¿Dónde Están Los Mets?

Me fijé que desde el despido de Omar Minaya, los Metropolitanos se han convertido en un equipo que no está lleno de Hispanos como en los últimos años.

En el 2011, los fanáticos no verán a Pedro Feliciano en el montículo. Tampoco verán a los relevistas Raúl Valdes y Fernando Nieve. Valdes firmó un contrato de ligas menores con los Cardenales de San Luis y hoy Nieve firmó un contrato con los Piratas de Pittsburgh.

Los Metropolitanos todavía se quieren liberar de los contratos de Oliver Pérez y Luis Castillo y siguen los rumores que Nueva York están ofreciendo los servicios de Carlos Beltrán y José Reyes a otros equipos.

La época de "Los Mets" parece que murió con el despido de Omar Minaya. Vamos a ver si la época de las derrotas también se terminó.


Okay, kids. Since my 4½ readers probably don't know how to read Spanish, here is the rough translation of "¿Dónde Están Los Mets?" (Note to self: Need to advertise Studious Metsimus to the Spanish-speaking community. Do not mention Oliver Perez. His own family doesn't even like him.)

I've noticed that since the dismissal of Omar Minaya, the Mets have been converted into a team that is not chock full of Hispanic players as in previous years.

In 2011, fans will not see Pedro Feliciano on the mound. They will also not see Raul Valdes and Fernando Nieve. Valdes signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals and today Nieve signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Mets still want to free themselves of Oliver Perez and Luis Castillo's contracts and rumors continue to swirl that New York is offering the services of Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes to other teams.

The age of "Los Mets" appears to have died with the dismissal of Omar Minaya. Let's see if the age of losses has also been terminated.

Ferecito Says "¡Ay Dios Mio!" To Bill Madden's Article

So yesterday I was looking for something to blog about and I came across an interesting article by Bill Madden in the Daily News. If you're too lazy to click on the link or if you're boycotting Studious Metsimus for not having many new blogs recently, I'll quote Madden's short paragraph on the Mets.

"They won't spend the money for Holliday, Bay or Lackey and apparently, they're only interested in signing low-budget Latin players, having shown little or no interest in Byrd, Figgins, DeRosa, Wolf or even Staten Island's Jason Marquis, while waiting for their markets to come to them. At the same time, the Phillies and Braves wasted no time in addressing their needs. Sad."

For those of you who didn't boycott our silly little site and clicked on the link to Madden's article, you might notice a certain word missing from the article that appeared in the quote above. The word is question is "Latin". Today, the word doesn't appear in the blog. When it was originally published yesterday, it was there.

It looks like Mr. Madden got a little bit of a backlash from what he wrote. Yes, the Mets re-signed Alex Cora and then signed their catcher of the day, Henry Blanco. Both players are Latinos. However, they also signed Chris Coste. Last time I checked, he wasn't a Latin player.

Even Fred Armisen's Saturday Night Live character, Ferecito, would be offended by Madden's original statement. His trademark "Ay, Dios Mio" ("Oh, my God" to those who failed first-grade Spanish) would be quite appropriate to describe his feelings for Madden's comment.

I guess Madden is now using Ferecito's other catch phrase when he recanted his original statement. ("I'm just keeeeding!")

Shame on Madden for even considering putting that in print. If the Mets were to go after only Jason Bay, Matt Holliday, Jason Marquis, or Studious Metsimus' man-crush John Lackey, would Madden have channeled his inner George Jefferson by saying that the Mets are only interested in signing honkies? (I apologize for using the word honkies. I'm just trying to make a point and I miss watching great shows like "The Jeffersons".)

To those of you who have boycotted Studious Metsimus for the lack of blogs, boycott Bill Madden instead. We're an equal opportunity offender, not like Bill Madden. Shame on you, Mr. Madden. As Ferecito would say, "Ay Dios Mio" indeed!