J Day

[Guest AG/DC]

Jay Satan post? That can't be good.

New York meets Johan today at 1:15.



What is known:

• Johan Santana Bach will continue to wear 57. Sorry, Eric Valent.


• Wife is Yasmile, camera-shy so far. That may be her boldly wearing white in winter in the photo above.


• No word on whether Ryan Church will be on hand to hold Santana's water bottle.

[metsmarathon]

i like the symmetry with jay satan welcoming johan santana

[metirish]

I had a thread ready ,lucky I checked before I posted, Johan's dad Jesus will attend as will Wright, Willie, Omar and Jeff.

Luis Castillo says that when he got traded Johan was so pissed that they both talked about it in the locker room and Johan told him he wanted to play for the Mets. So when Luis gets to Shea he tells Minaya about what Santana said.

The day Santana got traded he called Castillo with the good news.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Set your TiVo or VCR: SNY coverage will start at 1:15 p.m.

I've yet to see or hear Santana being interviewed. Does anyone know how good his command of English is?

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I've yet to see or hear Santana being interviewed. Does anyone know how good his command of English is?

I'm betting it's better than Omar's

[Benjamin Grimm]

Frayed Knot wrote: I'm betting it's better than Omar's

="CPF PA Announcer"]Your attention please. Pinch-hitting for Iramets, FRAAAAAAAAAAAAYED KNOT!

[Guest AG/DC]

Johan's English is more or less fine. It's a pretty educated family and I imagine he learned English when he was still in Venezuela.

[metirish]

Frayed Knot wrote: ="Benjamin Grimm"]I've yet to see or hear Santana being interviewed. Does anyone know how good his command of English is? I'm betting it's better than Omar's

Ouch, brilliant.

Will SNY.TV.COM have the feed?

[Guest AG/DC]

Kids on reefer:

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Bats L
Throws L
Haircuts B

[Guest AG/DC]

Here he is answering questions with Torii Hunter.

[A Boy Named Seo]

It's on NOW!!!

[A Boy Named Seo]

I didn't even know there was a losmets.com.

Omar to the podium. White shirt and some kind of off-white tie with a black pinstripe suit. Looks like a gangster or something.

[soupcan]

Not that we didn't already know this, but, jeez, Omar just cannot talk.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Johan to the stage. White, pinstriped #57. Blue lid.

Nice.

[Guest AG/DC]

Beard trimmed down to a goatee.

[metirish]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I didn't even know there was a losmets.com. Omar to the podium. White shirt and some kind of off-white tie with a black pinstripe suit. Looks like a gangster or something.

Aren't all MLB Teams sites in Spanish as well as English?

[A Boy Named Seo]

Shea Stadium patch on the right arm looks good.

Johan flanked by Omar and Jeff Wilpon on this right, Willie and David Wright on his left.

There are less flashbulbs when Britney's flashing her nekkid hoo-haw. Lots of peeps with cameras crammed in that room.

[metirish]

Omar.

] "Everybody I talk to in baseball, they say you've got Johan Santana - congratulations

[A Boy Named Seo]

metirish wrote: ="A Boy Named Seo"]I didn't even know there was a losmets.com. Omar to the podium. White shirt and some kind of off-white tie with a black pinstripe suit. Looks like a gangster or something. Aren't all MLB Teams sites in Spanish as well as English?

Yeah, guess you're right. Never noticed before and didn't know they had LosMets.com pointing to it. Kinda neat.

[Guest AG/DC]

Hey, Mark Healy! Don't put the mic so close to your mouth!

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

He's wearing the pinstripes. Excellent.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Johan = clich� machine.

[G-Fafif]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Johan = clich� machine.

Johan speaking in bromides > Glavine being articulate.

[Guest AG/DC]

I, for one, am glad to know that they're going to play as a team and take it one game at a time.

[metirish]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: He's wearing the pinstripes. Excellent.

Healey?

[bmfc1]

G-Fafif wrote: ="A Boy Named Seo"]Johan = clich� machine. Johan speaking in bromides > Glavine being articulate.

I agree with G-Fafif: my first impression is that Johan came across as a real, human bean. Glavine, in contrast, was neither "devastated" or "disappointed" at a nadir in his career, showing that he was incapable of real, human emotion when it was expected.

[Frayed Knot]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Johan = clich� machine.

I'd pretty much defy anyone NOT to be a cliche machine in that kind of setting with those kind of questions.

Would be kinda fun if someone would drop a few bombshells at one of these things:
- Q: "Why'd you want to come to the _________s"
- A: "Cuz they dropped a fuckin' trcukload of money in my lap"

[A Boy Named Seo]

Frayed Knot wrote: ="A Boy Named Seo"]Johan = clich� machine. I'd pretty much defy anyone NOT to be a cliche machine in that kind of setting with those kind of questions. Would be kinda fun if someone would drop a few bombshells at one of these things: - Q: "Why'd you want to come to the _________s" - A: "Cuz they dropped a fuckin' trcukload of money in my lap"

Wasn't complaining about it. Just letting peeps without the benefit of radio or TV know they weren't missing a thing beyond seeing the dude in his new shirt for the first time.

[metirish]

I can't see it here at work, how does this rate compared to Pedro's intro or Beltran's for the excitement factor or for bigness.