Dicks In The Rain

Driving to and from work today, I saw 4 accidents. Half involved 2 cars; the other two, 1 car and a stationary object (a pair of telephone poles).

It seems that in the two months since its rained people have forgotten how to drive in the rain. I've heard/made up that the worst time to drive in the rain is about 20 minutes after it starts because the rainwater forces the oils from in the road surface, to on the road surface making it extra oily slippery. After that amount of time the water washes the oils away leaving the road just plain wet slippery.

This could be something I just made up, or something I heard once, or something I twisted around. I honestly can't remember, but it makes sense.

If this is the case then maybe after such a long dry spell, there was extra amounts of oils in the roadway to be brought forth by the rain. Or maybe people just suck at driving.

Also, there is a douchebag in my complex who, instead of parking, decides to spin his wheels on the slick pavement driving around the main office multiple times. If we were near a cliff, I'd wish he'd drive off it, but I'll settle for him smashing into someone else's car, or maybe flipping it over on my neighbors lawn. Either of the two would suffice.

BTW - I borrowed The Decemberists "The Crane Wife" from work. Holy fuck is that a good album.

Well That Sucked

A sad and more painful ending to this season as opposed to last season. Last season the ending was quick, clean. This season, it was agonzing. A historical collapse, one for the records books. Seven up with 17 to play.

From the beginning of the season, I didn't have a good feeling about this team. It was because I didn't trust the starting pitching. Didn't have a number one, still don't. The starters pitched well at times, and tired down the stretch. The bullpen just fell apart.
The offense wasn't as electric as it was last year. Only Wright surpassed last season, Delgado had career lows in ave/obp/slug. Reyes disappeared at the end. Alou was a surprise for someone whose 40, but was oft hurt. Please get rid of Green, he plays like at 39 year old, which is bad since he's 34. Let the kids fight it out for LF. Don't trade them. I can send you a whole tape of Beltran leaving the field limping after running into a wall.

Don't change anything. Don't fire Willie. Or Omar. Nothing worked at the end. Everything fell apart. Everyone is to blame. Even the fans.

This ones gonna hurt a bit more. Always felt as we're a blessed club. Miracles, Buckner, even our pathetic teams are celebrated as Casey's lovable losers.

I have a good feeling about next year. Last time a Mets team disappointed me this much was the 85 team that won 98 games and finished 3 back of the Cards. No wild card, would have been wild card by 14 games. We all know how the next season turned out.

So we will wait and see what happens. If there isn't some kind of pitching signed during the off season, Shea might come down a season early. A leader needs to step up.

With only 20 weeks until pitchers and catchers, here are my bold predictions/wishes for 2008:
-Pedro 205 innings
-Reyes 85 steals, 140 runs
-Wright 335/450/600
-Delgado 33hr, 115rbis
-Beltran 30/30
-Maine/Glavine/Perez - 15 wins each

Now, just need to wait 5 weeks for college basketball to start.