But inside Ollie there has always been a caged lion waiting to bust out of that cage. The dude usually hovers around the 1 strikeout per inning mark, and even last season had 62 K’s in 66 innings. His problem, along with those noted above, is the fact that he walks a small army. Perez led the NL in 2008 with 105 walks, which is almost 5 per game. You can’t do that and hope to have any consistency in the big leagues, period.
Well now that Ollie is past his knee injury and ready to face a new season with a clean slate, I ask you all: does Ollie have the potential to reach his potential this year? Or is he going to be a consistent under-achiever? Hey, remember Nolan Ryan was so wild that the Mets wound up trading him and then got burned and reminded of that for more than 20 years. Ollie, of course, is more like a cross between Sid Fernandez and Steve Trachsel, but you have to believe Minaya is hoping and praying that Ollie will earn some of that scratch this year. - link
Other than the fact that we are Mets fans, why are we so negative without yet having seen this team perform to its full potential? If two out of the three questions marks looming within the starting rotation (Perez, Pelfrey, Maine) can have a decent season, and the core can stay healthy, this team has got a shot. You may be thinking of me as a blind optimist, which is all but taboo amongst Mets fans. But what’s spring training about if not optimism? Granted, Jason Bay was not around for the colossal collapses of 2007 and 2008 and last year’s 162 game embarrassment. But perhaps Bay’s mindset is just what this team and its fans need - link
News came out today that ESPN commentator/radio host/character Tony Kornheiser was suspended for comments considered inappropriate regarding Worldwide Leader colleague Hannah Storm.
On his radio show last week, Kornheiser poked at Hannah Storm for her eye-catching outfits as SportsCenter host, stating Storm dressed in "a horrifying, horrifying outfit" and a "very, very tight shirt.'
Kornheiser also added, "She looks like she has sausage casing wrapping around her upper body. I know she's very good, and I'm not supposed to be critical of ESPN people, so I won't ... but Hannah Storm ... come on now! Stop! What are you doing? ... She's what I would call a Holden Caulfield fantasy at this point." - link
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