Wagner shits on Metropolitan Teamies.

Billy Wagner might be the only member for the New York Metropolitans that is firing on all cylinders. I mean Ryan Church has been too, but how long will that last. This isn't the first time that Billy Wagner has opened his mouth. A few weeks ago, he did the same thing and openly criticized Starting Pitcher Oliver Perez (THANK YOU!) about a shitty game he pitched. He only lasted 1 1/3 innings in the 13-1 shalacking at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Maybe Wagner is overly critical or maybe he's right.

I loathe the Mets, I honestly do, but I mean stand up for your team. Wagner says only a select few guys stand around to talk to reporters after a loss (him, David Wright, etc) and that it's getting old fast. You have to stand there after a loss as much as a win. This is your team, have some respect for yourself and answer to the problems your team is having. Don't just shower and bounce. I actually have to say that I respect Wagner for this. It's actually show that New York has done him some good, and that he doesn't give a fuck what people think. He wants people to be held accountable for their shitty playing and what-not.

This is very much like the Andruw Jones story, Andruw Jones came into Spring Training out of shape, and sluggish, and couldn't hit a bull in the ass with a snow shovel, but he didn't talk to reporters, he blamed it on allergies. Just fucking come out and say "I can't hit right now, I'm working through it, hopefully I can get back on track." Is that so fucking hard to do? I mean, come on, if every player did this there wouldn't be that many journalists sitting around having shit like Wagner's rant to talk about. Players need to take responsibility for their playing, whether it's good or it's bad, you need to put up or shut up.

Football is the anti-baseball. Football players have a fucking CONFERENCE after the game. Losers and winners talking about their individual performances. Baseball players get interviewed in the lockerroom. I mean, it's not the greatest place to conduct an interview when a player is standing around in his underoos, but whatever. I mean, if I was a baseball player, and I had a shitty game, I would want to talk about it. And I would joke about it too, albeit, seriously. If you're hitting/fielding/pitching is shitty, speak up, because if you do, your fans will get behind you. If you don't, you just get booed to high Heaven.

The Jets will have a QB battle in '08

Well, it's not as if you didn't see it coming Jets fans. The Jets are going to have at 2008 QB Battle Royale! And for those of you who don't know what that means, it means this:

5. New York Jets

Kellen Clemens hasn't distinguished himself in his first opportunity to run with the starting job. At the moment, Clemens' competitor for the 2008 starting job is unknown. But the Jets face a tough decision on Chad Pennington; he is on the books for a $4.8 million salary and an escalator clause could take his salary to $6 million in 2008. Unhappy about his benching, Pennington probably will ask to be traded or released. That would leave the Jets in the market for a veteran to compete against Clemens. It could cost well over $3 million to bring in Grossman, Culpeppper or another veteran free agent, so the Jets have to decide whether they can do better than Pennington before they release him. Pennington lacks Clemens' arm strength, but he can move the chains and help a team get to the playoffs. If he sticks around, he could beat out Clemens.

ESPN has an article about QB Battles on their site, it's interesting actually.

Pennington is done, done, done. The Jets aren't going to pay him $4.8 million to do nothing, and they're sure as hell not going to give him $6 million in this fancy escalator clause (awesome by the way). It sucks though, because Chad gets a bum rap. It's not his fault the Jets suck (obviously). Kellen Clemens threw 2 picks against the Browns. . . AGAINST THE BROWNS! And come Sunday when the Jets get demolished by the Pats and sent down to the depths of hell for shits-and/or-giggles, we might just see Pennington again before the end of the season. Oh and the Raiders not to play Russell and the Browns not to play Quinn is fucking assanine considering they're each paying their respective guy...a gazillion-trillion dollars.