Mets fan. He is a cornerstone of our team and if we want any legitimate chance of success in winning ballgames and attracting free agents, he must be on a roster. I am just saddened by his decision to disgrace the Mets, but at least our skin is thick for this type of shit.

Final thought…Terry Collins was holding back tears at his press conference and it is obvious that he did not want to take Reyes out of the game, as he is a true baseball professional. Smart also because he had no choice but to accede to Reyes’ request. The Mets need Reyes back so if he asks you to take him out, you have to listen. Collins did a hell of a job this year with a shit team that was even shittier after injuries. I am excited for him to coach a good team if that day ever comes.

Redskins get Hogtied by the Boys...cuz my boys gotta hit too

Last year's first match up between the Cowboys and the Redskins started with me being extremely tired after a day-long drive from Chapel Hill NC with M. Sanz to his house in New York. The Cowboys lost in one of the most embarrassing fashion's in their teams storied history.

In this year's first match-up, thanks to skype and M. Sanz (my boy gotta get a hit too) I was able to see (when the connection allowed) to see the Cowboys gain some redemption from Beirut.

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This game was sloppy, and like last year's came down to the wire, but the Cowboys knocked the over-achieving Skins out of first place and now share that spot with the Giants. Let's not get too excited however. I don't want to sound overly pessimistic but the Cowboys looked pretty bad against a team that is not that good. Yes, the Skins defense has been underrated but Rex Grossman is the equivalent of a New York Mets 5th hitter...which is equivalent to the 8th batter on any other major league team. He blows.  The week before, we barley escaped with a victory against a SF team that is also terrible and has an even worse QB. These Cowboys are not yet ready for real teams. Still...this start to the season beats the hell out of last years.

Some of the many negatives from the game...The play-calling was suspect today, the offensive line struggled---what the fuck is going on with these shot-gun center exchanges? I thought it was just an Andre Gurode problem but his replacement, Phil Costa, snapped early 4x today. Part of this is Romo's fault clearly. This MUST be addressed in practice, its downright childish. Also, the receiving corps is about as productive as Stuart Scott's eye without Miles Austin in the lineup. Dez needs to get healthy and prove that he can be a consistent threat, and Ogletree needs to seize this once in a lifetime opportunity and play with more consistency.

Bailey bailed our the Cowboys with his leg

There were some positive signs however. Game balls have to go to Felix Jones, who finally over came an abysmal start to the season and broke for his first 100+ game of the season. Demarcus Ware and Sean Lee continued their dominance. Victor Butler has proven that he deserves more playing time and Jay Ratliff came through at the end when it mattered most. I really think this defense will evolve into a scary machine in a few weeks time when the secondary is fully healthy and Rob Ryan's scheme is fully implemented.  One more game ball... Dan Bailey. Balls to the wall with his kicks today. It's disgraceful that we need to kick 6 field goals to win a game but he made everyone, under pressure. We all know Buehler would have missed around 2 of those.

two last thoughts..D'angelo Hall...you're and idiot and next time you think about talking about hitting a quarterback you should remember that you have two 1/2 sacks in your career. So I guess you have one, but you got help with it. Also...Tashard Choice... you blow.