Chillin' in the Mets locker area.
ME: today was busy and then not busy. sometimes we get a lot of inquiries at work, other times it's dead quiet. sometimes i can finish a resume in half an hour; other times it takes me several hours--just to wrap my head around what they do. and if i don't interview them for the resume, it makes matters worse because i have no clue, truly, what they do! sometimes my boss gets all of their information; sometimes there's nothing to work with other than their previous crappy resume. so what can i say? it was another weird weather day...i mean, march 5th and i can stand outside with a short sleeve shirt. global warming, baby. around 3pm, my toe felt funny, maybe later in the day. i waited until i got home to take my shoe and sock off and found my big toe was red, bruised and swollen! i have no clue how that happened. limpy, i played with my cats (metsy and mona), went to the bathroom a few dozen times (TMI, i know...i have IBS...TMI, i know) and then headed over to becky's mom's to watch the season finale of project runway! it was great, s always. there's not much realty tv i enjoy out there, but that's one i do. tim gunn for president i say! i overate, played with cats and woody a. wooders, the puppy and stayed up late. hillary got ohio, texas and rhode island. amazing. it what awesome news! it's an exciting race and i really hope that, no matter who gets the nod, mccain doesn't win...why do i feel he will. some tell me that people really won't vote for him. others say they will because they won't handle a black nor female president. we'll see, right? i hope hillary can do it. obama's got the delegates, she the superdelegates and me? indigestion...go figure! i really have to create something soon. a mix, art...something. perform? i will go nuts if i don't do something creative soon. i guess this counts as creative, no? no. i think not. after all, i'm just writing about my day and the Mets' day. i get depressed though and confused and out of sorts when too much time passes between creative projects. oh dear, i do wish there were more hours in the day. i'm sitting on a world of talent and worrying about paying the bills? i don't get what's happening. should i just become a zoologist? work at a mall? maybe i need a new job? maybe i need to work from home...yeah. i think i should just make resumes from home. and art. and put on musicals.
METS: today the Mets beat Joe Torre's Dodgers, 3-2, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth! Johan struck out four and gave up one run in 3 innings of work. Angel Pagan had another good day going 1-2 and raising his grapefruit average to .429. Anderson Hernandez, who played in four games last year, went 3-5 with a run scored and an RBI. John Maine, who won 15 games last year with a 3.91 ERA and 180 strikeouts, received a "mere" $59K raise today. that makes his salary for '08, $450K...that, in an era where the average player gets a minimum of $1 million. Papelbon (Red Sox), Fielder (Brewers) and Hamels (Philadelphia) also received weak raises compared to their strong performances. it's interesting to note that players on a 40 man roster, with less than three years of experience and not eligible for arbitration, who did not agree on contracts beforehand, are at the mercy of their ball club to decide their salary. that's a problem. but then again, perhaps these guys should prove their worth over time. after al, when i was younger, these guys remained with one team for their whole career, for the most part. nowadays, they journey. but, nice deserving salaries can influence a player to stay. craig biggio anyone? derek jeter? have i mentioned no player on this Mets roster has used performance enhancing drugs? just thought i'd mention that. what else? oh yeah, people are not going to be able to smoke anywhere at Shea this season, nor next year at Citi Field. now, for the bad news: Moises Alou is getting hernia surgery which will put him out until May. Michel Abreu, who was doing well replacing the injured Delgado, is now injured himself! coincidentally, Abreu is out with a hip flexor injury (Delgado is out with hip issues as well). Beltran, Castillo, Chavez ad Damion Easley are all out and due back sometimes next week! El Duque is feeling better and threw off a mound. Gotay, says a CT Scan, suffered an ankle sprain...as opposed to a fracture, what is what everyoe thought he had. the Mets are, according to the Post, on the prowl for righty hitter who can play first base as well as right field and a middle infielder. Joe Smith and even El Duque might be on the trading block.
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