I just wanted to say congratulations to Manny Ramirez for joining the 25 Minutes Of Showboating Club. At an average of 3 seconds of showboating per HR, Manny Ramirez has reached the 25 minute milestone after hitting his 500th HR.
Congratulations Manny! A class act all the way!
Monday, June 2, 2008
Congratulations Manny Ramirez For Joining Elusive Club.
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See now, you bring up a good point (d'uh!). There is NO comparison to what Manny does with respect to Joba. When Manny jacks one out, he stands there and childishly admires "his work" - when Joba thrusts his fist, he's actually caught up in a childlike celebration.
There's a big difference between "childish" and "childlike".
For the record - just ONCE I'd like to see some pitcher strike Manny out, then slowly walk around the pitcher's circle, arms thrust straight up as Manny takes the "Walk of Shame".
Lupica yaks about the "big-time" pitchers from yesteryear, pitchers like Gibson. But Mikey, how do you think Gibson would react to Manny's "being Manny"? I think we both know - after 2 or 3 of Manny's teammates got nailed by a 97 mph heater, they'd likely ask Manny to STOP "being Manny".
Actually, Gibson would nail Manny. If I've learned anything about Gibson over the years, here's exactly what Bobby would do in this situation.
He'd throw Manny 2 or 3 sliders away to start the next at bat... he'd nibble at the outside corner, and on 2-1 or 1-2... the next pitch would be a fastball high and tight.
Why? Because Manny would be looking for another slider, he'd lunge out over the plate and take the fastball somewhere between the elbow and the neck.
And that'd be the last time he -ever- showed up a pitcher.
As for Lupica tearing into Joba Chamberlain... you know who else used to fist-pump after he struck out batters?
Pedro Martinez. In Montreal and Boston. For a lot of years.
Number of peeps from Lupica: None.
Just reading Lupica's revoltion over Joba's start tonight is all the more reason to hate the punk. What, we can't get excited about a rookie pitcher without first checking with him?
And - again - he tosses out the tired "$200 mill." mantra, while taking a shot at the Yankees by saying they remain "the greatest (regular-season) baseball show on earth.
"The Yankeess have given us everything except this: a pitching phenom."
So I guess Mo just kinda snuck up on us, eh? According to ol' Mikey, we Yankee fans took years to recognize Mo.
Dick.
And on the same night the Mets trot out "Pedro, the Clown on the Mound" (or, for you Beatle fans, "The Fool on the Hill".)
I'm fully expecting Pedro to go 3 - no more, and give up 4+ runs (to one of the waekest teams in the NL), and have Lupica claim it "a success", while Joba goes 5+, with 2 runs (against a serious contender), followed by Lupica writing how another "Yankee pitching prospect has rushed out to satisfy the owner's insatiable need for success, and as a result, has bitten the dust".
By the way - when was the last time the Mets had a pitching prospect worth getting excited about? Oh, that's right - Gooden back in the early 80's, before he found love in a straw.
Are you saying that Doc was gay for Darryl? Love in a Straw? Heheh.
What percentage of starters who make it to the majors wins 200+ games in their careers? Something like 1%?
So what does that make Andy Pettitte's 206 wins? That was our last phenom.
Chien-Ming Wang is 52-20 for a freakish .722 winning percentage. That's pretty phenomenal too.
The last Met phenoms were Pulsipher, Wilson and Isringhausen. How did that work out?
As for Joba, I'm expecting 4 innings, 4 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks and 4 ks, and I'll consider that a huge success.
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