Meet The Mets... in Columbus, Please?!
Well, there's finally something to be happy about in this crummy little town I've grudgingly called home for the past ten years. The Yankees are movin out! The Yanks have ended their relationship with the Triple A affiliate Columbus Clippers. Yes, George has finally gotten tired of shipping his players out into The Middle Of Nowhere (also known as Columbus, Ohio) for rehab assignments. In fact, what was good enough for the likes of Bubba Crosby (who?) and Aaron Guiel (wha?) and even, once upon a time, HRH Mr. Yankee Baseball Personified Derek Sanderson Jeter, is no longer good for the Yankees organization. [Did anyone see Hideki Matsui rehabbing here last month? No, you didn't.] The fact is, Columbus is just too darned far away from NYC to be convenient. Oddly, this took the Yankees 28 years to figure out.
Now, people like this guy, a sportswriter with the local paper, seem convinced the Columbus Baseball Team, Inc., will jump on either Ohio team once they get the chance. So, let me get this straight: it'll be perfectly A-OK with the MLB team looking for a triple A affiliate right now to set down roots here next year, knowing they'll be kicked out in two years. Seriously? Dude, I so hope you're completely, utterly, fantastically WRONG about that. Besides, why would we need a Reds or Indians affiliate here when the real Major League Thing is just a few hours away (North for Indians, South for Reds - take your pick). Finally, and probably most importantly, everyone knows this town is too hopelessly, craptastically Buckeye-crazed to care which minor league franchise it gets.
Which finally brings me around to my point. There are three teams looking for Triple A affiliates right now: The Orioles (yawn), the Nationals (please, god, no) and..... The Mets! Yes, the Mets are apparently looking to leave Norfolk. Or at least, they have not, for whatever reason, renewed their contract with the city. So tonight, I shall say a prayer, and do a ceremonial Mets happydance in the livingroom. I may even light a candle in my Keith Hernandez shrine, chanting Columbus Mets... Columbus Mets... Columbus Mets!
Now, people like this guy, a sportswriter with the local paper, seem convinced the Columbus Baseball Team, Inc., will jump on either Ohio team once they get the chance. So, let me get this straight: it'll be perfectly A-OK with the MLB team looking for a triple A affiliate right now to set down roots here next year, knowing they'll be kicked out in two years. Seriously? Dude, I so hope you're completely, utterly, fantastically WRONG about that. Besides, why would we need a Reds or Indians affiliate here when the real Major League Thing is just a few hours away (North for Indians, South for Reds - take your pick). Finally, and probably most importantly, everyone knows this town is too hopelessly, craptastically Buckeye-crazed to care which minor league franchise it gets.
Which finally brings me around to my point. There are three teams looking for Triple A affiliates right now: The Orioles (yawn), the Nationals (please, god, no) and..... The Mets! Yes, the Mets are apparently looking to leave Norfolk. Or at least, they have not, for whatever reason, renewed their contract with the city. So tonight, I shall say a prayer, and do a ceremonial Mets happydance in the livingroom. I may even light a candle in my Keith Hernandez shrine, chanting Columbus Mets... Columbus Mets... Columbus Mets!
posted by curlygc at 4:03 PM
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