If you want a good laugh, scroll down and read Joel Sherman's suggested Imaginary Five Moves that somehow create this Imaginary Lineup for the 2005 Mets:
1. Jose Reyes, SS
2. Jason Kendall, C
3. Shawn Green, RF
4. Magglio Ordonez, LF
5. Bret Boone, 2B
6. Tino Martinez, 1B
7. David Wright, 3B
8. Mike Cameron, CF
Before you start arguing that Wright should probably bat ahead of Tino, remember that Tino isn't even on the team.
Actually, hitters #2 through #6 aren't even on the team, and probably never will be.
I double-checked the calendar to see if Sherman was just playing an April Fool's Joke. Syd Finch as the #1 starter, Rickey Henderson back in LF, and trade Mike Piazza and Tom Glavine to the Red Sox for ... for ... Manny Ramirez, Keith Foulke, Jason Varitek, Trot Nixon, and Bill Mueller. Oh, and David Ortiz, but the Mets will thrown Kaz Matsui.
But at least Joel Sherman has chutzpah, because the man who just tried to convince you that the Mets can trade Mike Piazza for Shawn Green has no problem casting stones:
"When it comes to intelligence, in both meanings - brains and industry-wide observation - the Wilpons often find themselves lacking."
He also prepares you for some very boring winter meetings:
"Only one player definitely available this offseason deserves substantial commitment in dollars and years: Houston OF Carlos Beltran."
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