Happy New Year. Hope everybody is enjoying 2009. Since the baseball hot stove is not exactly simmering right now, I thought now would be a good time to ask readers about their favorite and least favorite baseball moments of 2008.
Wondering what Squawker Jon will pick for his favorite Met moments. I know what mine is – them blowing the last game of the year, for the second year in a row, and missing the playoffs, for the second game in a row. And then having their farewell to Shea ceremonies after that game. Nice!
And how about this – the Mets’ Mike Pelfrey, who played Santa Claus for the team this year, showed he was woefully unqualified for the position. In an interview with MLB.com, Pelfrey could only name three of Santa’s reindeer. Three! It’s not like there was a song or anything about them – oh, wait.
Forget about Anna Benson as Mrs. Claus – Pelfrey’s stunning lack of knowledge of the holiday classic “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” when he was set to play Kris Kringle for the kids, is the real Santa sacrilege.
I don’t really have any on-the field fave Yankee picks from last year – that’s what happens when the Yanks have a third-place finish – but my favorite Yankee moments of 2008 are Derek Jeter’s speech at the final Stadium game, and the Yanks snatching Mark Teixeira from the Red Sox. (Update: I’m smacking myself upside the head for not writing about Mike Mussina getting 20 wins. Not exactly a good start to the year!)
My two least favorite Yankee moments for last year are the Yanks missing the playoffs, of course, and them re-signing Brian Cashman However, I do have to give him tons of credit for the Mark Teixeira deal, and for wooing CC Cabathia. And if Cash can re-sign Andy Pettitte, I will be even more pleased.
As for the Red Sox, my least favorite 2008 moment was Dustin Pedroia winning the AL MVP. My favorite moment would be any part of the delicious Manny Ramirez drama.
And on a football-related but Squawker-centric note, I did have to say that I am really enjoying seeing Brett Favre finally get his comeuppance a little this week. Guess he’s not “Broadway Brett” any more. Jon, I told you this summer he was bad news for your Jets, and I was right. Favre shows up when he wants, thinks he’s bigger than the team, and he makes his retirement decision into a drawn-out drama. He’s your very own Roger Clemens!
Tell us your 2008 favorite and least favorite MLB moments! Leave us a comment.
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