OM- PR Director Jay Horwitz announced the opening of the latest Mets

venture: a first of it’s kind baseball academy located in Glasgow,

Scotland.

Joining it’s sister academy located in the Dominican Republic, the

Glasgow facility will offer state of the art equipment and instruction.

Omar Minaya joined Horwitz for the announcement and stated “This new

location gives us access to untapped talent resources not previously

available to the major leagues”

Minaya went on to cite the popularity of golf in the country

indicating a source for hitters. He also mentioned the famous stone

throwing scene from the movie “Braveheart” and felt that there may be

some hard throwers available there.

“Look at those two pitchers from India, who would of thought?” said

Minaya, “we feel Scotland offers far greater possibilities”.

The Mets have hired one time prospect and Scotland resident Trevor

McGregor to run the academy for them.

“Eh, we’ve already found a few promisin’ lads” said McGregor. “Eh,

there’s the pitcher Travis McGoonan. Now he’s a good man, but he kenne

pee far. We’ve also got a lad that can hit a ball 140 meters. He’s got

forearms that’ll scare the shite outta ya” stated McGregor.

An observer at the academy noted all trainees were employing a head first sliding style. When asked about the unusual approach, McGregor commented “Eh, we had to teach ‘em that way. The shipment of uniforms from the US was delayed and they had to play in their kilts for a week or two. Don’t get me wrong, the traditional kilt has its advantages, history would have been different if Buckner was wearin’ one in ’86, the ball never gets through the wickets. But with a feet first slide the kilt rides up and I just didn’t have the stomach for that ugliness anymore”

Minaya went on to say that while there were no Scottish citizens

currently in the major leagues, there were plenty of players of

Scottish ancestry saying “Look at Young Daniel Murphy, he’s developing

into a fine major leaguer”

When informed that Murphy was in fact of Irish decent, Minaya said “Oh”

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