There are a lot of theories as to what happened to Jose Reyes down the stretch last season. One of them surrounds Jose Valentin being injured, therefore not being around to impart his wisdom to Reyes, much like Mike Brady would impart to his son Greg when he thought he could drop out of high school to
pitch for the Dodgers. Well, what happened when Mike Brady wasn't around to mentor Greg in the final episode?
That's correct, Greg wound up with
orange hair. This doesn't happen with Mike in the picture. Just like Jose Reyes doesn't go into a two month funk if Jose Valentin is around. To that end, the Mets have
brought back Jose Valentin ... the Mets' Mike Brady.
"Because alone, we can only move buckets. But if we work together, we can drain rivers."
I don't know what is more insane, Jose Valentin being
back on the Mets to be a constant reminder to Jose Reyes to eat his veggies and not swing at fertilizer in the dirt hereby becoming the highest profile baby-sitter in America, or Shingo Takatsu being
back in the league.
It took Takatsu two years to get back to the majors, which is about how long it takes for one of his pitches to reach home plate (or that
Miguel Cabrera double to stop rolling).
There isn't a good reason for the above picture other than the fact that with Friday night's rainout, your eyes would have been treated to that picture of Brad Penny at first glance for a third straight day. And to be honest with you, it's starting to freak me out. I have dreams where it talks to me, and tells me I need to fire Willie.
