Tirico Suave

Inspired by the brilliant There, I Fixed It, I strung together the 2009 New York Mess.

Fact: this was the starting lineup for last night’s Daniel Murphy comedy special game against the Diamondbacks.

H/T: Omar

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Courtesy of the clever gents over at Global Sports Fraternity comes this glorious cartoon that may already need a sequel seeing is how Jon Niese just Nomar’d his hamstring attempting to cover first base in tonight’s game.

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And you thought the first 20 minutes of “Saving Private Ryan” were hair-raising . . .

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If you haven’t heard, Omar Minaya is going to “investigate” bone-chewing colleague Tony Bernazard’s recent string of fuck-you-I’m-Tony-Bernazard behavior.
While not privy to the inner workings of said investigation, I’d imagine it will go something like this . . .

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It appears all the work on “fundamentals” in spring training has really started to pay dividends for the opposition.

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ESPN’s ‘My Wish’ series is seemingly impenetrable to the ire of critics.
Seriously.
Let’s look at the show’s formula:
1) Sick kids
2) Sick kids overcoming adversity
3) Sick kids connecting with millionaire ballplayers
If Phil Mushnick were a semi-automatic weapon, ‘My Wish’ would be the equivalent of a bulletproof vest.
In reality, I don’t hate the show. But I don’t really [...]

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Value of Starting Lineup: at least $7.99 (+ shipping).
Value of Actual Lenny Dykstra: $0, or whatever the trade-in value is of a Jim Cramer personalized Boo Yah.

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The ineptitude that is the 2009 New York Mets was summed up fairly nicely by ESPN’s Not Top 10 this morning. Of course, they only put the top five online because, well they were just…actually, I don’t know, sometimes I think ESPN occasionally likes to suck for no reason whatsoever. Whatever. Keeps the snark fresh. [...]

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Via MLB.com:
The Mets signed 16-year-old Juan Urbina on Thursday, a Major League scout told MLB.com.
The Venezuelan left-hander is expected to receive a $1.25 million signing bonus on the first day of Major League Baseball’s international player signing period.
Urbina, listed at 6-foot-2, is said to have a fastball in the upper 80s and a [...]

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Tirico Suave: all Buck, all day.

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