ESPN's Bad First Half Moments Starring Your New York Mets

So SportsCenter did a "Not Top 10" segment featuring the worst plays in the first half of the baseball season. One team stands out - your New York Mets. Three of the top ten most embarrassing plays star the Mets with Luis Castillo taking the #1 spot. And they didn't even include the Ryan Church missing third base in the mix.

Let's pray we've left these behind us.

David Wright on SportScenter's My Wish

For some reason I'm a sucker for these My Wish segments. Great one with David Wright. Enjoy.

ESPN: Sheffield Could Play for Mets Next Week

This is a clip from ESPN with both Omar Minaya and Jerry Manuel talking about the edition of Gary Sheffield. The interesting thing is if you go over to ESPN.com and read the full article below the video, you'll see that Sheffield credits David Wright with getting him on the Mets.

He talks about how its hard to resist when the "face of a franchise" reaches out to you and wants you on the team. I see Secretary of State in David Wright's future. Click here for the full ESPN article.

The WBC is Ruining Spring Training

I know I've posted before about my dislike for the WBC, so I promise this will be the last one. But honestly folks, the WBC is ruining spring training.

Spring training is a time to get your act together for the coming season. It's a time to start that bond with your fellow teammates and get started on the right foot. It's a time to get back into shape and focus on what your contribution to the team will be.

That's not what's happening. The Mets have 16 players involved in the World Baseball Classic so it's not like a random 2 or 3 guys are out of spring training. David Wright got kneed in the head the other night. KRod is pitching lights out, but is throwing more innings on back to back nights than he's used to. Heaven forbid anything should happen to either of these guys because the Mets season would be in trouble for a glorified exhibition.

I do get the part about playing for your country. Even I was moved when in a SportsCenter clip, Brian Roberts of Team USA talked about wearing the uniform for our country and what a great feeling that is. I get that it's a time for other countries to band together and play against the world's best.

But in a week no one will even think or talk about the WBC. This isn't the Olympics. It's something created by Bud Selig to monetize baseball even more than it already is and somehow symbolize baseball as a "world game."

Whatever.

I want my players focused on the task at hand, overcoming the debacle that was last year and coming out of the gates strong. I can't wait for the WBC to be over and we can get back to some real baseball games.

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