The NY METS held a noon press conference today to announce the new arrival of two key players for the 2005 season.

Exerpts from the press conference……..
First I would like to announce the signing of free agent SP Ted Lilly. We signed Ted today to a 3 year deal with an option (Team) for a 4th. We in the front office feel this is a much friendlier confines for a SP then he had previously been pitching at and we expect a nice turn-around for the 28 year old south paw.

Lilly joins us today along with Adrian Beltre (Loud applause is heard). We acquired Adrian today in a deal with the Dodgers which sent up and coming power hitter MArk Reynolds to the LA Dodgers. We feel the 25 year old slugger will continue to belt out home runs and annoy the competition with his gold glove caliber defense at 3b. With the ability to steal some bases as well he should be a mainstay in the Met lineup for years to come…

I would like to conclude the press conference by saying Mets fans everywhere should expect a few more deals in the days to come… Weather they be free agents or trades, THAT I will leave up to you to contemplate and discuss on WFAN until I announce them. Grin

With that GM/Owner/Manager/ Team idiot Patriss left the podium.

The phones on WFAN radio immediately started to go nuts.
“Lilly’s a bum!”
“Welcome Adrian”
“Beltre and Piazza i nthe same lineup!!!”
“Lilly will be an ACE!”

As you can see the outcry was a bit mixed but this reporter thinks we should wait to see what the Mets do on the field before judging the team idiot too harshly…