" Funny Nick Johnson story. At the 2001 playoffs, he asked a writer about the dogs on the field,...

" Funny Nick Johnson story. At the 2001 playoffs, he asked a writer about the dogs on the field, and when he was told they were bomb-sniffing dogs, Johnson responded, "What are they looking for?"

• By the way, Johnson probably won't be making a return to New York. While the Mets will look at free agent first baseman, and Omar Minaya had Johnson with the Expos, the Mets are shying away from injury-prone players.

Jon Heyman

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Reminds me of a story about South African cricketer Jacques Kallis

Running along the beach as fitness training, he supposedly turned to the instructor and said “so boss, how far above sea level are we?”

by deadspy3 on Oct 8, 2009 3:04 PM EDT reply actions

"Shying away from injury-prone players"

I’m guessing this will mean another year of Omar only being able to remember the season immediately before, and he’ll pursue “health” as single-mindedly as he pursued “bullpen” last year.

by pologroundling on Oct 8, 2009 4:24 PM EDT reply actions

Yup.

And by putting a championship team on the field, Omar’s only going after guys with rings. Mike Timlin in the hizzy!

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Oct 8, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

It goes without saying

that Luis Sojo will be starting for the Mets next year.

by JoshNY on Oct 8, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I think you’re right. I hate him with a passion previously reserved for…no, there’s nobody I hate that much. I was gonna say Steve Phillips, but I didn’t really hate him until after he was our GM. Omar’s a special breed of suck.

"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09

by cjmulrain on Oct 8, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions