It's Opening Day Mets Vs. Reds, First Pitch @ 1:10: I've Been Waiting All Winter For This

If you are a baseball fan, than today is the day you have been waiting for all winter. It's opening day and the Mets will be playing against the Reds in Major League Baseball's traditional season opener in Cincinnati.  The game is scheduled to start at 1:10pm with the Mets ace Johan Santana taking the mound against the Reds Aaron Harang. 

Unfortunately for me, I will be working today and miss the live broadcast of the game. I'll have to catch it on the replay later in the evening on SNY, I will however be listening in on the radio when time allows. I can't wait.

To get myself and all of my fellow Mets fan's psyched and our blood flowing in anticipation of a great and historic season, sing-a-long with me our fight song - Meet The Mets!!

Meet the Mets, meet the Mets,
Step right up and greet the Mets.
Bring your kiddies, bring your wife,
Guaranteed to have the time of your life.
Because the Mets are really sockin' the ball,
Knockin' those home runs over the wall.
East side, West side, everybody's coming down,
To meet the M-E-T-S Mets, of New York town.

Oh, the butcher and the baker and the people on the streets,
Where did they go? To MEET THE METS!
Oh, they're hollerin' and cheerin' and they're jumpin' in their seats,
Where did they go? To MEET THE METS!
All the fans are true to the orange and blue,
So hurry up and come on down -
'cause we've got ourselves a ball club,
The Mets of New York town!

Give 'em a yell! Give 'em a hand!
And let 'em know you're rootin' in the stands!
Come on and...

Meet the Mets, meet the Mets,
Step right up and greet the Mets.
Bring your kiddies, bring your wife,
Guaranteed to have the time of your life.
Because the Mets are really sockin' the ball,
Knockin' those home runs over the wall.
East side, West side, everybody's coming down,
To meet the M-E-T-S Mets,
Of New York town,
Of New York town!

In Torre’s Book, Rodriguez Strikes Out

I have never been a Yankee fan, I prefer for some reason to place my baseball loyalties in the other NY team, so I don't find former Yankee manager Joe Torre's newly release tell all book that interesting.  What I do find interesting however, is the fact that Torre needed to air his dirty stirrups in public when it came to Alex Rodriguez.

As any baseball fan in NY knows Rodriguez is not known as Mr. Clutch, he is more like Mr. May then Mr. October and according to Joe Torre his presence from day 1 in the Bronx was a major distraction that sometimes caused chaos in the clubhouse.

Here are just a  few example of what you'll find in the book :

...But what stands out the most about the book are the frank, and often critical, statements that Torre makes about Alex Rodriguez, who won two Most Valuable Player awards during the four years that Torre was his manager in the Bronx. At 33, Rodriguez has hit 553 career home runs. He is widely regarded as the game’s best all-around player. He is also its highest paid...

...But in the past year, Rodriguez has clearly become something of a target for people trying to sell sports books...

...Torre’s view, however, has nothing to do with the use of performance-enhancing drugs and everything to do with Rodriguez as a person and a player...

...“Alex monopolized all the attention,” Torre said...

If you want to read more about Torre's book, the NY Times writer Michale S. Schmidt tells all about it in todays edition.