BRONX, NY – I’ve got Christmas shopping to do, so let’s get right to it on this glorious Wednesday December 17th. Outside of sugar plums, I also have a couple of sports thoughts dancing in my head. Let’s go!
Vikings Beat Cowboys. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! Do you remember a few weeks back in late November when the Dallas Cowboys beat the Chiefs and Eagles on back-to-back weekends? I sure do because, all of a sudden, so-called sports pundits were falling all over each other with their “Dallas is a dangerous team” takes. Ha! What a bunch of talentless hacks. I’m talking about the pundits, not the Cowpokes. In fact, I’m now fully behind the notion that the Dallas Cowboys are “America’s Team,” because America is about as smart and savvy as a bag of doorknobs. Yes, America, the Cowboys are indeed yours. Embrace them. Pull them in closely with your Utz Cheeseball-stained fingers and love upon them. Oh, but one minor bit of news, they lost AT HOME, last Sunday night, to the already-eliminated Minnesota Vikings and their supposed-bust rookie QB, J.J. McCarthy. But don’t let that stop you vacant mouth-breathers from celebrating the 50th anniversary of Drew Pearson’s blatant pass interference on Nate Wright, aka The Hail Mary. Enjoy that playoff memory because, your team ain’t going to the playoffs this year. And, as an added bonus, you’re probably one or two games away from George Pickens having a nuclear meltdown. So at least we have that to look forward to… that and Brandon Aubrey field goals. He only tried 6 Sunday. Anyway, eat it, Cowboys fans.
David Stearns is a Douche. There were hints from the very beginning. When David Stearns took over as Mets President of Baseball Operations he fired manager Buck Showalter… but he did it in the most cowardly way possible, from afar. Stearns didn’t have to guts to tell a longtime and well-respected baseball guy like Buck Showalter face-to-face that he was being relieved of his duties. Instead, the guy in the room with Buck was then-GM Billy Eppler, who was about to be relieved of his duties as well. So Buck, ever the pro, told the assembled press himself. And, in doing so, he also indirectly let Mets fans know that “this Stearns guy might be a real a$$hole.” So far, I’d say he certainly is. Let’s take a quick look at some of his most consequential moves to date. He was able to convince the richest owner in baseball to sign Juan Soto to the richest deal in baseball. Juan Soto is a very good player. You can’t argue that. But, and I know it’s a small sample size, I think Soto is in the same “doesn’t seem like a Met” category as guys like Bobby Bonilla and Vince Coleman were. Last year’s trading deadline acquisitions by Stearns were an abject disaster by any measure. There’s no arguing that. And, so far, this offseason for the Mets feels like a train with a driver asleep at the switch. Edwin Diaz is gone for only a 3-year deal to the Dodgers. Pete Alonso is gone without the Mets even making an offer. But the good news is, Stearns got the Yankees’ closer from last year, who sucked. He also got Marcus Semien to play second and Jorge Polanco to play first. The first guy is 35 and coming off a bad season. The second guy is 32 and has never played first base. With those two additions alone, it’s hard to argue that the Mets are in the middle of a “youth movement.” Then there’s Stearns himself. Does anyone like him? I’m serious. How do you attract or even keep players when the guy running things is so unlikeable? These may be questions better left answered by someone who knows, Short Matt.
That’s it for me today. Come back tomorrow for Buddy Diaz who will be making a case for why anyone should care about the NBA Cup.
