The 2005 baseball season

[yendi]

A day ahead of April 1, ESPN's Page 2 has their predictions for the entire season. My favorites:

April 4: The Mets-Reds opener comes to a halt when Mets first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz catches a pop-up for his first put-out with his new team, and refuses to return the ball to play.

June 4: Jose Canseco releases a book about grammar and steroids titled: "Cheats, Shoots Up & Leaves."

August 29: To the horror of fans, Ken Griffey, Jr.'s hamstring spontaneously combusts while he is in the on-deck circle waiting to bat in his first game back from injury.

September 22: The Braves clinch the National League East with a win over the Phillies, setting off a wild celebration in their locker room. Disaster strikes, though, when shortstop Rafael Furcal, a little tipsy from the champagne, runs over John Smoltz with a bullpen car and knocks him out of the playoffs.

Comments

[wickedshadow.livejournal.com]

OMG Mr Met, how did that song go.......Meet the mets, meet the mets, come on out and greet the mets. I remember the song from the old WOR television broadcasts of Met games when I was a kid living in PA.

[yendi]

*nod* That's the song. I watched almost every game on WOR growing up. Since, at the time, they didn't have any cartoons or good syndicated shows, it was the only time I watched that channel.

[melvh.livejournal.com]

Meet the Mets, Meet the Mets.
Come on out and greet the Mets.
Your kids can do it, so can your wife.
Come on out and have the time of your life.

(And I'm a lifetime Yankee fan, so of course, I changed the words a bit when I sang it.....)