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Kevin Kernan: Idiot
| metsguyinmichigan Nov 13 2007 07:13 AM |
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The last paragraph makes sense -- all five words of it. It's everything above it that makes me want to scream. It's so wrong that it must be some kind of parody, a Daily Show version of sports column writing.
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| metirish Nov 13 2007 07:20 AM |
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Forget winning titles, this is the real prize and apparently the Mets true ambition according to KK.
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| Edgy DC Nov 13 2007 07:43 AM |
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I'll take this one....
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| Edgy DC Nov 13 2007 08:16 AM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Nov 13 2007 11:28 AM |
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November 11, 2007 -- IF the Mets really wanted to make a splash and a statement in this city they would turn around and sign Alex Rodriguez, put him at shortstop and then use Jose Reyes in a trade to acquire the Twins' Johan Santana. The goal of baseball is the backpage of the Post. That is why all other teams in the majors can be called the Toledo Mud Hens. They never make a splash. The Yankees lead the league in splashes.Adding Rodriguez and Santana would make the Mets kings of New York and the National League. You would have the best hitter in baseball, the man who is going to own all the big records in the middle of your infield and in the middle of your lineup. Signing Alex Rodriguez, it is known, is as easy as typing it, and everyone knows that the Twins have the Santana-Reyes deal sitting on the table waiting for the Mets to grab it.Your pitching staff would be anchored by the best pitcher not named Josh Beckett. Josh Beckett, with one All-Star team in six seasons, with two seasons touching 200 innings, with one season finishing in the top ten in ERA or ERA+, with two career shutouts, is the undisputed best pitcher in baseball, because he was the hottest pitcher down the stretch for the Sox. You read it here first.You would be set going into your new ballpark with the kind of powerhouse team that would make SNY must-see TV. Kevin Kiernan is a much sought after consultant to TV executives everywhere. And Santana, as a Met, would pitch ervery day.The World Series would be at your doorstep and Rodriguez could exorcise his Yankee October demons. The Yankees, by gobbling up top starting pitchers and inserting Rodriguez in the cleanup spot, won four championships in four years, I'm pretty sure. Let me double check.The Mets would never again be looked upon as the second team in New York. Alex Rodriguez is immortal, and available to be signed for all eternity, with an opt-out clause after seven years.The Mets, though, don't make those kinds of bold moves. It's simply too costly, too much of an emotional risk for a team that prefers to play it safe. The Mets got Beltran when they would have gotten Johnny Damon IF THEY HAD ANY BALLS!But there is a way for the Mets to drastically improve their starting pitching. No, there is not. There is only Santana. And Beckett. Are there others? Will there be a splash?Pitching is the root of the Mets' problem. Pitching is definitely a problem, but I think that whole aversion to emotional risk sounds more like a root issue. Yikes. What a fucked up team. I eat emotional risk for breakfast. Can't get enough of the stuff. It's not the quarter billion with those fucking Mets, it's the emotional risk.They do not have the young arms in their system that the Yankees have. Yes. They have different young arms. This is a fact. Good scouting here by Kev.They have not overpaid to get the best arms in the draft and as a result no young starter stands out. That 4.46 league average ERA by Phil Hughes really jumps out and grabs you like no young starter ever, I tell you what.Kevin Mulvey is the best of the Mets minor leaguers and will help, but he cannot be compared with Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes or even Ian Kennedy at this point. Mulvey is the top young Mets starter and Joba Chamberlain has been starting. I learn new thiings from Kiernan eva day.The Mets have talented young outfielders and need to deal one to beef up the pitching. Need. Need. Must. Need. No balls. Need. Must. Immediately.There is an American League pitcher out there who actually topped Santana in a number of categories and could be had for the right price. That pitcher is Dan Haren. What about Beckett? And WHAT ABOUT THE SPLASH?! THERE'S GOT TO BE A SPLASH, KEV!!
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| Benjamin Grimm Nov 13 2007 08:22 AM |
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The only difference between many of these columnists and WFAN callers is that the columnists actually get paid for their empty babble.
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| metsguyinmichigan Nov 13 2007 09:09 AM |
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Brilliant dissection, Edgy!
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| vtmet Nov 13 2007 06:52 PM |
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I will never get the fascination with every single Oakland A's pitcher...they all get such a reputation like they are some sort of savior, yet outside of winning in a lousy division, what have any of the Billy Beanie Boys done to show that they are elite pitchers? What would John Maine do as an A? If Maine started out as an A instead of an O, Met fans/media would be selling the farm to trade for him...I'm not saying that Haren or Blanton or Zito or Mulder or Hudson or Izzy or Dotel or Billy Taylor aren't/weren't good pitchers as A's, but the hype behind them exceeds/exceeded their actual placement in the overall pitching foodchain...and how much does Oakland Colliseum (or whatever it is called) help the pitchers as well?
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| Fman99 Nov 13 2007 08:17 PM |
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Ugh. I read "Billy Taylor" and felt a sharp pain in my abdomen.
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| Valadius Nov 13 2007 08:18 PM |
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Don't get me started on the Billy Taylor trade.
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| Edgy DC Nov 13 2007 09:15 PM |
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I can't and won't speak about Billy Taylor, who is really irrelevant, but Dan Haren just came off of a really wonderful season.
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