Our beloved METS still hold a 9 1/2 game lead over the PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES and a ******** 14 1/2 game lead over the DREADFUL BRAVES. As you’ve probably noticed, I did not use the term I always use, "the DREADED BRAVES." Methinks their play is self explanatory.

As for tonight’s game, what looked so promising ended with the METS being red-faced. A JOSE REYES cycle and a JOSE VALENTIN 2-run bomb went for naught as once again BRANDON LOOPER could not keep the BIG RED MACHINE in check. OH! WAIT! THAT WAS LAST YEAR! THIS IS NOW. It was BILLY WAGNER that could not keep the BIG RED MACHINE in check. Wonder if Billy was having deja vu all over again. Ah, FAGGET-A-BOUT-IT! I know I am. The fact is MET fans, this division is ours no matter what.

But, while I’m on the topic of FAGGET-A-BOUT-IT!, I must speak out about OZZIE GUILLEN, the manager of the World Champion WHITE SOX. The following should not be read by anyone under the age of eighteen. This is no joke.

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As you might have heard, NEW YORK was just named the nicest city in the country. I for one have always believed that to be the case. Having grown up on Long Island and spending the best part of my teenage years in Manhattan, Flushing, the Bronx, etc. I have always said, whether it be in just everyday life or in a time of extreme emergency, New Yorkers will always give you the shirt off their back. I believe the reason New Yorkers have such a bad reputation, at least in Hollywood’s mind, is due to the fact that we can be blunt. Which leads me to

OZZIE GUILLEN

TIME TO BE BLUNT

Ozzie Guillen is a PUNK. He is nothing more than a schoolyard bully who needs to be grounded and sent to his room without dinner.

If you haven’t heard by now, Ozzie Guillen called Jay Mariotti, who is a recurring guest on Around the Horn on ESPN, and I’ll quote right now,"What a piece of s**t he is, effing F-A-G.", for comments Mr. Mariotti made in his Chicago Sun-Times column regarding the fact that Ozzie Guillen ordered a young pitcher to hit an opposing player with a 95 mile per hour fast ball. What Mr. Mariotti said is not important. What Ozzie Guillen said in reply is. We as baseball fans don’t deserve this type of dictatorial diatribe. The thing that really gets me is the fact that when Ozzie (the PUNK) Guillen last year spewed his hateful, threatening and self-imposing ignorance at former White Sox player Maglio Ordonez, most in the media laughed. Most in society ignored. When he threatened Maglio Ordonez and his family and the results were NO FINES, NO CONDEMNATION from anyone, we became diminished as human beings.

Now we have to ask ourselves WHY? Why is everyone afraid to stand up to Ozzie (the PUNK) Guillen?

Is it because he’s nuts?

Is it because he’s Latin?

Is it because, in today’s society, are we too afraid that we will be called racist when we stand up to someone that is not of our like race?

The answer is all of the above.

These incidents by Ozzie Guillen are occurring on almost a weekly basis.

He is nothing more than a schoolyard bully wielding what I am sure most women would agree is a small bat and nothing more than two wiffle balls of courage.

This so-called man ACTUALLY called out Jay Mariotti and demanded he come see him in person. That’s what a schoolyard bully does – tries to solve problems with violence. Unable due to self-ignorance to get his point across.

Ozzie Guillen has been getting a pass for too long. Baseball must stop him. It stopped Pete Rose, it stopped Marge Schott and in some respect it stopped George Steinbrenner. Lest we forget – what baseball did to JOHN ROCKER.

I wonder how Ozzie Guillen would handle an educated debate with a 6’6′, 230 lb. white man from Long Island, New York who currently lives in Las Vegas.

The topic: Our Roles in Society. Something tells me with only wiffle balls of manhood, he doesn’t have the guts to face a real live human being who is not afraid. AND ALL OF YOU OUT THERE SHOULDN’T BE AFRAID EITHER.

He’s just a very small bat boy in the baseball game of life.

So what say you?

Now back to regular MET PROFESSIONAL programing.

RadioMan Out

As father’s day comes and goes, I am reminded of my own dad and and his words of wisdom. When I was young, I played ball like most guys did and one year our team was running away with the division when we went on a 5-game losing streak. I was a catcher and lead the team in homeruns and RBIs. One day after I struck out 4 times, made 2 throwing errors and dropped the ball at home plate to allow the winning run to score I came home and threw what can only be called  THE WORLDS BIGGEST TEMPER TANTRUM. My DAD, who was a very stoic man, sat me down and gave these words of wisdom. First he asked, "Did you try your best? Did you practice this week? Are you still in first?"

The first answer was obvious – YES. The second answer I sheepishly replied, "Well, no, I was too busy." The third answer was, "Well, YES."

My dad paused for a moment, then said, "Well, Chris, there is no better time for a losing streak than when everyone else is losing; you’re always gonna lose games."

You see everyone else in our division was also on a losing streak.

As for my horrible game he said, "What do you expect when you don’t practice."

So he made me play catch with him for the next two hours.

That was my dad.

This weekend is very tough for me since my dad passed away on AUGUST 21, 1999.

The ME TS have lost two games in a row – BIG DEAL. You can’t win them all.

Tip your hat MET FANS to Baltimore and Kris BensonMUM, who have the tools to be a very good team and most likely will be contenders very soon.

Our MET PROFESSIONALS are still the only team in all of baseball who have yet to lose 3 games in a row, a fact that will be TESTED today.

With TOMMY-GUN on the mound, we should be ALL RIGHT.

I wish to give all FATHERS out there a heart felt thank you. Your guidance and support and sometimes blunt truths ARE WHAT MAKE KIDS INTO ADULTS.

Girls into women.

Boys into men.

To my own DAD, thanks – you are always in my thoughts and prayers.

RadioMan out

[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: June 16, 2006 Braves’ magic number: 2007. The following vents are from actual DREADED BRAVES FANS, the names have been left out to protect the DISAPPOINTED. The sad reality is this Braves team is too young and too old at the same time. Half don’t know how to win and the other half have forgotten how to win. Someone broke into my car Wednesday and left me two Braves tickets. Sadly, Dan Kolb and his 5.93 ERA from last year is looking pretty good now. At least the guys at the Alamo went down fighting. What’s with calling the Braves names like Remmie, Gilley, Frenchie, etc.? Let’s call them WHAT they are: OVERPAID and NON-PRODUCING. Cox, I’m no major league manager, but you pinch-hit with a slugger. Not a double A ballplayer like that little boy Giles. Hey guys. I know you just got swept by the lowly Marlins, but at least your golf outing with Tiger on Monday was successful! With the smoke blown away and all the mirrors broken, we see what John Schuerholz has left us. How can men that have played the game all their lives strike out 50 percent of the time. I thought dogs were allowed in the stands at the Marlins game, not in the visitors dugout. I love Jordan’s hustle and leadership, but if he can’t hit major league pitching any more, we need to replace him with someone who can. I don’t know about the fat lady, but Dandy Don Meredith is warming up his pipes. When Cox said “I like interleague play,it gives us a chance to see different teams”, I think what he really wanted to say was, “I like interleague play, it gives us a chance to get BEAT by different teams outside our league.” Possibly Cox has a clause in contract that would cause him to want to get fired. Possibly Leo was more than a pitching coach. Possibly no one cares because of the ownership question. Well, at least we REALLY have things to Vent about now. Braves’ magic number: 2007. Is it time to break out the old blue uniforms yet? This years’s Braves are all five-tool players. With four of them hanging in the garage. Time to have a fire sale ala the Marlins. After the upcoming series’ with the Red Sox, Yankees and Blue Jays, the Braves will be 20 games out and Turner Field will be empty. Can somebody please tell the Braves hitters to stop trying to pull every pitch they see? Remlinger made a bad throw last night. That’s baseball. He followed it up with a whiney cheap shot at a teammate. That’s bush-league. Do all nine players have to bat? Let’s let Edgar bat 9 times and let the others run for him. I don’t want to hear or read that we’re 6-3 against Florida this year. That’s like being on the Titanic and having the captain announce that drinks are on the house. Live it up Mets fans. 2006 may be your year, but we’ll be back. Count on it. To see the end of a sports dynasty is horribly sad. But to see it end with Schuerholz and the worthless Braves owners not even try, is worse than sad. I feel sorry for John Smoltz having to share the spotlight with overpaid players like Chipper Jones and Marcus Giles. Now even fly balls are going over the head of Chubby in centerfield! Is he fast fooding it again? When Wes Helms beats you, you know the streak over! It’s a shame…we could’ve won,” said Bobby Cox. “We’ll try and regroup tomorrow”. Are you kidding me? My god, man. GET MAD, THROW A CHAIR, GET A BACKBONE, just DO SOMETHING! Reitsma has no feeling in his pitching fingers and does not know where the ball is going. I know exactly where it will go when he pitches: either between the outfielders or over the fence! UNKNOWN BRAVES FAN !!! RadioMan out

Today our MET PROFESSIONALS made history. Their 5-4 win over the PHILLIES proved once and for all our METS are the BEASTS OF THE EAST. Their systematic annihilation of the opposition on this 10-game road trip is really only the beginning of what is to come.

Let’s get back to that history part. The four runs the METS scored in the first inning of today’s game marked the eighth consecutive game that the METS tallied at least one run in the first inning. As we MET fans know, they won all eight games. Little unknown fact: in 1939 the EVIL EMPIRE (NEW YORK YANKEES) scored first-inning runs in seven consecutive wins – a record which held for 67 years – until June 15,2006 – the record now held by our beloved METS.

In the last eight games the METS have scored 25 first-inning runs. On this 10 game road trip, our MET PROFESSIONALS outscored the opposition 78-39.

Entering today’s game on this road trip, the METS were averaging 9 runs, 11 hits a game. The only emergency here is for the rest of the National League, especially the National League East.

With the METS threatening to win the division by July 4th, the explosions you hear are the opposition pitchers’ ERAs skyrocketing.

Just take this into consideration: on this 10-game road trip, CARLOS THE BELTRAN, CARLOS (THE GRIM REAPER) DELGADO, and DAVID (TWO-STRIKE FEAR) WRIGHT combined for a .410 batting average.

CARLOS THE BELTRAN: .459 batting average on this trip.

CARLOS (THE GRIM REAPER) DELGADO: .452 batting average on this trip, 4 home runs, 15 RBIs, and scored at least one run in the last eight games.

DAVID (TWO-STRIKE FEAR) WRIGHT: now fifth in the league with a .332 batting average, with his home run in the first inning of today’s game (14th of the year) gave him 38 hits with TWO STRIKES, which just happens to lead the league.

And with all that has just been said, what would you say the reason for the METS 9-1 record on this road trip really is?

JOSE REYES – our slight-of-feet artist. The man who drives pitchers insane and would make a cup of coffee nervous. In the PHILADELPHIA series alone JOSE REYES was on base 11 times – 8 by hits, 3 by walks. He stole 5 bases, scored about a ZILLION runs and simply drove the PHILADELPHIA pitchers insane. Which caused PHILADELPHIA’S pitchers to make bad pitches to our FEARSOME THREESOME, which enabled our MET PROFESSIONALS to gain back-to-back sweeps and pull to a 9 1/2 lead over the PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES.

Just for good measure, with the DREADED BRAVES being swept by the FISH (not Abe Vigoda – but he could have) the MET PROFESSIONALS now hold a ******** 13 game lead over ATLANTA.

Tomorrow I will be adding a new column to my blog simply called BRAVES VENT. What do actual DREADED BRAVES fans have to say about their own ATLANTA BRAVES? Tomorrow and every Friday thereafter you will find out.

If you need a pick-me-up, if your spouse just left you and you need to feel better, if you just received your cell phone bill for your kid, and you’ve run out of booze, then this is a

MUST READ! Trust me, you’ll be as giddy as a comic at a political convention.

RadioMan Out

See DREADED BRAVES play.

See DREADED BRAVES pitch.

See DREADED BRAVES watch as ball go very very very far over wall for HOME RUN.

See DREADED BRAVES lose.

See DREADED BRAVES fall and fall and fall to a BEAUTIFUL 30-35 record.

See Bobby Cox (the Wizard of Wins) put face in hands and grumble.

See MET FANS everywhere having SOOOOOOOOO much fun.

See METS build LEAD over DREADED BRAVES to 11 games if METS hold on to 9-4 lead over the PHILADELPHIA STREAKERS.

SEE DREADED BRAVES DYNASTY become but a MEMORY.

RadioMan out

Radioman is back. I hoped you all liked the radio show, and thanks again MLB for having me on. Now I am running a repeat of a blog I did early in April with a few adjustments.

Since our beloved MET PROFESSIONALS have been GUNNING down the opposition lately, I thought this was the perfect time for a REPEAT of sorts.

We all know about Murderers Row, the Bronx Bombers, the Killer Bees, and who can forget the Idiots of Boston. Ladies and gentlemen and Met fans alike, meet The Professionals: baseball’s newest hit men.

They can strike at any time, 

Need a shot in the arm to get you going – enter Jose Reyes. Need a double or a homerun or maybe a slight-of-feet artist,

Call Jose, most feared feet in the game; just don’t get in his way. After all, he is

A

Professional.

Most men shudder and shake when down two strikes in the count .

Maybe you need two strike fear in crucial situations, then call on two-strike Wright, most feared two-strike hitter in baseball.

A sharp-shooter who can spray bullets to any part of the field. Need a run scoring single or maybe an opposite field bomb – enter David Wright. After all, he is

A

Professional.

Maybe you need a different type of professional, one who strikes fear in the hearts of all pitchers, one who scares you down to your very soul ‘cause you know once you face him you’re dead – enter Carlos “The Grim Reaper” Delgado. One look from him and it’s all over.

He is

A

Professional.

Then there is the Professional con man of the bunch.

He steals base hits from opponents, he hits screamers into the night when he’s not killing you with a first inning bunt (just to keep you honest- he he he .)

He is Carlos the Beltran. The Bel tolls for you and you will not refuse him. After all, he is

A

Professional.

Of course, every organization needs “The Catcher”. LoDuca sees everything,

A REAL COMPANY MAN.

He’s the worst type of professional: he’ll get in your face and make contact every time. After all, he is

A

Professional.

Maybe you want “The Cleaner”: enter Cliff Floyd. He loves to clean the bases when they’re full of Professionals. He loves to gun down would-be crossers of home plate.

Don’t ever mess with “The Cleaner”; his accuracy and bat are to die for. After all, he is

A

Professional.

Last but not least is the X-factor Nady – no spin here, just missile-guided bullets with a heat-seeking sensor. His motto: “The hits are out there.” After all, he is

A

Professional.

Old man Franco, Jose Valentin, Chris Woodward- " THE UTILITIES" when a SPECIAL HIT is in order, don’t forget to call the " UTILITIES". AFTER all, they are,

ALL

PROFESSIONALS.

LASTINGS but not least is, PROFESSIONAL IN TRAINING " KID MILLEDGE",

He’s an ARMS DEALER with a can’t lose attitude, his INNOCENCE is his WEAPON,

His MISSION is to be a HIT in FLUSHING. With a little mentoring, he will

BE

A

PROFESSIONAL YET.

RadioMan is back on the blog! After being put on the BDL (BLOGGER’S DISABLED LIST) with an out-of-whack shoulder, RadioMan is forging ahead. Thanks to my AMAZING wife Amy, who is currently typing this blog as I dictate it to her on her 39th birthday – oops, probably shouldn’t have mentioned your age, huh? I can trust all you out there not to tell anyone, right? I thought so. By the way, she is the hottest 39 year old I have ever had the pleasure to…….. Getting back to my blog, I would like to thank all the well wishes I have received for my upcoming radio interview in just a couple of hours. Special props to KELLIA ,http://byrnesblog.mlblogs.com who on several occasions has literally made me laugh my behind off – which can be a pain to pick up – probably why I hurt my shoulder.

I have really missed not blogging this week especially since the DREADED BRAVES are playing such wonderful baseball (currently 8 games behind OUR MET PROFESSIONALS – Eh-xcel-lent, if I may quote the EVIL ERIC BYRNES)

By the way, I implore on everyone who is a true baseball fan to vote for ERIC BYRNES, who in my opinion without a doubt deserves to be in the ALL-STAR GAME.

Now I have recently been informed that our MET PROFESSIONALS should be worrying about the PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES and not the DREADED BRAVES. I’ll tell you who the MET PROFESSIONALS should be worrying about, the SORIANO NATIONALS!

The SORIANO NATIONALS are only one game behind the DREADED BRAVES for third place. The manager, FRANK ROBINSON, is whipping these Washington PUNDITS into a baseball team. With the type of stadium the NATS play in, it is my opinion that they – NOT the PHILADELPHIA STREAKERS -  will be the team to challenge our MET PROFESSIONALS.

Now, as for our BELOVED METS, who finally on their seventh try, reached the plateau of thirteen games over 500. Good job, guys!

Had I been able to blog these would have been some of the titles of this week’s blogs.

1. Wednesday’s blog on Mets beating the Dodgers: L.A. STORY STARRING EL POLLO LITTLE
2. Thursday’s win over the D-Backs would have been either: RAISING ARIZONA or METS DUKE IT OUT WITH D-BACKS, TKO IN NINE

Quick note: Nothing personal, but KAZ-A-MA-TAZ, enjoy Colorado.

With my bum shoulder and the fact that I can use only one hand to type, I may miss a few more days of blogging. Of course, if the METS throw a no-hitter, I’ll type with my feet if  I have to. Enjoy the radio show. Until later,

RadioMan Out

P.S. Thanks once again to my AMAZIN’ WIFE AMY who tolerates all that comes with being married to RadioMan.

With a 6 game losing streak looming, 6/6/06 looked to be a do or die day for the DREADED BRAVES. On the mound was Horatio Ramirez and announced earlier in the day was that Ken Ray would be the closer for the foreseeable future.

Ramirez pitched 8 innings, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits. Ken Ray worked an uneventful ninth to get his third save.

So on 6/6/06 the EVIL DREADED BRAVES ended their longest home losing streak since 2001.

For one early night in June, the WIZARD of WINS could smile, sort of.

With this win the DREADED BRAVES upped their record to 29-30 and look win the rubber game tomorrow.

With our BELOVED METS losing 8-2 in the sixth, the DREADED BRAVES could pull to within 6-games.

RadioMan out

6-6-06 in theology is the day of reckoning, the day either the ANTI-CHRIST is born or in some circles conceived. Some claim the world is coming to an end on this day.

For the WIZARD of WINS it’s a day to try and put an END to a 5-game losing streak that has seen them get swept at home by the D-BACKS in a 4-game series. That feat hadn’t happened since  May 5-8, 1995.

With the DREADED BRAVES’ collapse last night to the NATS, they now are 1-6 in their last seven and only 2 games ahead of the NATS in the standings.

With the DREADED BRAVES’ loss last night they now fall to 7 games behind our MET PROFESSIONALS and 2 1/2 behind the inconsistent PHILS.

So, can the DREADED BRAVES be re-born? Is it conceivable that somehow some way they will rise up from the ashes and make a run at 15?

Highly unlikely, but you know, stranger things have happened.

Let’s see where they are 3 weeks from now – 21 days in which they have to right the ship. This should be a period where the DREADED BRAVES will have a chance to get back into the race, with our MET PROFESSIONALS on the road for the next 9 games and the BRAVES playing some of the worst teams in baseball.

Of course if our BELOVED METS go 9-0, 8-1, 7-2 or even 6-3 the BRAVES are all but done.

Now I know what you are saying, "Hey RADIOMAN the BRAVES have to play Boston, and the Yankees in the next 21 days." Well MET FANS, as we all know too well, the BRAVES have always handled the RED SOX, and with the Yankees injuries reaching EPIC proportions a CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER team should have NO problems disposing of such teams.

First though, let’s see if they can stave off the NATS.

RadioMan out

After a heartbreaking loss to the GIANTS yesterday, a long flight to the west coast and Billy Wagner making LASTINGS MILLEDGE high-FIVE all the MET PLAYERS in mid-flight, no one could blame the METS if they felt a little fatigued and who could blame them if they took a few innings to get started.

The only FRESH MET was ALAY SOLER, but fresh isn’t always good when nerves are present. As we MET fans know ALAY has allowed 5 runs in the first inning of his only two starts to date. So how nice must it have felt when Jose Reyes lead off the game with a bomb to right, then 3 batters later how did ALAY feel seeing CARLOS (THE GRIM REAPER) DELGADO del-get a 2-run shot to give our MET PROFESSIONALS a 3-0 lead even before ALAY took the mound.

Well apparently it must have felt nice, ’cause the only nerves present tonight were the Dodger batters who faced ALAY. With Paul LoDuca calling one of his best games to date, ALAY had Dodger batters confused, befuddled, and off-balanced.

His SLURVE-BALL was right on, his breaking ball was like falling off a cliff, and when called by LoDuca, his fastball lights out. Alay pitched 7 solid innings,1 walk   7 strikeouts. His only mistake came in the sixth inning when Willie Aybar connected with one, sending a rocket to right center field. With ALAY pitching the way he did, the Dodgers only once had two men on base and that came in the fifth with two out. The only other time the Dodgers threatened was the eighth when Pedro Feliciano came in to relieve and also allowed two base runners with two out. Chad Bradford then relieved Pedro and induced a simple ground ball to end the inning. Chad worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save as a MET.

Alay even sacrificed twice and got his first ever base hit.

Lastings Milledge went 2-4 and drove in the METS fourth run of the night and HIGH FIVED NO-ONE(that we know of.)

The METS are now 16-6 after a loss and have PEDRO, and TOMMY GUN going tomorrow and Wednesday.

With the PHILS winning tonight at Arizona, the METS’ lead in the east remains at 4 1/2.

With the DREADED BRAVES losing, we now hold a SEVEN GAME LEAD OVER THE DREADED BRAVES.

After a relapse of my flu, and sore shoulder I hope to be blogging all week.

Radioman out.