In the spirit of Passover, a few shoutouts today  (I will not employ the literary device of emulating a Haggadah)

To SNY for giving us the Ron, Keith, Gary threeway tonight. Keith, with an awkward nod of the head, silently acknowledged to most of us that rumors of his demise are unfounded, and in fact he spent the Brewers homestand in the Diamond Club. Let's keep Keith liquored up, keep the homoerotic appraisals of players and the conversational use of the word "fanny" coming, I'm just waiting for him to order a double in the 7th inning stretch and just let it slip, "hey Ron remember that blonde we nailed in San Diego in '85?"


If you missed it, it was hilarious, all the more reason that I can't watch most of the games in a Sports bar...

Now, Gary Cohen was just breaking in '86, think he's in heaven right now?

To Jose Valentin - I remarked to my brother how much your resemble the bad guy in Romancing the Stone. I didn't know how right I was. Here's to an alligator chomping off your right arm at the next series in Florida so your AFLAC kicks in and the Mets Latin Player Social Security ends.





To Xavier Nady, welcome to New York, I don't know if you're married but I hope you've been getting laid like a firefighter after 9/11. You deserve every single bimbo that will throw yourself at you this season. Keep it up!

To the ladies of New York City, we'll need you putting fuel in the X-factor's tank until the post-season. Thank you!

To Anderson's Hernandez's glove, because your bat is worthless. Can we just give him a cricket bat from now on?

To Pedro Martinez for reminding us that baseball is a GAME. Your smile is worth, how many million dollars is it?




To David Wright, don't worry you weren't about to keep up a .440 average all season long...

To Filthy Sanchez, your fastball motion and goggles make the ladies go gaga. Make sure Xavier is getting you sloppy seconds! I'm in love with your strikeout pitch motion, somehow you are already running towards first when making a strikeout pitch. It's really, really fun watching this guy.

To Country Time, just go ahead and puke on the mound and get it over with. We wanna see fastballs!!

To Roger Mcdowell, when we win the pennant, may you triumphantly rip that Braves crap off your body and join the pile @ Shea. How about you come on in for the big win! I'm sure SNY would keep you on salary to give Keith Hernandez hotfoots up in the booth.

To Todd Pratt - come on man, if you say something like "they say that every year" you know we're gonna strike you out on junk. How could you not hit the pitcher you used to catch?

Let's win this series. And the next one. And the next one. I don't know what Fatcessa has said but many Mets-haters are talking about how all this early momentum is meaningless. Hogwash, this is how we rolled in '86, starting out 10-3, which we've just bested. We know the Marlins is an AAA team, and the Gnats have their own problems, but if we take the series from the Braves, that's the proof we need...