(AP) – When a season comes to an end prematurely, like the 2009 Mets campaign has, a team must look to next year.  The Mets haven’t played a meaningful game in several weeks, yet Johan Santana’s presence on the mound every fifth day serves as a reminder to the rest of the league: Watch out in 2010 because we still have the best pitcher in baseball!  However, the team will no longer fire off that warning signal as Santana has been shut down for the remainder of the season.  He will have surgery on his left elbow, which was injured while beating off to videos of himself playing on a contender.

“This in no way means I am not happy being with the Mets.  I love the Mets.  But sometimes it’s natural for a guy to fantasize about past teams.  Particularly when you went through so many pennant races and playoff series together.  But remember, I left the Twins to come to the Mets,” Santana explained.  “I mean, come on, $137 million, a new stadium, Subway commercials…the Mets are so much more attractive than the Twins,” he said with a warm smile and sexy wink.

Mets equipment manager Charlie Samuels told reporters his staff did an inordinate amount of laundry this year, particularly socks.  “Normally, we wash uniforms every few days.  Recently each cycle seemed to have 10, 12 pairs of extra socks.  We thought maybe it had to do with all the injuries, new guys getting called up and so forth, but that didn’t explain why they were so crusty.  Mystery solved!”

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