The "Phony Tonys" Predictions

When I was in high school, I played football, baseball & tried wrestling. Many people would view me as a jock based on the fact I seemingly played a bunch of sports. Even though, baseball was my first love, my arm had already given out on me thus making baseball not as fun anymore. Heck, I didn't even go out for the team cause of the injury and only played legion and district ball against many of the star players from around Tucson. I needed a new addiction and that new addiction was Drama. Alot of my fellow jocks thought I was in drama just to get laid, since most of the girls in drama were some of the hottest girls in the entire school and the atmosphere had a rep for being a very liberal environment, which it was. Alot of my firsts happened in that theatre. This week, I am going to see some of these people for the first time this decade when I go to Tucson. In honor of this trip and all these great friends, I've decided to name my Mets awards after the silly awards we had in the Mountain View High School's theatre department.


The Galaragga Spring Training Retirement Award:
And the projected winner is....
Sandy Alomar Jr.
Ruben Sierra was the runner up for this award. I really think both signings were great signings for the Mets. Sandy jr. has been long considered one of the players most likely to someday manage in the big leagues while Ruben has been in the spotlight, thrown to the curb, risen like the phoenix and recycled again and again.

Jose Lima Swallows Award:
And the Projected Winner is....
Jorge Vazquez
I know everyone is predicting Sele for this award. I personally thing Sele is bad but not on Lima's level. If Lima is a loose stool then Sele is a solid turd. Jorge Vazquez just grinds my gears. I think he sucks. I don't need to back this up either.

The Huskey/Toca "I Rule Spring Training" Award:
And the Projected Winner is....
Michel Abreu
This award goes out to the guy who dominates spring training pitching but can't duplicate these numbers in the regular season. Next year, this award will be the Huskey/Toca/Abreu award.

The Jason Scobie Award
And the Projected Winner is....
Ruben Gotay
This award goes to the guy most likely to make a Triple A allstar game but miss a major league callup. If this was for Double A, I'd give the award to Chip Ambres.

The Doug Sisk "WTF?" Award
And the Projected Winner is....
Roberto Hernandez
Somehow, someway Bert will find his way back onto our roster this year. This award goes out to the reliever most likely to piss off Metsgeek posters when he enters the game. If Bert doesn't end up with the Mets, Jon Adkins will win this award hands down.

The Rodney McCray/Ced Landrum award
And the Projected Winner is....
Chip Ambres
This goes out to the guy who no one will remember was ever apart of the Mets because all they did was pinch run in September. You might remember Rodney as being the guy who went through a wall in Portland and Ced as a once promising Cubs prospect but you have probably forgotten these guys ever taking the field at Shea.

The Bob Gibson (No, not the famous one) Award
And the Projected Winner is....
Jose A. Reyes
Sorry Danny. This goes to the guy who shares a name with a good ball player, in this case Jose B. Reyes. Also up for this award is Derek Lee and Julio Franco. *Writers note: I did not realize that the famous Julio Franco was still playing. Wow!