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OhMurph.com has received first-hand knowledge of an off-the-field incident involving ace Johan Santana during the filming of a recent Subway commercial with Yankees ace CC Sabathia.

The sandwich franchise created a popular commercial in 2005 which featured then-skippers Willie Randolph and Joe Torre, in which their baseball rivalry spilled out onto the culinary field. Willie’s most memorable line: “Yeah, it’s got a lotta meat!”

Moments before the attack

To promote their new Big Chipotle Cheese steak sandwich, Santana and Sabathia were enlisted to film a commercial together to discuss how promote the new sandwich. However, the filming went awry not long after the shoot started.

Upon his arrival to the set, Sabathia proceeded to consume the entire food spread that was laid out for the staff, forcing the catering company to rush an emergency order before filming could start. Sabathia then continued to polish off the seven samples of the Big Chipotle Cheese steak allocated to him before he declared himself ready to shoot. With the appetizers out of the way, a lean, trim, and tasty-looking Santana was finally brought into the set with what appeared to be a temporarily satisfied Sabathia.

The production company, however was prepared for a hunger flare-up. They had worked with Sabathia on previous commercial shoots during his time in Cleveland. Santana was placed to Sabathia’s left on the bench used on the set, ensuring his prized pitching arm was away from Sabathia. Likewise, Santana’s right arm was actually taken from a mannequin and attached under his jersey while his real arm was tied back – for reasons that became clear immediately.

During the first take, Sabathia eyed Santana’s prop sandwich in his hands. As soon as the first “cut” was yelled by the director after the “It’s playing in New York big” line, Sabathia immediately pounced on Santana and bit down hard on his right wrist while going for his sandwich, completely shattering the dummy arm. The elephant trainers were immediately mobilized and fired dartfuls of Proheptazine at Sabathia to tranquilize him while Santana’s handlers rushed him away from the set. Sabathia was roped and returned to his cage while a shaken Santana was evaluated by the medical staff.

The commercial’s producers were forced to utilize CGI in combination with separate footage that was shot two weeks following the incident with Santana alone on the set. The end result was seamless, and the ad campaign boosted non-Sabathia sales of the new sandwich to an average eight across the Tri-State region, or 4% of daily total sales.

Yesterday we had the lovely opportunity to catch up with Ed from Mets Fever.  We put Ed on the hot seat with some pretty tough questions.  He came out swinging.

Please tell the good fans of OH MURPH how Mets Fever come about?
 
In 2005 I started really getting into the on-line baseball community and became a member of several forum groups.  By 2006 I really enjoyed talking baseball but was getting fed up with the forums.  Many commenter’s wouldn’t make sound arguments to disagree, they would just say “your stupid” and leave it at that.  I love a good debate but have very little patience for name calling or immature comments. I also wanted to expand my arguments to include references, sources and supportive information, which really didn’t fit into the forums format.  At the same time, two different sites approached me about writing for their sites, which gave me the confidence to start my own site. Mets Fever was launched Dec. 26th, 2006…
 
The format has basically been the same from the start; Passing along interesting items, from across the web to other Mets fans while providing opinions and editorials from a die hard and life long Mets fan. 

 Most likely met virgin? – Evans, Neice or Ken Takahaski?
 
I’d say Gonzo, don’t want to be mean so your readers will have to figure out which one I think look like the muppet. 

Which Chin Pubes is more your style. Redding or Putz and why?
 
Got to go with Putz, reminds of my favorite ladies grooming. 

Ugliest player in MLB not named Randy Johnson?
 
I can’t stand, regardless of the talent to see a guy with a huge extended stomach rolling around the field so I’d say C.C. or Prince. 

Which player from the movie Major League would most likely lead this Mets roster to a World Series victory?
Power hitting outfielder Pedro Cerrano who practices voodoo to try to help him hit curveballs- this team needs a power bat and someone to get Jobu on their side.

As you know.. Were giving away a Free HOJO signed 8×10 to the fan with the best definition of what a “Triple Threat” what’s your definiton?
A guy who can land Megan Fox and talks about it.
 
A guy who can walk after finishing a bottle of Goldschlager and doesn’t drive .
 
And a guy who plays baseball like Pete Rose 

Harder team to watch – 93 Mets or 09 Mets. Why?
 
Easy 09 Mets.  The 93 Mets were bad and you knew they were going to be bad, this team there were higher expectations and even with the injuries this team is constantly beating itself.

Finally, July 4th is known for the Nathans Hot Dog Eating Contest… which Met past or present would give Joey Chestnut a run for his money?

Currently I think Livan could give him a run for his money.  Mo Vaugn could eat all the hot dogs and then go after Joey himself.

Thank you, Ed.  You’re off the Hot Seat.