George Jones, We may NEED your rocking chair....

Things you can count on in life are very few. The sun rising every morning would be one. The VS channel will show some sporting event that less than 1% of the population with an IQ below 12 won't even watch is another. We can also probably count on Olsen twins throwing up after every meal in '08 as well.

Now, we add another to the list. "I'm older than Moses" Alou and Orlando Hernandez will snap,crackle, and pop some part of their body during a baseball season. Alou bent over to pick up a baseball, and came back up with a hernia that has him out until sometime in May. The Lone Met Fan is more inclined to believe that we won't see Moist until sometime after the All-Star Break. (remember the 2 week injury to his quad last year that kept him out 1/2 the season?)

Hernandez' injury is a whole other issue. The Mets brass would have you believe that his bunion is so painful, they have to alter his delivery by eliminating his signature high leg kick. My opinion is it has nothing to do with a bunion. It's just that at 62 years old, he can no longer lift his leg that high and hope to keep the ductape holding his hamstring together on that type of motion.

Now the Mets have some decisions to make. Do they go with the reserves they have in camp? Angel Pagan has played very well this spring. If Endy Chavez is healthy, he has already proven he can be productive playing everyday. Another long shot is young gun Fernando Martinez could stay north and get some playing time in. While none of those choices will help the LMF sleep soundly at night, the new options I've heard have me down right terrified. I don't want to even type the words, so you can see rumor 1 here. And rumor 2 here. The common identifying link between the 2 options is this.

Excuse me until my next post......I'm going to join the Olsen Twins in the bathroom for a bit.....