Things Mike Francesa Would Trade David Wright For

- Three 24 packs of Diet Coke

- A new jingle for his radio show

- Bronson Arroyo

- Soil from Saratoga Springs

- A new partner for his radio show

- 7 straight days of sunlight

- Southside Johnny

- Brandon Inge

- A 4th number one ranked show in New York

- Any books on JFK

- Bill Parcells

- Sarah Palin

- Nate McLouth

- PSL's

MIKE'S DAVID WRIGHT HATRED HITS THE WEB

Doing my regular jog around the world wide web and found that we are not the only folks finding Mike's "trade David Wright" a little crazy. Saw this article on The Big Lead. Check out the collection of words in the parenthetical at the end. Now we can add "laughable" to the list. Buster Olney earlier called anyone who suggested the Mets trade David Wright, "silly." We are waiting anxiously for "idiotic" or "dumb ass."

Stuck in a car today, we took in a lot of sports talk radio. A somewhat spirited regional debate took place: Do the Mets need to break up their core? Can’t deal Beltran or Reyes for position/production reasons, which leaves … the Prince-in-Waiting of NYC, David Wright. They say he’s not clutch (to be more precise, ‘they’ is radio guy Mike Francesa) and has never won anything (because Chase Utley’s 2-for-11 showing in the NLDS last year was something special!). As for the loosely-defined, hard-to-quantify ‘clutch’ label, there’s a massive story on baseball clutchness in USA Today.
If you want to kill yourself, you can swallow a bottle of just about anything; if you want to get dumber, just listen to (most) sports talk radio.
(The mere thought that anyone would consider dealing David Wright is laughable. Because gold glove 3B who are 25 years old, and in their first four seasons bat over .300, averages 29 homers and 114 RBI and are in the Top 10 in the NL in almost every statistical category grow on fucking trees.)

Here's Why Mike is a Moron

Yep. I have been pushed too far by listening to Mike these past few days. He started out right on target in his open yesterday, but quickly veered wayyy off course. He has essentially pinned the Mets collapse the past two years onto David Wright. Anyone who thinks otherwise just hasn't been listening close enough. He has pretty much called for Wright to be traded. But herein lies the issue at hand: Mike is a Moron. Since I have been unable to get thru to WFAN the past two days, I will outline my points below in the hopes that Mike checks out the blog:

- David Wright is a 25 year old All-Star third basemen whose average season in the majors is: .309BA, 31 HR, 113 RBI, 107 runs
- Mike has repeatedly said that Wright has NEVER hit in the clutch. Yet, upon further review, here are some instances that show otherwise:

Last September, while the entire Met team was collapsing and every game was bigger than the next, Wright hit .352 for the month with over 20 RBI.

Mike has asked caller after caller to name one clutch hit Wright has ever had. Without digging too far back, a commentor on this board pointed out 2 huge hits this year...one off KROD in a HUGE series for the Mets against Anaheim when they were trailing in the 9th inning...another go ahead homerun against Cincy in the 9th after the All-Star break when the Mets were trying to continue their 10 game winning streak.

Mike has painted Wright as a guy who never hits in pressure situations. While he was admittedly bad this season in the clutch, last year Wright hit .310 for the season with men in scoring position and he hit .346 in Close and Late situations last year. Okay you say, but that's just one year - what about 2006? So glad you asked. In 2006, Wright hit .365 with men in scoring position and .348 in Close and Late situations. Okay, well then he must have sucked in 2005, right? Not quite. He hit .298 with men in scoring position that season, although he did struggle Close and Late that year hitting just .239. Yeah, but he was terrible this September you say? Well he sure did bomb in a couple big spots BUT for the month, Wright hit .340 with 6 homers and 21 RBI and in this season when he could not buy a clutch hit, Wright did bat .286 in Close and Late situations.

Mike has gone on and on about how the Mets will never win anything with this core four. Yet Mike does forget that they did win a playoff series in 2006 against the Dodgers. And Mike forgets that this guy David Wright, who has done "nothing in a big spot" in his entire career, hit .333 in that postseason series.

Reason number 83 why Mike is a Moron. His suggestions for trades for Wright include Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley and Ryan Howard. Yeah, Mike Philly and the Mets are going to trade superstars to each other. Why stop there, let's see if we can package Arod and Cano to Boston for Youkillis and Beckett?

So clearly Mike, clearly, the Mets must rid themselves of this unproven talent named David Wright. Obviously the Mets can't win with this guy on their team. They should ship him away for Matt Holliday as fast as possible...just make sure you DON'T look at Holliday's splits outside of Coors because those numbers drop faster than your ratings for your solo show. Mike, I am sorry, but sometimes you must be presented with the sad truth. And today that truth is simple: You are a Moron.

THE 4 CORE WILL NEVER WIN TOGETHER

We here at the blog like to take shots at Mike's frequent incorrect predictions. Well time to add another one to the watch list..Just moments ago, Mike talking about the core 4 of the Mets: Reyes, Delgado, Beltran and Wright - had this to say:

"Here's what I'll tell you right now. And just remember I said it to you. The 4 core will never win together. If they don't break them up, they will never win together. It's a bad core."

As if Francesa haters didn't need more ammo, it's time to root for the "the core 4" like never before...

MIKE HAS A NUMB LIP

Mike reported he was late to work today because of a case of a numb face. He thought he was perhaps having a serious medical ailment and went in for a battery of tests. All came back with good results. Mike is fine. Apparently, Mike's exposure to the sun may have been the culprit. So for any of you out there worried that something was seriously wrong, worry not. Mike just has a virus in lis lip. Now back to blaming the economic downfall of America, the situation in Iraq and homelessness on David Wright..

LAZY BASTARD

As we have all chronicled, Mike Francesa started his new era on thin ice. He promised changes, co-hosts, jingles, the whole bit. And he's delivered next to nothing. Even the name of his new show stinks - Mike'd Up Francesa on The Fan. Then yesterday, the Mets collapse basically gave Mike Meth Mouth. Out he come with vigor and passion and opinion. And how does he follow it up? By coming in late for today's show. Evan and Joe did a nice little song and dance show for his tardiness. Inexcusable. This guy doesn't get it. He just doesn't want to put in the effort to further his career.

Now, of course, he'll come in and say that he had some personal issues and I'll feel like Loki. But as of 1:12, this is atrocious.

BUSTER OLNEY CALLS MIKE SILLY

Well, that's not really true. But he did sort of call him silly by association. Read Buster Olney's take on the Mets situation and in particular all that's wrong with Mr Wright. (is a sentence like that simply awful writing or creative genius?).. Here's Buster

So there might be one tangible thing the Mets need to fix: They need to get David Wright … well, right. They need to help him work through his apparent anxiety in high-pressure situations. Big-picture: The Mets didn't make the playoffs because of their bullpen failures, as Jack Curry writes, but over the weekend, they mustered a total of five runs, and Wright had a whole lot to do with that. He cares so deeply that he puts enormous pressure on himself, and this trait seems to wreck him in big spots. He seems to leap at the ball when he's trying to hit with the game on the line. They need to address this.
I don't know how they do it. Maybe they get Wright to start talking to a sports psychologist, someone who might get the kind of help that has aided John Smoltz and Matt Garza and others. Wright is a cornerstone player who will be an MVP candidate in most years of his career, so the notion of trading him is silly. But they have to help him find a way to relax -- and if the team's best player relaxes, this will, in turn, take pressure off the rest of the team.

YOU SEE.. Buster said that the notion of trading Wright is silly. Mike thinks the Mets should trade Wright. So essentially Buster called Mike silly.