The NY Event

Run This Town...

2010-02-01T16:03:00.003-05:00

Not the grammy winning song by Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Mr.West, but the team that clearly runs this town, the New York Yankees. It's no secret the Yanks are #1 here in the big city but something that has irked me over the past week is this debate over Johnny Damon. I listen to WFAN for most of the day, when im not in class im listening and it seems to me that a lot of fans have this feeling that the Yankees "need" Damon. My response, are you kidding!?

Just for (for lack of a better term) shits and gigs, lets take a look at the prospected lineup for this team. Now obviously, this wont be the exact line up, but thats not important.

Cano

Jeter

Nick Johnson

A-Rod

Tex

Granderson

Swisher

Posada

Gardner

Now, i don't know about you guys, but to me, this looks like an all-star lineup. This is clearly the best 1-9 in baseball, and heres a newsflash! You wont notice Damon is gone! This team is already so good that Johnny Damon will not be missed.

The point of this post is to simply show the Yankees fans that they have it EASY. They are calling up the FAN all day fighting over Damon when there is no real debate to have. All the Yankees fans need to do is sit back, relax, and take a nap till October rolls around.

The mess that is the Mets

2010-02-01T15:49:00.004-05:00

Im sure most of you already know about this J.J. Putz business that has made its way out into the media recently. In case you are not aware, check out the story on Metsblog.com. Here are the quotes from Putz,

“When the trade went down last year, I never really had a physical with the Mets,”.... “I had the bone spur (in the right elbow). It was discovered the previous year in Seattle, and it never got checked out by any other doctors until I got to spring training.”....“I knew that I wasn’t right. I wasn’t healthy. The toughest part was having to face the media and tell them that you feel fine, even though you know there’s something wrong and they don’t want you telling them that you’re banged up.”

If this information is true then something needs to be done. The league needs to get involved and investigate how the players are being handled. It no longer bogles my mind that no players want to come here. As we all know, players talk. What player would want to come to the Mets, a team that is clearly number two in town, and risk being treated like a horse. I know if i was a player, my health would be my first priority. If a player isn't healthy they can't play, and if they can't play they can't make money, and if they can't make money they can't support their families. It's simple logic and it amazes me that this organization continues to make STUPID decisions time after time. Something needs to be done to fix the image of this organization, and it needs to be done fast. It seems that something new happens every week that makes me think less and less of ownership and the front office.

Ill end by saying this. I am a fan of the players and the name on the front of the jerseys, so i can not help but root for this team through all the ups and downs, but i have lost a lot of respect for the Wilpons and for Omar over the last two seasons.

Get ready for the ride...

2010-01-31T16:33:00.005-05:00

Being a fan of the Mets i have to say that i, like most, am very disappointed with the lack of movement this off season. The day after the season ended Omar and Mets ownership went on WFAN with Mike Francesa and told all of us that their priority this off season would be to improve the defense and the pitching. I think most would agree that while offense is very important, defense and pitching wins games. So, like a gullible fool, i believed them. I was excited for the winter meetings, i was excited for moves to be made, and to watch press conferences of new players putting on their Mets shirts for the first time. Jason Bay was the only player we saw do that.

To say Jason Bay is a bad defender is not fair. He is more than capable in the field and with his arm, but he is known as an offensive player. Aside from some other small signings that i wont mention because they are pretty insignificant, Jason Bay was the only player we brought on board. As far as i know, Bay can't pitch, and he is not a vast improvement on defense, so where did those priorities go? apparently they went right out the window...

Despite the hard times, i remain optimistic about this season. Yes, there are many questions that need to be answered, but i believe that this team can win. If the team is healthy there is a good chance that they will be right in the thick of things come mid season. I'm sure we will have our ups and downs, times where we believe we can win it all, and times where we declare the season over, but at the end of the day we have a lot of players that a lot of teams would love to have on their squad.

My advice to all the Met fans out there is this, Don't loose your mind in anger for the way this team is run. Don't loose sleep at night worrying about the pitching rotation, don't cram your brain with mathematical equations trying to figure out how many home runs David Wright will hit. Instead, sit back, relax, and watch the game. At the end of the day we are just fans, we have no control over what happens on the field or in the front office. We can call the radio stations screaming and yelling in frustration but in the end it won't make any difference. The only thing we can do as fans is enjoy the wonderful game of Baseball.

P.S. I know a lot of fans would love to stay under the radar right now by not wearing their gear for fear of being heckled or made fun of, but we need the colors shown now more than ever. When the team is good there are plenty of front running fans that will wear a Wright shirt or throw on a Mets hat because it matches their shirt, but the real fans need to rep our team when it's down. Please fans, wear your hats, jerseys, shirts, shoes, anything Mets. Keep the Mets stickers on your cars, dress your kids in their Mr.Met winter hat, the team we love is sick, and it's up to us to keep the spirits among fans.

First One!

2010-01-31T14:49:00.000-05:00

Welcome sports fans! My name is Nick and im going to be writing this blog to share my thoughts on NY sports and other stories floating around the sports world. Most of you probably know me from Twitter (@Lebron23NYK) so you can expect a lot of the same here on TheNYEvent.com. If anyone has questions or just wants to get in touch with me get at me on Twitter or shoot me an email (Nick.TheNYEvent@gmail.com).