It Takes A Milledge

Fact #79. is one of my favorites:

"Nobody puts Baby in the corner, except Lastings Milledge."

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So here we are 2007. Last year was a good year but it's time to do it thrice for our New York Baseball Mets. You see we have won twice in World Series play and two is a pretty great number but three...Well, three (3) is the magic number. I won't recite all the things that make the number so powerful as we all know about the Holy Trinity, tripods, tables standing, and Blind Melon's version of that School House Rock classic. Instead, my opening salvo for this blog will be more personal and Mets related. In a Metstradamus sort of way, I hope it will be prophetic...or at least, I hope it will be a self fulfilling prophecy.

In the history of the Mets there hasn't been an awful lot of talent to have worn the #3 on those beautiful orange and blue uniforms. Buddy Harrelson wore it. He was good but then Lastings Milledge made him give the number back until we win that third World Series. He just didn't like the idea. In fact no one on the active roster has the #3 as a uniform number...and I will have to Tonya Harding Chan Ho Park if they give it to him...who am I kidding, Lastings would never let that happen. This leads me to a promise that I will make to my fellow Mets fans. Lastings won't give anyone this number. It is already on my heart. So, I will tatoo the number three on my body in orange and blue when the Mets win it this year. This will obviously also lead to my divorce as more tatoos have been forbidden by my beautiful wife. And therein lies some personal coincidence...

This year is my three year anniversary of being married. It has been a great ride with the obligatory bumps in the road but next to me there is no bigger a Mets booster than my wife. She's as big a David Wright fan (who isn't?) as I am a Jose Reyes fan. And boy can we turn the double play?! I don't know what that means but something about the DP is sexy, no? I'll stop there with terms like sexy. I'm not Robbie Alomar and this definitely ain't 2001. This year is also one of my best friend's thirtieth birthday's. This spring, this particular Yankee fan turns the big three zero and nothing would pain him more than to see the Mets win it all while the Yankees try to restructure Arod's dinner appointments with Derek Jeter. Finally, it is my third year at my current location workwise. And like the Mets I am feeling more optimistic about it being a truly successful year. Lets Go Mets! (3X)

Tommy Glavine is going for his 3ooth win. When he first came to the Mets I was unsure of his allegiance but after that rocky cab ride from the airport, a great 2006 and his loyalty to the team this offseason (3 reasons), I can honestly say to Tommy, "go get the big 3 buddy" and we'll see you in the Hall. Four years (oh well, no comparison there) as a Met has truly prepared you for this fantastic accomplisment in a year where you'll finally wear another ring. In all his seasons as a Met though, Glavine has reached 30+ starts...Who knows, maybe a 30 win season?

This year the Mets have three legitimate candidates for MVP (three letters) in Jose Reyes, David Wright and Carlos Beltran. More and more it looks like they will be batting 1,2,3 in the order with the addition of Alou and the age of the Duke. This makes sense since I think they are the future and they should stay as close together in the order, in the dugout or wherever. This will be the third full season they are playing together by the way. Jose Jose Jose (3X) , Dwright, and the Mole have a very good chance to put up some crooked numbers together. I could see Jose hitting 20 triples and 20 home runs which has only been done one other time (George Brett) not to mention the fact that he will probably start May with twenty stolen bases (he has nine already this spring training) which would make him the first player to do all three in one season!!!

I will stop now. Not because I can't continue...I have more than 3X infinity reasons why the Mets will have a spectacular year. I just plan on having a bit of OCD this year.

I'll count to thirty running the sink before I fill a glass of water.

I will drink 3 or more beverages at every Mets game this year.

I won't complain if I roll a three playing "Shut the Box" during the baseball season.

You get the point...3X

So remember to not slap hands once this summer when Jose steals three bases in one game, when Oliver Perez strikes out the side, or when we find out that El Duque is actually 300 years old on the day that Glavine wins his three hundreth game. No don't do it twice. Do it three times.

Lets Go Mets!

Lets Go Mets!

Lets Go Mets!

3X!

PS - More on the abduction of Sean Green and the promotion of Lastings Milledge to the starting 9 (which is divisible by three) later @ 3:00