Kay Is Gay

Michael Kay was in attendance of the Saturday Mets/Yankee game at Shea Stadium. During his trip to Queens, the Shea faithful let him know that he sucks, started the chant Kay is Gay, Kay is Gay, and chastised him for the Miguel Cairo deal in his face after Cairo went deep. Classic stuff. He also mentioned that he was there with a very good looking girl. I guess simply stating he was there on a date was not good enough, he had to remind everyone he got a date with a girl out of his league simply because he is a hack announcer.

I mean really, what would any self respecting girl be doing with a guy who's head resembles a fruit best know for getting Absolute Vodka poured into it at high school parties so upperclassman guys can defile the underclassman girls?

I personally think he got off easy with the fact that Mets were beating up on a hapless Randy Johnson and he is a jackass. He should be so lucky that I was not around because all bets are off if you are a Yankee fan entering the Mets home turf. I've been known to taunt kids with single digits ages for making the mistake of wearing a Yankee hat by my seat.

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Cliffy finds new ways to hurt himself year after year.

In case you missed this quote filled article on Pedro yesterday, here you go.

"Those things happen. I'm not upset at all," Martinez said of consecutive errors by David Wright and Jose Reyes that opened the door for the Yankees. "I'm not out there just to win. I would love to, but I'm out there to give my team the best chance to win."

and

"This time I had more fans behind me and less middle fingers pointed at me," he said. "Less hate words."

Horacio Ramirez has the same OBP as Jose Reyes.

I like John Mayberry, but a guy that can be viewed as a project is a mistake for the Mets who will not pick again until the fourth round.

“I see a guy who’s in search of his swing,” the AL scout said. “It looks like he’s trying to find something. I kind of like that about a player who’s trying to get something to work. If he had 16 bombs, we wouldn’t be talking right now.”

For the exact reason there are people that want John Mayberry Jr. is the exact reason Omar Minaya and the Mets dropped the ball on Kendry Morales. He did not cost any draft picks and strengthened the system with a 1B/OF who can hit for power. This one kills me every time I see his name.

The Mets are interested in Danny Graves and will wait for ten days when he will be officially released before looking at him seriously. As bad as Graves was, the Mets taking a flier on him is OK with me. If you are keeping score, the Phillies, Cubs, Marlins, and Devil Rays are also interested.

The Mets are also rumored to be interested in LaTroy Hawkins. If they give up a bag of balls for him it was too much. If he's free for a mid-level prospect, then so be it. It's worth a shot. Else wise, it is waste even if the Cubbies pick up the entire salary.

The true test for Tommy is tonight when he faces the Braves who he has a 1-7 record with a 9.36 ERA against. Going up against Tim Hudson does not help either.

"You go in there and try to play the game the right way," Wright said. "I felt it was a good, clean play. You never see that play called. In my opinion, that's a tough call to make in that situation. It was a clean play. I wasn't trying to go out of my way. I felt if I rolled over I could reach the bag."

Tough call here. He looked far from the bag, but it was not dirty like when Tony Womack pulled down Jose Reyes on Sunday, but I guess since he touched the bag he was allowed to do whatever else he felt necessary to impede Jose.

Dougie M knows he sucks.
"Put 'I suck' with a big picture of my face on it."

Owning up to it is nice, but production is better.

From the Daily News:

Felix Heredia's circulatory troubles have worsened and the southpaw isn't expected to return soon.

Why he has not been removed to clear up a 40 man roster spot is anyone's guess, but enough is enough already.

Minor update:

• Lastings Milledge continues to be on fire, though he is not really hitting for much power yet. He went 3 for 3 to bring his average up to .296 in St. Lucie's loss last night. More importantly, this season he has ten walks in 29 games and owns a .377 OBP. Brett Harper smacked his 16th homerun of the year and leads the league in homers.
  
• Hagerstown lost to Lexington 2-1, but Matt Durkin was solid in his 4.1 innings of work. He struck out six, walked three, gave up four hits, and one earned run in 4.1 innings.
  
• In Norfolk's victory last night, Victor Diaz went 2 for 4 with three RBIs, two runs scored, and a homerun. Jose Santiago got the start and went five innings, gave up three hits, one run, no walks, and K'd three.