Wally Matthews - Class A A-Hole

Now, I rarely directly link to newspaper articles. For one, I read a lot of stories, and assume most who visit here do the same. Second, I had not mastered the art of linking until earlier today. But there is a story in today's Newsday that requires a link and some ranting on my part.

Here is Wally Matthews, formerly of the NY Post showing that you can take the boy out of the Post but not the Post out of the boy.

Now, this has to be one of the biggest loads of crap that I have ever read from Matthews. He is honestly trying to say that Steve Phillips should get credit for not signing A-Rod when he was a free agent, cause the Mets would not have been able to afford Beltran, Wagner, Pedro, Delgado, Lo Duca, and might have traded with Reyes or Wright, since A-Rod would be manning one of those two positions. Talk about revisionist history.

Phillips going public with the Mets concerns over A-Rod's desires (plane, merchandise booth) and the 24-1 mindset, probably hurt the Mets more than helped. By going public, Phillips alientated the most powerful agent in baseball in Scott Boras. Yo don' think this cost the Mets when it came time to sign other Boras clients in the ensuing years? Or maybe made other agents think twice about dealing with the Mets? Or maybe players thought that the organization was going to publicize all of their desires?

There are few Met fans who wold have been upset had the team signed A-Rod in the winter of 2000. The team had just lost the WS, and A-Rod would have helped the team the next season. As it was, it went into a tailspin that lasted until last season. You don't think that bat would have helped a bit?

The article above comes on the heels of another piece of crap on Sunday, talking baout cheating. He had the audacity to throw David Wright's name into a sentance with others who have either been proven to have used enhancers, or suspected. Here is the offending sentence, that was apparently left out of the original story in some editions, but was noted in the corrections section this morning :
The truth is, we don't even know if they're really testing, or if they are, how many positives they're finding. [CORRECTION: A line was omitted from Wallace Matthews' column in some editions of yesterday's paper. The sentence should have read: "All I know is, Jason Giambi looks as muscular as ever, David Wright certainly is a growing boy, and isn't it funny how Bobby Abreu hit 164 home runs over eight seasons and just 14 in the past 13 months? " Pg. A13 ALL 8/7/06] All I know is, Jason Giambi looks as muscular as ever, David Wright certainly is a growing boy, and isn't it funny how Bobby Abreu hit 164 home runs in eight seasons and just 14 in the past 13 months?

Now tell me Wally, what the hell are you trying to prove? Oh, I mention a Yankee, so I better mention a Met? You piece of shit, you besmirch a 23 year old star in the making with absolutely NO FUCKING PROOF that he has ever done more than drink a Coca-Cola before a game or a Vitamin Water, and lump him in with Giambi, who basically admitted he used the juice? As for Abreu, if he never used, then you have malinged two good ballplayers. A few years ago you took the Post to task for their BS stroy on Mike Piazza, and quit in protest when they would not print your column. Now, you are no better than the Post. I hope Newsday realizes that you are a no good piece of shit and fires your ass. Go back to the Post where this type of muck-raking bullshit fits in. I expect better from Newsday.

That's two stories in a row where Wally has done a diservice to Met fans, and the organization. I for one will never read another column by this hack. If not for its otherwise excellent sports section, I would not buy another copy of the paper.