Around The Horn
The Mets managed to avoid a sweep at the hands of the less than impressive Pittsburgh Pirates. To quote Matt Foley, "well la de FRIKKIN' da!" We're still at .500, and still living in the basement. I know I don't have to tell you all how much that sucks.
Who's off my $#%*! list: Victor Zambrano. He's managed to give us several quality starts, and he's walking batters much less often. He's giving us a chance to win whenever he takes the mound, and that's all you can ask.
Who's at the top of my $#%*! list: Braden Looper. David Lennon over at NY Newsday seems to think Looper might be in the trade loop. I can't say I'd be mourning Mr. Anything Worth Screwing Up Is Worth Screwing Up Big. And hey, we still have Roberto Hernandez - he can actually consistently close games, and when Willie is really feeling the need to squander away a perfectly decent lead, there's always Danny Graves.
As for the All-Star break: I've become a curmudgeon about it. The sooner it's over, the sooner we get back to baseball that matters. As for Kenny Rogers, let him go and get booed. Who cares?
Finally, the Metstradamus hate list (which is an awesome idea I wish I had thought of) mentions a "stupid peach vodka commercial that's played over and over again." I'm afraid I've never seen that commercial. But if I had a hate list, my most hated commercial during ballgames would be that stupid Gulf commercial with the moron who keeps running out of gas so the pretty gas station girl has to bring it to him. First off, pretty girls like that DO NOT work in gas stations. Second, is this idiot ever going to ask her out, or is he just going to keep running out of gas? Third, and most important, the fatherly figure "isn't this the third time this month?" guy - wouldn't you be concerned if some freak kept calling your daughter-type-person to bring him gas all the time? Hell, I'd go myself the the third time, just to offer a couple of broken kneecaps along with his fillup.
Stupid Mets.
Who's off my $#%*! list: Victor Zambrano. He's managed to give us several quality starts, and he's walking batters much less often. He's giving us a chance to win whenever he takes the mound, and that's all you can ask.
Who's at the top of my $#%*! list: Braden Looper. David Lennon over at NY Newsday seems to think Looper might be in the trade loop. I can't say I'd be mourning Mr. Anything Worth Screwing Up Is Worth Screwing Up Big. And hey, we still have Roberto Hernandez - he can actually consistently close games, and when Willie is really feeling the need to squander away a perfectly decent lead, there's always Danny Graves.
As for the All-Star break: I've become a curmudgeon about it. The sooner it's over, the sooner we get back to baseball that matters. As for Kenny Rogers, let him go and get booed. Who cares?
Finally, the Metstradamus hate list (which is an awesome idea I wish I had thought of) mentions a "stupid peach vodka commercial that's played over and over again." I'm afraid I've never seen that commercial. But if I had a hate list, my most hated commercial during ballgames would be that stupid Gulf commercial with the moron who keeps running out of gas so the pretty gas station girl has to bring it to him. First off, pretty girls like that DO NOT work in gas stations. Second, is this idiot ever going to ask her out, or is he just going to keep running out of gas? Third, and most important, the fatherly figure "isn't this the third time this month?" guy - wouldn't you be concerned if some freak kept calling your daughter-type-person to bring him gas all the time? Hell, I'd go myself the the third time, just to offer a couple of broken kneecaps along with his fillup.
Stupid Mets.
posted by curlygc at 11:55 AM
2 Comments:
Thanks, and you're absolutely right. If that wasn't a commercial, he'd be a stalker!!!
The vodka commercial is just a bottle flying around some song about "Surrender" playing over and over again. It's played every 30 seconds. That damn song is like nails on a chalkboard by the 5th inning!!!!
In your poll I voted for "other (NL West)" but my pick would actually be Red Hudler for the Anaheim Angels. He's just a ridiculous homer and it was brutal to hear him cover Mets/Angels last month.
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