Mets Would Be A Lot Better If Jason Bay Was Just Decent

Of course, they'd probably be a lot better (and contending for first place in the NL East) if David Wright, Ike Davis and Johan Santana weren't all injured. But with all the praise, and deservedly so, that Terry Collins has gotten for having the Mets above .500 this late into the season, I can't but think how if Jason Bay was just having an average season in 2011 we'd be a lot better. I mean, even with his grand slam yesterday Bay has 20 RBI's for the season--that's how bad he's been. Consider that Prince Fielder leads the NL with 68 RBI's and Jose Reyes, batting from the leadoff spot all year, has 12 more RBI's than Bay does. In other words, the fact that after 79 games, the Mets are 40-39, despite Jason Bay being a phenomenal bust, makes for Terry Collins being a certified genius.

The Real Reason Why Andy Martino Asks Mets Players About Gay Marriage

In a column that would certainly make his far-Left colleagues proud, Martino did a small feature on Mets thoughts on the gay marriage in today's Daily News. Needless to say the column is drenched with snark loonery as Martino, who already highlighted Ron Darling's support for gay marriage in a column yesterday (and in this one), goes out of his way to include a single quote from an anonymous Met player--after asking him if the professional sports locker room was ready to accept an openly gay athlete: "Asked why this was, one Met said, “Most of us are still Neanderthals.”

Regardless of New York becoming the 6th state to approve of same-sex marriage last Friday, why is Martino asking Met players about it? Does Martino ask players about rent laws in the city or their feelings on teacher layoffs? Of course not. But even when it comes to sports, the liberal press in this city (and across the country) looks for any chance it can to condemn conservative people in this country. That's why Martino's column isn't objective reporting, it's leftwing activism. And it's why conservative athletes should be afraid to speak openly on contentious subjects like politics (recently, retired New York Giant and Super Bowl hero David Tyree, citing his religious convictions, got condemned for daring to openly oppose gay marriage, while pro athletes like Michael Strahan and Sean Avery received nothing but praise and kudos for supporting it.)

Personally, I don't think most people, much less million-dollar pro athletes, care one way or another about gay marriage--there's just other way more important things going on in their lives. Besides that, due to a  number of facts, but mostly apathy, I don't think most people, especially professional athletes, are astute enough to debate politically contentious subjects in general--more reason for the liberal press to take advantage of them anyway. 

Yesterday, after remarking that there's a difference between "gay rights" and the civil rights era of the 60's (something I totally agree with), Curtis Granderson was clearly smart enough to give a politically correct response on gay marriage and leave it at that. But most athletes aren't as smart as Granderson when it comes to politics and activist liberal columnists like Martino, Mike Lupica and Felix Bondy know that. 

That said, somebody ought to make conservative pro athletes more aware of what these guys are really trying to do when they're asked "innocent" questions about subjects like gay marriage.