The Generic "Bad Ollie" Article And Other Mets Articles I Won't Write

By Shannon Shark
Posted Monday, April 27, 2009

I think I made a good choice picking Monday as my day for the weekly column.

So far I've had a few layups - Opening Day, Home Opener...and now I get dealt the "Bad Ollie" card.

I'm not writing it.

Why?

A) Because it's stupid. He will be here for another 100 starts so stop booing him and hope somewhere in the organization is a pitching coach who can communicate with him. End of Ollie article.

B) Because it's not why you come here.

One of the reasons I agreed to join the writing team at Flushing University is because they appreciate the snarkiness I have over at Mets Police.

So I'm not writing the "Bad Ollie" piece. Just google Mets and you'll find that fifty other places.

I'm also not going to write the "What's wrong with John Maine" piece after tonight's loss to the Marlins, or the "Let's Waste Money And Sign Pedro" piece after Livan Hernandez tires in the fourth on Tuesday.

I'm not going to write "Santana is going to win the Cy Young" article, because I wrote that one last year.

How about "Daniel Murphy's defense needs to get better!" Any interest in that one?

I'm surprised nobody has taken a stab at "I was wrong about Castillo!"

The Mets are 8 and 10 this morning. Maybe I should write the "Jerry Manuel Should be Fired" article. i could wait until Bobby Valentine mentions off the cuff (again) that he'd be interested in coming back.

I could recap all of Omar Minaya's trades and write "Omar Is A Genius" or "Omar Minaya Has To Go" depending on which three callers I hear on WFAN.

Maybe I could point out Manny Ramirez is off to a good start and ignore the fact that the guy playing left for the Mets is batting .314.

Nope. I'm just going to hit send on this diatribe and kill time until next Monday. By then the Mets will have played the first place Marlins at home, and the World Champion Phillies on the road, and I'll have a good handle on this team.