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 April Fools has become a web developer’s playground.  It gives web developers a chance to open up their creative minds and play practical jokes that wouldn’t fly the rest of the year.  This year, from Youtube turning you’re videos into text, Google Maps turning Street View into 3-D, to Funny Or Die pretending to be owned by Twitter sensation Justin Beiber, everyone is getting in on the action.

The Mets.com is even joining in on the fun.  When I went over to Mets.com today I saw the prank above.  This prank starts telling me that Daniel Murphy will miss two to six weeks (which in Mets medical standard terms means at least two months) and Reyes will not start Opening Day.  It then pulls the prank to ask me to buy Opening Day tickets.  It’s a pretty good prank.  I mean no ones going to buy opening day tickets for an Opening Lineup of Matthews, Castillo, Wright, Bay, Francoeur, Jacobs, Barajas, and Cora.  Right?  I’m hoping that lineup is an April Fools Joke itself.  Unfortunately it is not.

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The Situtation from The Jersey Shore threw out the first pitch in the Mets spring training game against the Astros on March 24th.  I mean if the situation is throwing out the first pitch, it’s got to be a sign that this is going to be a good season, right? 

Supposedly he took tips from Oliver Perez before hitting the mound.   According to the Situation’s twitter page, “Awesome experience meeting all the mets n David WRight – My throw game will admit was a lil off lol”.  My guess what he was trying to say was that his throwing game was a little bit off.  I’m not doctor though but I am a Cunning Linguist.

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Jon Miller, did you steal Joe Morgan’s crunk juice again?

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It seems as though the 2009 New York Mets aren’t the only thing falling apart. Their stadium, Citi Field, is starting to crumble as well. Back on January 25th, the 15-foot-long, 35-pound “C’ on the stadium’s center field “Citi Field” Sign came crashing down. Luckily there is no baseball being played in the month of January because once this piece hit the ground it shattered into a bunch of pieces. This piece of scaffolding could near crush someones skull. How’s that for a lawsuit. It would make the money that Bernie Madoff scammed from the Wilpon’s look like my five year old son’s piggy bank.  What am I talking about? I don’t have a five year old son, at least that I know of.  Debra he isn’t mine.  Anyway, hopefully the 2010 New York Mets have a stronger foundation than their building.  For more information on Citi Field, follow @citi_field_ny on twitter.

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Supposedly K-Rod from the Mets has pink eye.  Word on the street is that he’s been seen around the Jersey Shore hanging out with Vinny.  I guess this counts as a Mets injury.  You put your face in the wrong strippers butt crack and next thing you know the whole ballclub gets quarantined.  BTW, I searched for a pic for K-rod and everything that came up was about that show Krod Mangoon, so I thought I’d just roll with it.

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February 18, 2010 – First day of the 2010 season.  This is the day where pitchers and catchers report to spring training.  This is the day where the Mets put behind their embarassment of a 2009 season.  This is the day where the Mets start their quest to remind New York that the Yankees aren’t the only contenders in town.  The only problem was is that the 2010 season is starting off exactly the same way the 2009 season ended…injuries.

The first victim is Kelvim (btw what kind of name is Kelvim. Kevin thats a name.  We left Kevin home alone again?)  Before I jump to any conclusion, let me state that no official reports have said that he will miss time but lets look at the timeline.

So far, the word on the street was that Kelvim had been reporting discomfort in his right shoulder.  He is currently having trouble gripping the ball.   It wasn’t long before Craig Calcaterra of NBC Sports reported that “Escobar can’t even grip a baseball right now, and there are concerns that he’s seriously injured”.  Kind of makes me feel glad that the New York front offices pursued a guy with this pitching resume:

• 2007  – shoulder surgery
• 2008 -  missed all of the season with same shoulder injury
• 2009 -  pitched only 5 innings

Hey Mets front office, this isn’t the island in LOST.  No one gets healed like John Locke and can start walking again.  Who do the Mets have on their medical staff, Stevie Wonder and Gov. Patterson?  Maybe we can make a trade for JJ Putz, is it too late?

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The Mets office, not Kelvim Escobar, need to Get a Grip

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