No matter the season, NYC sports always manages to dominate sports talk. This morning I woke up, turned to NY1, like I do every morning, and realized that we (NYC sport teams) were pretty busy yesterday. In case you missed it, here's a quick recap!
NY KNICKS
The Good! Yesterday afternoon, the Knicks announced that Isiah Thomas would not be consulting for the organization, after all. According to certain NBA bylaws, an NBA exec can't have any contact with NCAA athletes. Since Zeke is the head basketball coach for Florida International University (which went 7-25 last season, fyi), Isiah would've been in direct violation of that bylaw. When I read this, I released a huge sigh of relief. Phew!
The Bad! The fact that Isiah Thomas was offered a job with the Knicks, after EVERYTHING we've been through with him, proves that leadership (Jim Dolan) is still delusional and ill equipped to run this team. At one point in Isiah's career, he was praised for being able to scout talent. I was one of those people doing the praising. But, those days are long gone. In my opinion, Isiah has indisputably proven that he's all about self and lacks any type of dignity or pride. How could Isiah, a Hall of Fame player, return to the scene of the crime, while Knicks fans are still licking our wounds? Contrary to what Isiah and Dolan may think, it's still too soon. Until the Knicks have a respectable season, we will not forgive OR forget Isiah for leaving us in ruins.
I say all of this despite having been a Zeke fan forever. In fact, when I tried out for the basketball team in 7th grade, my Dad hyped me up by saying that Isiah Thomas is small, but also the best at his position. Nuff said. I got this. Lacking talent, I quickly realized that the only thing Zeke and I had in common was our size deficiency, but I digress...
Thank goodness the NBA stepped in to put Knicks fans out of our misery, for now. Despite making some solid (not great!) off season moves, hiring Isiah Thomas would've ruined our season before it even started.
NY YANKEES
The Good: Last night, the Yankees had an incredible comeback against the Texas Rangers. After a loss to the Red Sox and a blown save by Mariano Rivera, the Yankees' bats suddenly woke up toward the end of last night's game. Sadly, I fell asleep and missed the exciting comeback, but it was nice to wake up, wipe the cold out of my eyes, put my glasses on and see that we got the W!
The Bad: Watching the Yankees struggle against Cliff Lee had me fuming. I keep shaking my head at the thought that the Yankees didn't get Cliff Lee when all reports pretty much confirmed that he was a Yankee. Cliff Lee should be in pinstripes, not serving up 11 strikeouts against us. And then to make matters worse, I had to witness another piss poor Lance Berkman performance at first base. I keep asking myself, why did we acquire him at the trade deadline? Why????? Congrats to Mark Teixeira and his wife for welcoming a son into the world, but I'm thankful he'll be with the team for tonight's game against the Kansas City Royals.
As of now, there's a good chance that we could face the Rangers in the playoffs. Thankfully their relief pitching is a little suspect. Despite the Rangers having Cliff Lee, I like our chances.
NY JETS
The Good! Last night was the highly anticipated debut of HBO's hit series, Hard Knocks starring the NY Jets!! Since I'm such a huge Jets fan, I've been waiting for this show to debut since HBO announced that Gang Green was their chosen team. I know I've said this before, and I'm saying it again, I absolutely love that the Jets have completely erased the NY Giants from the back pages of the New York dailies. They're everywhere! We have a coach that talks nuff smack, as I'm sure you saw on last night's show, and a team that can back it up! The Giants/Jets preseason game on Monday can't come soon enough! J-E-T-S! JETS! JETS! JETS!
The Bad! I was asleep before the show even started. Extremely pathetic. I know. I remember looking at the clock at 8something thinking that I had another two hours to go. I tried to fight it but lost that battle. Although I haven't watched the show, I heard that the Darrelle Revis contract situation had a starring role. I hate this. I really do. Up until this point, what made the Jets such a good story to follow is that there was nothing negative to report. Now all of a sudden they're engaged in this extremely public contract dispute with Darrelle Revis and his agent. And, our GM Mike Tennenbaum is admitting defeat on camera. Really? Really?
I've tried to speak about this topic without getting fired up, but I can't. However, I will say this. I understand where both parties are coming from. I'd be a horribly judge. Also, I didn't expect Revis to hold out this long. I wasn't all that concerned during OTA's but now that we're heading into our first preseason game on Monday, I'm super concerned. And, having the team owner, Woody Johnson, publicly say that he doesn't think Revis will play this season does not put me at ease, posturing or not. Oh how I wish this was just scripted reality to create more buzz around Hard Knocks, but I know that it's not. All I can say is, Damn you Al Davis for overpaying Nnamdi Asomugha!!!
NY METS
Unlike all of the other teams I've covered, the Mets don't have anything "good" to touch upon. With them, it's just all "bad". They can't catch a break. I don't follow them a whole lot, but I do know that they're on a sinking ship.
Last night, Francisco Rodriguez verbally assaulted reporters with countless F-bombs during the post game interview following their 6-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies. As if that wasn't enough, he then went on to physically assault his father-in-law. Whoa! Who does that? K-Rod certainly isn't a saint, and has a history of losing his temper, but going off on your father-in-law is next level! As a result, K-Rod was arrested, charged with third- degree assault, and suspended 2 games.
More importantly, this altercation gave everyone an insiders look at how dysfunctional the Mets clubhouse really is. If Mets fans were hoping for some type of miraculous comeback, they should face reality and shift their focus to football. It's not happening. The only hope they can cling to is team owner, Fred Wilpon, finally manning up and getting the courage to send Jerry Manuel packing.
It ain't easy being a New York sports fan!
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