Dave D'Alessandro: Professional Clown

     The New York Metropolitans have played 7 games this year to a record of 3 - 4.  And with 155 games left to play in what is a very long baseball season,  the Star-Ledger's Dave D'Alessandro is already putting manager Terry Collins on the hot seat.

     We here at the Toy Department have been pretty clear about our feelings towards this type of irresponsible journalism, still it never ceases to amaze us how these pieces of trash continue to be printed.

     I'll be the first to admit to having some minor frustration.  I mean seriously, who likes losing?  But to imply that the first week of baseball will decide this team's fate, or number the days the manager has left is utterly ridiculous.  
     
     D'Alessandro writes in this delightful paragraph, "Never mind that he’s a mere stopgap. It hardly matters that everyone knows Sandy Alderson is basically using Collins to (cliché alert) change the culture for a few years before he can put the team in a position to moneyball its way back into your heart."
     Does "everyone" know? Really? and Who exactly is "everyone"?  That's such playground talk.  'Everyone knows you eat your boogers.'  Get the hell out of here.  I'll tell you what I know, if the Mets play good baseball, and continue to show they can battle, as they have a few times in this young season, Collins will be fine.

     D'Alessandro suggests that Collins' job won't be easy, due to all the negativity surrounding the team.  Negativity forced down our throats in columns like this, by writers like this.  Can we just please watch some baseball and try to enjoy it?

     The column continues on with quotes from Davey Johnson about his opinion on the organization's tribulations, and as much as I love Davey, and I mean no disrespect when I say this, but who cares?  I mean the 80's were a different time, Davey is with a different team, I doubt very much he has any relationship with Sandy Alderson that would give him a clue about what's going on behind closed doors.


Then there's our checklist.  Brought to us by David D'Alessandro (I can't stand typing this clown's name).  Clearly filled with the same point of view and opinions of the Mets fans, why not let him speak for us?...

"...Mets fans are a sensible, albeit pessimistic, bunch."
That's fair, and shouldn't we be?
"...Nobody seriously expects Johan Santana to ever pitch again."
Uh, who said that? Ever again?  I mean I am skeptical by his All-Star Break Goal, but this is a new regime hasn't given me a reason not to trust them yet.  You need to stop reading Steve Popper's bullshit columns.
"...Nobody expects Jose Reyes and Francisco Rodriguez to finish the season here. "
No, K-Rod is one thing (we want him gone), but you and your snobby columnist friends don't expect Jose to be here, I mean when did Sandy put Jose on the block? Did I miss that? I'll admit that I'm scared that it 'could' happen, but WE'RE SEVEN GAMES INTO THE SEASON!!!
"...Nobody expects this team to drift too far from the 70- to 79-win vicinity they occupied the last two years."
Uh, speak for yourself asswipe, I do.  I believe this is a .500 team.  I think they're better than the Fish and the Nats.  And I know I am not alone with those thoughts.
"...Nobody expects them to do anything but uphold Collins’ mantra: 'This is a sport where failure is around the corner every day, almost."'
Anything else you want to take out of context?  I booed K-Rod yesterday, does that make me racist?  Oh wait, wrong writer.

      D'Alessandro has a lot of nerve.  Merely a week into the season, he suggests that Terry Collins is already on the hot seat.  He compares his tiny body of work to Jerry Manuel's Met tenure.  And he attempts to create a rumor that has no business being attached to this team this early in the season.


-Trip McFeely


Jarvis here...

I had to add my 2 cents here because this clown is way too much for a Saturday morning. I just woke up, asshole, and THIS is how I start my day? But really, Dave...if you're going to take everything out of context, I'm just going to go ahead and do the same.

Quoth David D'Alessandro:

"We haven't a clue."

Truer words have never been written. Except in this blog post. By us here at The Toy Dept.

-Jarvis O'Dell