Weekly Hodge Podge

Here's a bit of a hodge podge on the things I've been thinking of lately:

1) I know that he's been talking a big game the whole season - and backing it up with his play - but I sure wish that Plaxico Burress would stop predicting that the Giants are going to win on Superbowl Sunday. It's dangerous to wake a sleeping Giant....no pun intended.

2) Craig Carton -- of WFAN's Boomer and Carton -- is a complete idiot. He was talking this morning about how great it would be if the Giants won the Superbowl and Jerry Reese became the first black general manager in the history of the NFL to win the Superbowl.

He then said, "It's sad that we live in the year 2008 and an Afro American General Manager hasn't won the Superbowl yet." Talk about trying to make a politically correct statement and completely screwing it up by calling Jerry Reese an Afro American.

3) What are the Mets doing?

In a city where the backpage is constantly dominated by the New York Yankees, the Mets finally have a chance to make it onto the backpage with this steal of a trade of Johan Santana and they announce the deal on Media Day of Superbowl Week.

What horrible timing!

Even though the Mets experienced a historic collapse this season, they were overshadowed by the Yankees early in the offseason. The team literally went into hiding.

After the Yankees exited stage left from the playoffs, they completely dominated the New York headlines with stories about Joe Torre, Joe Girardi, Don Mattingly, Alex Rodriguez and even stories about how they were debating trading Phil "Pip" Hughes for Santana. The Yankees haven't been on the back pages in awhile and have been replaced by the Superbowl bound New York Giants...

So, I ask why do the Mets decide to announce this trade of baseball's best pitcher by announcing the news during the week of the Superbowl. It's a great trade for them. Don't get me wrong. I am so happy that the Mets made this trade for two reasons: 1) The Yankees didn't trade Phil Hughes who I absolutely believe can be a Number 1 starter in the MLBs for years to come; and 2) the Red Sox didn't get Santana which would have significantly shifted the balance of power in the AL East.

So, congrats to the Mets and their fans for making this no brainer trade. But they had the chance to be the toast of the town and get significally more newspaper, TV and radio coverage if they announced it after the Giants win the Superbowl....