Ed's Back. And Ed is PISSED

You can't kill me. I'm like Michael Meyers.

Oh, I'm not saying I'm gonna post every day. It might be weekly or less. But when shit pops, I gotta vent. What better day than today. The day Son of Fred (SoF) reared his head. It seems SoF is giving SoG (Hank S)a run for "Biggest Silver Spoon Idiot" in NY baseball ownership (neither of course can hold a candle to Dolan).

But first, some housekeeping. To those who came and wished me well, many thanks. Mike, I love your blog, and miss you over on Metsgeek. Rickey, I love your blog as well. Coop, ditto. Danny, you are the man.

As for the Philth fans, well, what can I say, your team did win the division last year. Kudos. Of course, they then reverted to mediocrity in the playoffs. Maybe Chase ran out of grease for his hair? How's J-Roll doing so far this year? Nice to see the reiging MVP pulled out of a game for lack of hustle. I wonder where Ryan Howard will be traded to, since the Philth ain't gonna pay him. Enjoy the ride so far this year. Remember, it ain't over till game 162.

On to more important stuff. Last night, the Mets, after smacking around the Angels, fired Willie, The Jacket and Tom Nieto. This after making them all fly west. Apparently, the decision was made yesterday morning, but in typical Mets fashion, they waited until the dead of night to pull the trigger. It's like Bob Irsay took over (if you need the reference for that, look up the Baltimore Colts) for the day.

Now, I'm not saying Willie didn't deserve to be fired. I frankly don't care. I do think the way this was handled was bush league, as per usual with the Wiplons. Yes, they spend money, but they have a penchant for idiocy. They listen to players (see Franco, John and Leiter, Al) about rookies. They leak like the levees in New Orleans. They come up with idiotic marketing ideas (You're Season has Come anyone?) Now, they force Omar's hand into firing Willie. I have little doubt that Omar wanted to wait until the off-day, but the constant stream of bullshit coming out of the owners box made him make the move now.

Willie wasn't perfect, and probably should have been let go after last season. But they made a decision to keep him. Now, after putting him on basically a day-to-day notice, they fire him in the dead of night, after a fucking win. Against a top AL team. Nice.

As for The Jacket, I'm torn. I think he has done good work, but it may be that he can't get through to some of the guys he has to work with. He did help a few, but he made some changes that left many scratching their heads (Pelfrey to give up the curve, Heilman to change his arm angle.). In any event, it seems the fans who say "fire" demanded a sacrifice, and they got their wish.

Tom Nieto, well, I have no idea why he was fired and Send-em Sandy Alomar was kept around. I did some research and found the following things he did wrong:

1. Drank jobu’s rum

2. Kept hanging around DW at clubs scaring away the girls.

3. Made jokes about Pedro’s little friend (the dwarf you perverts)

4. Kept yelling “neener neener” at the opposing pitcher.

5. Told Willie to ph Cliff Floyd. Last night.

6. Helped Jose choreograph his dances.

7. Was in the recording studio with Lastings Milledge

So, we get Jerry Manuel, who is 500-471 as a manager. He won one division title. This is the man who is to lead the Mets to victory.

I am happy for Ken Oberkfell to get the bench coaching job. Though we are not sure if that is his role, since it was not defined in the press release. Surprise.

The media are already having a field day with this. The Wiplon's are getting slammed left and right. It will be "interesting" to hear Fatso and Ninny on WFAN this afternoon. The "fans" are appeased. The question is, does this translate to WINS? Will this make Big Mouth Billy Bass STFU and close games? Will it make Delgado hit for power? Will it make Alou and El Duque healthy? Will DW be able to hit righties?

Time will tell. In the meantime:

Just
Fucking
Win