Archive for May, 2010

Young Daniel Murphy was spotted at last nights Mets game at Citifield and played a pivotal role in the Mets victory over the Nats.
Murphy shown below got an assist on the last out of the game, a patented Ike Davis over the railing flip catch.

Faced with several organizational issues the Mets have once again been bailed out by the rookie, Ike Davis.

He wears it over his heart

 
Although raised in a secular home, Davis is in fact of Hebrew Heritage. Now in New York with the Mets Davis has decided to explore his Jewish roots to the fullest and will follow the path of the religious Jews and obey their laws concerning the Sabbath, a weekly occurrence between sundown Friday to sundown on Saturday.
 
Judaism prohibits certain types of work on the Sabbath, including playing baseball for a living. With that, Ike will no longer be available for Friday night games or Saturday afternoon games that appear on the Mets schedule.
 
“I’m not really sure what the trigger was for me”, said Davis, “coming to New York, seeing the large Jewish population, eating brisket at the Deli, the date I had with Wendy Morgenstern of Forrest Hills, reading @ElifromBrooklyn on Twitter, whatever, I need to get in touch with my religion”
 
At first viewed as a concern by the Mets, the move is viewed as a positive and solves some of the organizations biggest problems.
 
“Well, as you know, we made a big effort to attract the Latino fan here in New York” commented Omar Minaya, “LosMets.com, the Los Mets uniforms, the acquisition of Martinez, Beltran, Delgado, Castillo, Santana, Perez and Rodriguez to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.  Believe me, our Latino fan base has increased, but you know there aren’t too many guys named Hector that are going to shell out the dough for a seat in the Delta Club Gold section, you know what I’m sayin’? So this whole Ike-Jewish thing, we think, should help with those attendance issues. Oh, and we will be renaming that section Delta Club Gelt”
 
The other problem this solves is what to do with Daniel Murphy? The last thing the team needed was another left hand hitting first baseman with the success of Davis. But now, with Ike’s religious commitments in play, a spot for Murphy as Ike’s “Shabbos goy” became available.
 
“Of course, growing up in Northern Florida, I had no idea of what this meant” began Murphy “so while I was in Port St. Lucie, I took a ride down to Boca and found out about this Shabbos goy thing. I won’t be a full time starter, but hey, I’ll at least get in there twice a week. I always put my faith in religion to solve my problems, but I always thought it would be my religion that would help me.”
 
After the Friday night game, Murphy will report to Ike’s apartment to switch on the lights and push the start button on his Microwave.