Heat Bulls

I don't claim to know anything about the Heat Bulls series, and I know less about the NBA in general. In fact this post likely wont touch on it at all except to say that Lebron is the man. Anyway, the media attention is stuck on philanderers, arab spring, bin laden, etc. what they really haven't caught on to yet is how awesome Lebron is. The guy is about to take over all of the sporting world and no one knows. How do I know this? 1) he is young as hell 2) he is extremely business saavy 3) he is on the most well positioned team in the hottest city of any superstar athlete ever. yeah, i know everyone hates the Lebron hype and all that. But just wait and see, hype turns into reality sometimes, and more.

Just like the economy...

my blogging has become cyclical. Not sure why, because I've had some free time on my hands, but let's catch up on what we've missed: a volcano has erupted in Europe, Lebron James has won two MVP awards, Dennis Hopper passed away, and the Mets have been disappointing to say the least. They're 0-7 in series rubber matches and haven't won back-to-back road games this season. Clearly this team is built around grit and heart. They just care too much.

The Mets have officially changed their name!

In breaking news, Fred Wilpon has begrudgingly agreed to change the name of the New Yorkk Metropolitans to "Property of Josh Johnson." Can someone own the Mets more than this guy? He throws 1 hitters with his eyes closed against the Mets and the next start gives up 5 runs in the first to the Washington Nationals? Now, we we we're owned previously by Chipper, but he lost privledges when he named his kid Shea, and our old friend Pat the Bat is now in the American League. So here's your key Mr. Johnson. You earned it...somehow.

Heeeeeeeeere's JOHNNY

I'm back and as mediocre as ever! After a gutwrenching end to the 2008 campaign, I'm excited to have my heart yanked out and stomped on like any good Met fan can expect. Here's to hoping they can even raise expectations enough to crush us this year!

Cheers!

The Mettie

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Mets Stat Nits

A few stats to keep things interesting:

While we talk about a historic collapse last season by the Mets, they were actually 14-14 in Sept/Oct. Sadly the Mets Sept/Oct record has been .500 or below since 2001 a year in which they were below .500 by a large margin for the entire first half. In 2006, their last year of relative dominance they finished the season at .500 in Sept/Oct. but this can be ignored since they held such a strong divisional lead. It should be noted as well that in 2006 the Mets dominated the entire NL East. Going in to today they have posted a 2-7 record versus the Braves which is less than acceptable for a team with divisional championship aspirations.

Moving onward, the Mets win-loss records behind Maine, Perez, and Santana are equivalently 12-10. Pelfrey the sole bright spot to date has brought the team to an impressive 12-8 record. Sadly the Mets have the second worst record in baseball on Mondays(3-8), however they are tid for the leagues best record on Wednesdays(12-4). Perhaps we are a little too hungover from the weekend to get into the gam come Monday? Fortunately, the Mets home win-loss record has finally pushed well north of .500 however the away record is well off of where it was last year, having finished last year at 47-34 on the road the team is currently at 26-29.

Finally, the Mets record in one run games is less than acceptable. At 9-13 they fall way below their divisional rivals(Phillies at 16-18, Marlins at a scary 17-12). Fortunately most of the losses were accounted for on the road with a 2-9 record posted.

Mets have posted a scatterplot of W,L,W,L,W heading into tonight. Let's hope it shapes up!

What's a Sport? Really..?

What's a sport? This topic has come to light in recent years as NASCAR has gained in popularity, Tiger Woods has broken the color, ahem... waste line, barrier in golf, and both poker and competitive eating have come into the spotlight on the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. The definition of a sport(noun) according to the Merriam Webster dictionary, is a source of diversion/recreation, or a physical activity engaged in for pleasure. I would have to say competitive eating fits the definition quite nicely. As for poker, and other non-sweat inducing games it would appear these should still fill the definition as recreation activities.

Ultimately we have been a little too narrow-minded with our definition of what a sport really is. Along this line it would behoove my fellow American's to welcome a variety of new sports to their TV's and homes. In tough economic times a ticket to a professional lawn bowling event will likely be much more affordable than tickets to a professional football game. Incidentally, I'd like to propose a few other professional sports into American culture:

1. Professional Hacky Sacking: Remember how much fun this used to be? ESPN would love covering young hipsters still endowed with the knack for the sack. I could see it now, tournaments on beach boardwalks, sponsors like Urban Outfitters and Whole Foods, what a glorious spectacle.

2. Duck Duck Goose: I think there should be a weight minimum here, and potentially games should be excluded to really hot places with lots of warm clothes on and really warm places with very few light clothes on.

3. Tic-tac-toe: Ok, so the 9 box game is pretty easy, but maybe have it played with 16 boxes? Or perhaps between chimpanzees, or people from West Virginia?

4. Dominos: In all seriousness, this should be in the big leagues by now.