I Really Don't Care

You know, the Super Bowl is on Sunday. Honestly, I am less motivated about this Super Bowl than any other game before. As you know, I am not a Tom Brady fan. I guess the Giants are a great story and I promise that my lack of interest does not stem from a bitterness about the Packers loss in the NFC Championship game.

So what is today? Tiger is leading in Dubai, go figure. Dubai is where cool people hang out by the way...just ask Tiger and Federer.

No, there is a big story going on that should terrify people. If the Mets and Johan Santana agree on a deal, we have some serious issues in the National League.

The Mets continue to baffle me. They have the best all around player in the game (Carlos Beltran) and a young leader with a great bat in Dave Wright. Jose Reyes is the most dynamic leadoff man in the game, pending your thoughts on Ichiro. They have Moises who is as solid as it gets for a bat, when healthy and Billy Wagner to close it out. Luis Castillo is a perfect fit in the two hole for them. They have so many strong spots with great role players...it's sick.

The question has always been their starting pitching. Pedro has out almost all of last year. John Maine is a stud in the making, and after that? I mean, do you want to give the ball to Oliver Perez is a must win game? What about El Duque?

Adding the best pitcher of this decade to their team could be major. Or it might not matter. Think about last year and the debacle that was the Mets. I don't remember the lead they had, but it was huge going into the last month, creating the biggest choke arguably of all time. I mean, they didn't even make the Wild Card...and they want to talk about pitching?

That was bad. That's a streak that you just can't fix. Guys get so beat up, look around the locker room and think to themselves, "Here we go again." Is it the manager's fault? Yeah, maybe. I think Willie should have been given the hook immediately. What do I know though?

Looking back to how that team finished, Johan Santana, Alex Rodriguez, or Walter Johnson would not have helped that team. They were doomed. So you have to look ahead to this year and any GM is going to put the best team on the field possible. Are they doing the right thing by trying to sign Santana? Absolutely. On paper, you're looking at their 1,2,3 being Santana, Pedro, Maine...with Perez as a 4. I am a lot more comfortable with Perez as a 4, aren't you? But given their recent history, assuming the Santana deal gets done, is it really going to help? How is Santana going to help their dead bats in September? Maybe he can hit too.