I don't mean to sound too negative or (partisan?), but I was thrilled for the opportunity to voice my distaste for the Yankees announcers. All of them. I've been complaining about John Sterling, Michael Kay, and co. for years.
routine fly ball to Bernie...Bernie settles under it...and ohhhh what a catch by Bernie Wiliams!Speaking of bad announcers, how happy am I as a Mets fan that Fran Healy is no longer calling Mets games. It was tough there for a few years. I was rooting for my beloved amazins', while at the same time absolutely despising the man who was calling our games. I'm somewhat of a stranger to self-hatred, and this was positively bizarre.
this guy was so badThe Mets have since gotten it right, though. When Gary Cohen did radio play-by-play, I would occasionally solve my problems by turning down Fran and just listening to Cohen on the radio while watching what was happening on TV.
Now that Cohen is in the TV booth, I don't have to worry about any of this brouhaha. Along with Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez, Cohen helps form an all-star announcing crew that actually makes the game more enjoyable to watch, rather than having to be compensated for in some way. Complete with Kevin Burkhart in the stands interviewing fans and famous people, the Mets have definitely done well assembling broadcasters and sports personalities in the post-Fran Healy era.
Now that Cohen is in the TV booth, I don't have to worry about any of this brouhaha. Along with Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez, Cohen helps form an all-star announcing crew that actually makes the game more enjoyable to watch, rather than having to be compensated for in some way. Complete with Kevin Burkhart in the stands interviewing fans and famous people, the Mets have definitely done well assembling broadcasters and sports personalities in the post-Fran Healy era.
nice job, Mets!
As far as last night's game goes, the combined oratory skills of Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King couldn't have done anything to make the Mets' 9-0 drubbing at the hands of Johan Santana and the Twins sound or look any better. As many errors as hits (4), 7 runs in 3 1/3 innings from Jorge Sosa...it just wasn't pretty.
But enough of this hot streak-cold streak garbage. The Mets are what they are, and what they are is 38-31 and a game and a half up in the National League East on Wednesday, June 20th, 2007. Forget however many losses in however many games, or what it means when we win a game to end this losing streak or that losing streak; I'm already convinced that the media has been jinxing Carlos Delgado all season long by proclaiming his struggles over every time he goes 3-4 with a home run, and we certainly know what's happened there...people really need to stop saying the Mets have snapped out of it, or whatever, after each game they win. There's no snapping out of anything. There's 162 games and however we finish at the end of those 162. And then there's however many more we play between then and when we start next year's 162, and so on and so forth.
And hopefully we'll win as many as possible, but for crying out loud no more of this hot/cold high/low business. Slow and steady wins the race.
Let the team play, and trust they're all doing their best to play well, trust that they'll win, and trust that they'll find a way to make us all happy as Mets fans. It's not like the guys the Mets are trotting out there right now haven't done anything to earn that trust.
But enough of this hot streak-cold streak garbage. The Mets are what they are, and what they are is 38-31 and a game and a half up in the National League East on Wednesday, June 20th, 2007. Forget however many losses in however many games, or what it means when we win a game to end this losing streak or that losing streak; I'm already convinced that the media has been jinxing Carlos Delgado all season long by proclaiming his struggles over every time he goes 3-4 with a home run, and we certainly know what's happened there...people really need to stop saying the Mets have snapped out of it, or whatever, after each game they win. There's no snapping out of anything. There's 162 games and however we finish at the end of those 162. And then there's however many more we play between then and when we start next year's 162, and so on and so forth.
And hopefully we'll win as many as possible, but for crying out loud no more of this hot/cold high/low business. Slow and steady wins the race.
Let the team play, and trust they're all doing their best to play well, trust that they'll win, and trust that they'll find a way to make us all happy as Mets fans. It's not like the guys the Mets are trotting out there right now haven't done anything to earn that trust.
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