WAR JOHAN

This one needs a little explanation. It was requested in a comment thread on Amazin' Avenue, and I answered the call. Santana is pitching for the Mets this evening, and hopefully he'll be able to smite the Padres. You know, with that enormous sword.



So...yeah. WAR JOHAN.

More vampire evidence

Okay, so I'll admit that I've seen the first two Twilight movies. Of course, I watched the RiffTrax versions, so it's a little different. But still, I now know things about Twilight. One of them is that vampires evidently drive very quickly. Well, after getting back from the race yesterday, I found out about this.

Scheckter got a speeding ticket Friday night on Interstate 65 in Indianapolis, where the speed limit is 55 miles per hour. Police say it was difficult to clock Scheckter accurately because he was weaving in and out of traffic.

This is the last piece of evidence that I need. Tomas Schecker is a vampire, and we should all be glad that the race weekend ended without him going on a bloody rampage through the streets of Indianapolis.

Well, whaddaya know

The Mets are working on a team-wide streak of 27 scoreless innings. They shut out the Phillies for an entire series. There must not be a good sightline from the away bullpen to the plate. In honor of this great achievement, I give you the first official Thus Spoke Keith Hernandez Terrible MS Paint:



Wasn't that fun? I never would have expected that on a six-game homestand against the Yankees and the Phillies, the Mets would manage a 5-1 record. I guess all they had to do was get Maine and Perez out of the rotation.

The only problem with this is it means it's going to be a little longer before Jerry Manuel finally (finally!) gets fired. Maybe if Fernando Nieve's arm falls off (he's appeared in 27 out of 48 games, tying him for the league lead with teammate Pedro Feliciano) they'll can him. It would be nice if it didn't have to come to that, though.