Tilting Windmills
by: DMurphy
Jorge Sosa to sign With the Mets?
Jan 16, 2007 | 5:15AM | report this

CPA says…It looks like the Mets are going to sign Jorge Sosa… I think a big issue for him last season, as opposed to 2005, was not having Mazzone AND Julio Franco in the dugout with him.

 

DMurphy…Uni-Watch had a copy of the Braves new BP caps…similar to several teams, including the Yankees.  His ESPN.com column ranked Atlanta next-to-last in cities with the best uniforms

…though he had the Braves above average, they were no better than the Rays!

…the Falcons unis of course drove down the ranking.

…the Hawks uni is unremarkable…average to me.  They’d look better if they’d win.  No extra credit for throwbacks.

…I think the Thrashers are ok, but I’m sure Uni-Watch only ranked the original six teams high.

…some cities got extra credit for quaint ballparks.  The Ted wasn’t mentioned, but points were taken away for the Dome.

I would’ve ranked them higher…more national media bias!

 

Interesting that Chan Gailey has been so popular on the interview circuit.  If he doesn’t land a job his popularity at GT won’t be helped.

 

Got to Orlando too late Sunday to go the only home Magic game, against the Celtics.  Monday night I watched the BCS championship.

 

Caught the second half of the GT win over Duke.  Every year there’s one game that captures my attention, then after that I’ll watch basketball the rest of the season…that GT game was it.

Will had baseball practice on Saturday and Sunday with the travel team he is a “fill-in” player for…the coach says he’ll want Will to play as much as possible.  Supposedly Will can’t “move up” to play on the Colt League team, which hacks me off.  Others want to move up as well, and they can’t let everyone.  Which means next year we may look harder at alternatives.

Talked to a guy for a while and it came up he’s been to the Braves Fantasy camp four times…knows Clint Hurdle and plays golf with Tom Pachorick.  Were it me I’d go to four different team’s camp…not that much into that these days, but it was fun.

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edmonspk
Jan 16, 2007
7:20 AM
The Braves unis are rather unimpressive. Their throwbacks are the best in the buisness though. I doubt Atlanta is thinking of changing though.

jaime22
Jan 16, 2007
10:56 AM
jorge sosa #### he gave up a homer to arod

Hamma
Jan 16, 2007
6:53 PM
Sosa has no control. That was the tale of the tape when we, the Braves, got him from Tampa Bay, in exchange for Nick Green who we could use now. He came up and had a good year possibly because of what LEO did. However, he will not be an asset for the METs, which is a good thing because the Braves can regain the reigns on the EAST.

Last edited by Hamma on January 16th at 6:55 PM.

nyace29
Jan 17, 2007
6:29 AM
Signing sosa is not the greatest news if you’re a mets fan(as I am) but this is the blue print that omar used last year and it worked. Minaya is relying on peterson to work his magic, like he did with perez, mota(steroids might have helped), sanchez and other flame throwers who could not find the plate. Its only a one year deal so it wont make or break the mets.

DMurphy
Jan 17, 2007
7:29 PM
Hamma, I agree. Sosa was lucky in 2005...got lots of run support, was in trouble in several innings in most of his starts. Leo helped him, as did Julio Franco. I don't think he can help the Mets much. He has some decent stuff, but he can't focus enough to control it.

Most any uni gets stale after years and years...except the Yankees and Red Sox, Cards and Giants. The Cubs and Dodgers (and Braves) add features that downgrade the uni...last year they messed with the names a bit. They could switch it up to freshen things up a bit, but I agree...they won't.

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