…because he signed with them.  Get it?  They lost.

Yes the Arizona Cardinals now have another young Quarterback on their roster backing up their other young inexperienced QB on their roster (Anderson will be backed up by a different young, inexperienced QB on their roster).

Anderson, 26, agreed to a deal worth $7.25 million, of which $3.25 million will be guaranteed. If he reaches maximum performance bonuses, the deal could be worth in excess of $18 million.

I don’t know if anyone thought the Cardinals Offensive Line was amazing (they’re okay) because of Kurt Warner’s high completion rate and all around greatness but this signing and Matt Leinart taking snaps behind center, will expose them for the average unit that they are.  They say that a good O-line will make an average QB look good.  Well a great QB can also make an average O-line look good.  The thing about Warner that was so praiseworthy was that he always knew what he was going to do with the ball based on how the defense was lined up.  He had a quick release to go along with those smarts which means the O-line didn’t have to provide that extra second of protection that good lines are capable of providing. Read the rest of this entry »

According to inside sources, signing Jon Garland, an inning-eating pitcher who will spend the bulk of this season pitching at the canyon known as Petco Park, was much smarter than spending $10 million on Ben Sheets, an injury prone fastball pitcher who hasn’t thrown more than 120 innings in the past 6 years.

That’s right, spending twice as much money on a 31 year old pitcher who didn’t throw even one inning last year, fresh off surgery on his throwing elbow was not as smart as paying half as much on a workhorse who is all but guaranteed to have better stats this year when he moves to a pitcher’s park.  Oh, and Sheets is also eligible for $2 million more in incentives.

In other news, you want to buy stocks low and sell them high.

p.s. Look at Tim Marchman’s picture.  Is there any part of you that doesn’t want to punch that look off his face?

For it was said that Daniel Murphy will be the Met 1st Baseman. The Omarites had spoken. But in the Kingdom of Wilpon, the Metropolitans felt that Daniel Murphy was a false 1st Baseman. He would not be able to hit lefthanded pitching so it was for Omar to find a hitter who could. He looked around and saw Ryan Garko. A hideous creature that would terrify the Metropolitan people. He witnessed the Statue of Delgado, whose legend was mighty but whose body was crumbling. Where, oh where, could Omar turn?

But in the sunrise, a shadow of a mighty image emerged. One that was familiar. One that was comforting. One that could play four positions, constantly hustle, and can hit to an .800 OPS. He was a Godlike creature. One whose abilities and power is only felt when it is most needed. So Omar called out, ” Hey, you wanna come back. We need a righty bat to platoon at first. You know what I’m sayin’?” With that a mighty surge was felt. The power and the grace overcame him. He looked at Omar, pointed to the sky and screamed,”TATIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” And so it is written, Tatis has returned and all is right in the Kingdom of Wilpon.* Read the rest of this entry »

Boy oh Boy! I couldn’t be any more pumped by the happenings in free agency this week. First, Benji Molina turns down more money with the Mets to go back to the Giants and the Joel Pineiro decides to take the same deal from the Angels that the Mets offered. Normally, I would be going off the deep end about the Mets not doing what it takes to win but in these cases I couldn’t feel any better about the Mets decision making. Well, actually I could. They would never have offered them anything to begin with but I saw their rationale on getting two mediocre players for short term deals. I should be insulted that both players, especially Molina, would turn down the opportunity to be Mets to go elsewhere. Trust me, I am not. Good for both of them. I see the decision making in both cases. Both guys took the California deals. It certainly wasn’t for tax purposes. Both states bend you over and anally rape you with a rusty pipe but at least in California the scenery is nice and the people won’t destroy you for being overpaid and mediocre. I would make the same decision. Really, enjoy sucking elsewhere. Read the rest of this entry »

This post is dedicated to some of the players who formerly had a prominent role with a Major League team who didn’t make any of this year’s 25-man rosters. Some of them we may see again soon. For the others, it was nice knowing them. 

Okay I’ll be honest. This was just an excuse to include that picture of Gentry over there on the right. He got 3 seconds of screen time to indicate he wouldn’t be appearing in the rest of the movie. Poor Gentry. Okay onto the list: Read the rest of this entry »

Manny is not on board. I will pack this poster away for next year.

According to Jon Heyman and many others, Manny Ramirez signed a 2 year $45 million deal with the Dodgers with an opt out after the first year. There are a few million in deferrals. This means the Mets non-quest for Manny has ended. Well done fellas, we didn’t need him on a one year deal. I am sure it would have killed the franchise. Anywho, go Daniel Murphy and fuck the Dodgers.

I am not of the habit of giving written fellatio to the people responsible for running the teams I root for. I may love my team but I always have issues with the powers that be. That makes me a New Yorker. In New York, on any given day, you can find someone to bitch about Omar Minaya, Brian Cashman, Glen Sather, Donnie Walsh, Mike Tannenbaum, and The Islanders backup Goalie Garth Snow. (I leave Lou Lamoriello and Rod Thorn out of this conversation since no one gives a shit about their teams and someone has to give a shit about your team to bad mouth your work.) The one name I left off my list is Jerry Reese. Why? Simple, Jerry Reese fucking rules. It is that simple. He is the best GM in town and I am going to say the best GM in football. Really.

Why such praise? Well, the guy has a Super Bowl title and a Division title under his belt in two years.  That can be attributed to Ernie Accorsi if you want. But, Jerry Reese was Ernie’s Vice President of Player Development and ran all of his drafts for most of this decade. He is responsible for 95% of the players on the roster. I am not knocking Ernie, he was a good GM. He also saw what he had in Jerry Reese that he handpicked him to be his successor. Jerry Reese is a great talent evaluator. Justin Tuck, Osi Umenyiora, Barry Cofield, Corey Webster, Aaron Ross, Kenny Phillips, Michael Johnson, Chris Snee, David Diehl, Brandon Jacobs, Ahmad Bradshaw, Steve Smith, and Kevin Boss were all players he drafted as personnel director and GM. Not a bad little list. What makes that list even more impressive is the contracts that he signed with all of them. Most of them are locked up until 2011-2012. For reasonable money. This team has not put itself in some cap abyss like the Redskins or Cowboys. They have built it from scratch and have given the players reasonable money that won’t kill the cap. Read the rest of this entry »

The Jets agreed in principle with Bart Scott on a 5 year $40 million deal. Typical of the Jets, they signed the worst of the three Raven Linebackers to a long term deal. Let us see how Bart does without Ray Ray, Suggs and Haloti Ngata funneling running backs his way. At least he is 28! That is younger than Ray Lewis.

See this Jeff Wilpon! Manny could win a World Series MVP for you!

If there is anything I learned over the last week, if you want to find out what Met personnel think about Manny Ramirez, catch them at a charity event. Last week, David Wright expressed his love of Manny at a Children’s Hospital. Yesterday, Met Manager Jerry Manuel talked about his love of all things Manny at a Soup Kitchen. Here is what Jerry had to say: Read the rest of this entry »

The talk in New York the last few days has revolved around whether on not the Mets should get Manny Ramirez. I think they should. The consensus opinion has been that Met ownership wants nothing to do with Manny Ramirez. The Mets are very image conscious. They were burned in the late 80’s by a team that won only one Championship when they could have won 3 or 4. They lost Doc and Darryl to drugs and alcohol. They tried to fix things by signing Bobby Bonilla and Vince Coleman who in turn hated the city and in Coleman’s case threw firecrackers at fans. Fred Wilpon, the Mets owner, vowed never to look bad again. In his attempt to make the Mets more vanilla than the media circus Yankees, he has caused more trouble than it has been worth and missed out on opportunities to make his team better. So with all the problems Manny “caused” in Boston that led to his trade, it was only natural to assume the Wilpons would want nothing do do with the Manny media circus. Well, things might have changed. Read the rest of this entry »