Billy Wagner Whiner Continues Ignoring Reality

Mets closer and resident pompous, loud-mouth baby Billy Wagner just doesn't seem to get it. You remember how Wags bashed the Phils and called Pat's stroke "a one path swing". Well now he's convinced the Phils don't have their number, and it's all the Mets fault:

"There's none of us in here going, geez, the Phillies are coming to town, we're probably going to lose," Mets closer Billy Wagner said. "I think all of us are tired of hearing the Phils have our number. The Phils don't have our number. We shoot ourselves in the foot every time we go out there."

Jimmy and Shane score after Delgado "shoots himself in the foot" with a throwing error

Well maybe it's time you kept the safety on, Billy, because it's happened 9 times in a row. Even the late Charlton Heston would have to agree that if you're shooting yourself in the foot that often, pick a different hobby.

I think Shane Victorino said it best:

"If we're in their head, we're in their head. It's not for me to say. We're not going out there saying, 'We own the Mets.'"

You don't have to say it, Shane. It goes unsaid. Whether you believe it's the Mets' fault for blowing games, or the Phillies' achievement for rattling a group of professional athletes, I sure like the outcome- A victorious Phils team and a pissed-off Billy Wagner.

Who can argue with that?

More on the Mets home opener after the jump


Maybe you saw Digg's idea to use the write-in portion of the Mets website to embarrass the Mets's fans, but if not, it was a classic demonstration of the power of internet memes.

Over 5 million votes later, the Mets go rickrolled. One Mets blog had a write-up on his experience at the home opener, and among him bashing his own fanbase for fighting (photos here, here, here, here and here) and criticizing them for having a history of leaving games early, he noted that the 8th inning song was met with a chorus of boos.



I feel satisfied. My vote meant something.

But since the song was met with such terrible reaction, apparently the Mets will have a runoff to decide the actual song. This article explains, though they attribute the movement to fark.com instead of Digg, where it started. But hey, anything to mess with the Mets is good in my book, no matter who gets the credit.