Baseball Junk

A portrait of Jeff Francoeur

This never fails to crack me up.

I demand signed merchandise from the legendary 2010 Baltimore Orioles baseball team for this ball

Chris Carter still doesn’t have the ball commemorating his first career home run,

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The Mets retrieved Carter’s ball yesterday. On Friday, the fan who caught Carter’s first home run rejected an offer of autographed baseballs from David Wright, Jose Reyes and Francisco Rodriguez and an autographed bat from Carter in exchange for the ball. The fan also wanted signed items from the Orioles, and the Mets declined to pursue the matter.

Why would you want something to remind you of the 2010 Orioles team for the rest of time?

So Do The Mets Have Voodoo Magic Or Something

The easy answer to all of this is Vazquez. It makes all the sense in the world for both the Mets and Yankees. If only someone could convince Cashman of that.

What magic wand would the Mets wave around to suddenly make all of Vazquez’s parts moving parts move correctly when he’s tossing? And what would the Mets give the Yankees that would make this worth it for them to just give up on him a friggin month into the season??

Meanwhile I’m waiting for someone to convince me that John Harper has good ideas.

Great (back) covers of the NY Post, first in an ongoing series.