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NY Mets fire Manager Mickey Callaway #MetsTwitter #LGM

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Bobby Broadway

The Mickey Callaway era with the NY Mets is now over, and I can admit, I was wrong.

When the Mets named Callaway the manager back on October 23^rd in 2017, I was all-in. I believed in what Callaway did as a pitching coach and his belief in analytics and it being used in baseball. While Mickey wasn’t my first choice (Alex Cora) I felt Mickey was the best next thing.

I was so confident in the hire that I talked trash on Twitter and referred to Callaway as a top 5 managing candidate at the time.

Clearly, I am not ready to be a GM yet, LOL!

Callaway struggled with handling the bullpen, although I will give him a pass for the most part when it comes to the pen. The talent wasn’t there and it’s difficult to manage a pen when relievers are not doing their jobs. What could not be forgiven was Callaway’s in-game moves with pinch hitters and being out maneuvered by opposing managers.

A perfect example of this was a couple of weeks ago, with the Mets in the hunt for the playoffs. Callaway allowed the Phillies to pinch-hit Bryce Harper to hit against Tyler Bashlor (Righty), and explained he wanted to get Phillies regular old reliever Mike Morin out of game. We are not talking about Mariano Rivera here…

While it’s not great that the Mets must find a new manager, this is different from previous years. This is a Mets team that has talent, a young core in Pete Alonso, Amed Rosario, Jeff McNeil, Michael Confronto, and a pitching staff that is formidable (Jacob deGrom). For the first time in a long-time, this is team that can attract top managerial candidates.

Of the top candidates, Joe Maddon and Joe Girardi would be at the top of my list. As of right now the word is Maddon will head west to take the Angels job. If that’s the case Joe Girardi would have to be the guy previous experience handling the NYC market and not afraid of the bright lights.

But…

If I had a dark horse, Houston Astros’ manager AJ Hinch, who could be looking for a challenge and good friends with Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen.

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Trump Will Not Sign Current Spending Bill to Avoid Shutdown

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Bobby Broadway

Trump has until the 21st to sign the CR, and it would seem as though he is backed into a corner. But this egomaniac has already proven he is not the typical politician. You never know what type of audible he may call, I doubt he won’t sign the CR but you never know.
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President Trump has decided that he needs to save face and get something for his Wall in a spending bill that will keep the government open. As he told Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, he is willing to own shutting down the govt.

After threatening shutdown, and then backing down from that threat, Trump is now back to threatening again. He met with House Republicans around noon today and made it clear that he wants $5 billion in funding for The Wall. House Republicans will oblige Trump, but the likelihood of a spending bill passing, including $5B for a wall is low.

Even if Republicans attempt to just add money for Border Security, and not the wall; Democrats have already said they will not vote for that.

I believe Dems will take a compromise of funding more Border Security (not money to build the wall), which would be significantly less than the $5B Trump wants. This way both Democrats and Trump can claim some kind of victory.

Some have floated the idea that congress could just send the spending bill aka CR as is, without funding for the Wall to the president. If Trump vetoes the bill, congress could override the president’s veto with a 2/3rd vote in each chamber to pass the spending bill.

Yes, congress could override the veto. The House passed the CR with 361 votes and the Senate passed it unanimously, but that would be asking Republicans in this congress to really stand-up to Trump. I just can’t see that happening as these Republicans still fear Trump and his core supporters.

Trump seems to love chaos, he has handled this poorly and this cannot be part of the strategy for the “Art of the Deal”

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Dana Loesch, “Crying white mothers are ratings gold…”

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Bobby Broadway

Full disclosure, I have had a number of conversations with Dana Loesch via Twitter. And we have had a number of conversations about taxes, civil liberties, national debt, and guns.

I like Dana and respect her knowledge on a number of topics, especially guns. She knows gun laws and statistics like the back of her hand, and many times when I have a question about a state’s gun laws, or the difference between guns, she is my go-to resources. Going into the town hall I knew it would be a tough environment for her, as emotions would be riding high. After watching the town hall (twice) I thought she did as about as good as anyone could have done.

I know many of my Liberal/Progressive friends will look at me funny for that last statement, but when I say she did a good job, I mean she stayed composed and worked to answer the questions of the students/parents/teachers. She didn’t lash out at anyone and she even defended students like Emma Gonzalez who in recent days was criticized by Conservatives/Guns Rights Activists.

And then today happened…

At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) conference Dana said the following,

“Many in legacy media love mass shootings. You guys love it,”

“Now I’m not saying that you love the tragedy. But I am saying that you love the ratings. Crying white mothers are ratings gold to you and many in the legacy media in the back (of the room).”

“And notice I said ‘crying white mothers’ because there are thousands of grieving black mothers in Chicago every weekend, and you don’t see town halls for them, do you?”

“Where’s the CNN town hall for Chicago? Where’s the CNN town hall for sanctuary cities?”

I understand what Dana is trying to say here but this made me cringe. As I stated earlier the night before Dana remained composed, and IMO we need more of that in these conversations as we have too many people talking AT each other instead of TO each other. Instead the image of Dana from this point on will be the following…

Dana will be called unhinged, and one of the most important points made during the town hall Wednesday will be missed. Dana brought up the point that only 38 states are providing less than 80% of felony convictions to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). This is critical as the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) uses data from the NCIC to approve background checks for gun purchases.

It will not matter how many laws you put in place for gun control, if the background checks system doesn’t have all the information it needs to do the job it supposed to do.

Dana is right that no one talks about the flaws with NICS, the day after the town hall no one wrote about it or spoke about it. But she also added to the distraction with her CPAC speech.

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WTH Sammy Sosa!

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Bobby Broadway

When Sammy Sosa left baseball in 2007 he was a brown-skin kat from the Dominican Republic who hit 609 homers during his career.

And now Sosa is doing interviews and his skin severely bleached and it’s not a good look at all.

Sosa has stated the following,

“It’s a bleaching cream that I apply before going to bed and whitens my skin some,” Sosa said on Univision’s “Primer Impacto” program. “It’s a cream that I have, that I use to soften [my skin], but has bleached me some. I’m not a racist, I live my life happily.

“What happened was that I had been using the cream for a long time and that, combined with the bright TV lights, made my face look whiter than it really is. I don’t think I look like Michael Jackson.”

Ummmm, yeah Sosa, MJ never looked as bad as you do right now. I don’t know what Sammy can do to help himself but at this point you know you losing when Rachel Dolezal is blacker than you!

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Credit – Washington Post

Conor McGregor RELAX with all the “Boy” stuff

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Bobby Broadway

I’m cool with Conor McGregor and all of shit talking to sell this Mayweather vs McGregor fight, but he needs to RELAX with referring to Floyd Mayweather Jr as a “Boy”.

Plain and Simple!

Of course Conor being Conor he’s not gonna allow anyone to tell him what to do used the “Dance for me boy…” again during the 2nd event in Toronto.

SMH…

There’s no discussion, and let me be clear, I am not calling McGregor a racist or anything. It’s just not a good look for a White man to refer to a Black man as a boy. Everything else is open season if he wants to talk about Mayweather’s tax problems, serving time, and even his ability to read. Whatever you need to hype this fight for August 26th, just stay away from “Dance for me boy, dance…”

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Bystanders Wake Up and Recognize #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Bobby Broadway

When I 1st heard Jesse Williams acceptance speech for BET’s Humanitarian award. I couldn’t help but focus on the following….

And let’s get a couple things straight, just a little sidenote – the burden of the brutalized is not to comfort the bystander.That’s not our job, alright – stop with all that. If you have a critique for the resistance, for our resistance, then you better have an established record of critique of our oppression. If you have no interest, if you have no interest in equal rights for black people then do not make suggestions to those who do. Sit down. – Jesse Williams

Every time there’s a video released of police brutality or a shooting, there is always someone that needs an explanation of why this is a problem. Over the past year or 2, I have found myself trying to be understanding and taking the time to explain, but after watching Alton Sterling and Philando Castile being gunned down… I just can’t do it anymore

If you can’t see there is something seriously wrong with what is going down in America after watching these latest videos; then that is on you!

And if you answer to all of this is just comply with the police… As Mr Williams said, “SIT DOWN!”

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Heroin vs Crack Epidemic

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Bobby Broadway

The Senate passed a bill today to help the growing epidemic of heroin and painkiller abuse. Sponsored by New Hampshire Sens. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) will focus on the following:

Establish grant programs to help state and local governments improve education and treatment for drug abuse
Encourage medical providers to reduce unnecessary prescriptions
Commit resources to help veterans deal with addiction
Give local law enforcement and mental health officials tools to lower the death rate from overdoses
Provide states with incentives to make naloxone, which can counteract overdoses, more widely available by offering liability protections to officials who distribute it

This is much-needed, but I can’t help to think how drastically different the thinking is now versus the 80s and 90s when Crack-Cocaine destroyed inner cities. Instead of treatment the focus was on fighting the crack epidemic with force which included harsher penalties.

Unlike the crack epidemic, heroin addiction is being treated with compassion.

What would have the 80s and 90s been in the inner cities if the approach to the crack epidemic was treatment along with law enforcement?

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30th Anniversary of Challenger Disaster

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Bobby Broadway

Hard to believe that it has been 30-years since the tragedy of the Challenger space shuttle disaster.

I can recall the excitement I had watching the launch with my classmates and then 73 seconds into the launch that excitement turned into despair.

Rest in Peace Michael J Smith, Francis R Scobee, Ronald E McNair, Ellison S Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, and Judith A Resnik.

Those 7 souls will forever live amongst the stars

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Yup, 50 Cent’s First Pitch was the Worst!

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Bobby Broadway

By now we have all seen the 1st pitch from 50 Cent before the NY Mets played the Pittsburgh Pirates earlier this week.

The consensus has been it was the worst 1st pitch, but The Washington Post took a step further when they posted this visual of some of the worst 1st pitches.

SMH, Damn 50!

United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor showed more skill on her ceremonial first pitch, and look at Michael Jordan…. And he stopped playing basketball to play baseball for a short time.

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Curtis Granderson Doesn’t Understand Passionate Fans

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Bobby Broadway

When the New York Mets signed Curtis Granderson this past offseason he stated the following about New York Mets fans

“A lot of the people I’ve met in New York have always said that, ‘True New Yorkers are Mets fans,'” Granderson said. “So I’m excited to get a chance to see them all out there.”

Well Curtis, you got what you wished for!

Granderson and the Mets have heard their fair share of boos recently as they have struggled offensively in the early part of the 2014 season. Granderson had a rough start as he quickly learned that Citi Field is not Yankee Stadium. In recent weeks the boo birds have been louder and it’s starting to wear on the team. In a recent interview with Newsday’s Jim Baumbach, Granderson made some interesting comments…

“I understand you’re a fan, but at the same time, you aren’t playing,” he said. “I can see you getting that intense as a player or have played. But if you’re just a fan and watching, enjoy the excitement of the game that is in front of you, win, lose or draw, whatever the case is.”

Wait…. What the hell is Granderson talking about?

This makes no sense, fans don’t have to play the game to have passion/intensity for their team. Its passion/intensity that makes fans travel to see their team play on road games or stick around to support their team in extra innings. There is nothing better than having your fan base support and that support is more than just excitement for the game.

Can you imagine the Raiders telling their fan base, “Hey guys, you’re not actually playing the game. No need to paint your face and dress up in the and go crazy in the black hole.”

Word of advice for C Grand, stay away from insulting the fan base. Trust me, if you produce the fans will stop booing.

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