Editorial : Thor attacks Royals

          At the Halloween party last night, I was talking to a fellow Met fan, who was saying that although it was killing him that the Mets were having such trouble with the Royals, he couldn't get a full head of righteous steam against them. "It's not like the Dodgers, who hurt one of our players, or the Cubs who were saying "we're gonna kick their a$$es. (which I honestly don't remember) The Royals don't talk any crap. They're just really good.

          Unbeknownst to us, probably right at that moment, Noah Syndergaard was throwing a high heard one up and it to Royals leadoff hitter Alcedis Escobar, prompting much bellyaching from the Royals bench, especially their big mouthed third baseman Mike Mouskakis.
Welcome to Queens, a$$holes!

           All the scouting reports said that Escobay loves to swing at the first pitch. Shoot, all we heard from Buck, Reynolds and Verducci, was how could Harvey and DeGrom even think about throwing a first pitch fastball to him. "He always swings at the first pitch."
Try swinging at this one, beeeotch!

            And before I start getting the calls and e-mails about my hyprocrasy, let me clear the air with some talking points.


1) Yes, I was plenty pissed off when Roger Clemens beaned Mike Piazza on July 8, 2000. But I once heard someone say of Clemens,  "he could nail a mosquito on it's ass from 60 feet." In other words, Clemens control was pinpoint. He wouldn't hit someone unless he wanted to.
Now Syndergaard has a ways to go before he catches up with Clemens, but one of his criticisms is that he throws too many strikes. In other words, his control is pinpoint. If he wanted to hit Escobar in the head, he would have.

2) I don't believe in headhunting,  unless there's a good reason .  Having someone went into your shortstop is a good reason. Thus my call for someone on the Dodgers to get one in the ear. Again I don't believe Syndergaard was looking to hit anyone. He just wanted to back them off the plate. The Royals were talking about doing that to Daniel Murphy.

If I'm Steven Matz, I'd do the same exact thing tonight, if it pisses them off so much. Tough spit if they can't hack it.

Welcome to Queens