Adam S. Wolf

So… Jose Reyes…. First let me say I don’t know (if I was GM) that I would have given him 6 years either. It’s a LONNNNG time for someone who is hurt way too much. I think the Mets ‘offer’ of 5 years 80-90 Million was fair and I think the Marlins were going to outbid them and even that, I’m OK with – I don’t like it, but I’m OK with it.

HERE’S where the issue lies, and I’ll quote Jose himself:

• “I mean, not only the visit that I went there, like I told you, those guys, they came from Miami to see me at 12:01, so that was huge for me.”
• AND “Like I say, I need to move on because they don’t offer anything, really, you know. They didn’t make a real offer, so that means they don’t want me there”
• AND “Would you have wanted them to call you more this offseason, show you more love? “No doubt,” Reyes said. “They don’t do that. When we almost get close to making a deal with the Marlins, that’s when they called. But they call for nothing because they don’t offer anything. It’s kind of weird. I was confused a little bit. During the season a lot of times Sandy (Alderson) said, ‘We want Jose’ and stuff like that. I expect they’d at least call and say, ‘We’re still working on some things so we’re going to get to you guys.’ That never happened.”

HOW FREAKING HARD WOULD IT HAVE BEEN FOR JEFFY TO CALL JOSE – 1 ON 1 – AND SAY, “WE WANT YOU BACK, I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT IS OUT THERE, GO AHEAD AND WE’LL BE IN TOUCH.”

If Jose himself is to be believed, that may have gone a long way. Would it have mattered in the end? Who knows. But even that (FREE!) thing (I presume the Mets have an unlimited calling plan) they couldn’t do. THIS, THIS RIGHT HERE, is a major part of the f**k-up that is the NY Mets front office and ownership. It’s crap like this that needs to be fixed.

So, I’ve been in a non-talking, ‘argument’ state with someone that I HAD considered a close friend. A few months ago we had a bit of a ‘heart-to-heart’ talk and soon after this person decided not to communicate with me anymore.  I thought I knew why, but now I’ve recently found out a ‘new’ reason. I put new in quotes because this issue is more than a few years old. The issue has nothing to do with him/her directly, but apparently they have deep feelings about it.

The kicker is that they have a lot of their facts very very wrong. AND, it wasn’t me they told this to, it was a 3rd party.

I’m so furious about this, that as of right now I feel there is no correcting this. At all. It’s really amazing to me that someone I considered so close would do this. It’s truly a ‘wow’ moment – and not in a good way.

OK folks  here’s something that can hit home hard AND a great opportunity for you to do something if you’re in NJ.

This woman works with Monica at MSU – If you can help Delaney (story is below) please call Nadia at (201) 996-4819 so that she can determine your donor eligibility. In addition, please free to forward this message to anyone in the Hackensack area who might be interested. Thanks!

Kaitlin is an employee of Montclair State University who has a 5 month old daughter named Delaney. Delaney has cancer and has been in and out of the hospital. She is being treated with chemo & will need numerous blood transfusions.  I am asking you to consider donating for Delaney.  Her blood type is O+.  This means she can accept whole blood donations from people who have O+ or O- blood and receive platelets from all other blood types.  Donating must be done at Hackensack Medical Center and will take about an hour of your time.

If you are interested, you are asked to contact Nadia at the Blood Bank in Hackensack Medical Center.  She will ask you a few preliminary questions to see if you are an acceptable donor.  You can reach Nadia at 201-996-4819.  Kaitlin’s sister Jenna is tracking the donations.  If you successfully donate, she asks that you drop her a note that you have done so.  You can reach her at jennakurdyla (at) gmail (dot) com.

So my SIL has gotten me into Yoga. She tried a few years ago and I went once. Now, I’m planning on going a couple of times a month. Not great, but a start right?

First time I went, it completely kicked my ass. I sweated like I haven’t in years. After the 2nd go round, I was already in better shape, a bit more flexible and better for it.

I started to increase my gym attendance a couple of months ago, changing my routine from twice per week to about 4x/week. I’ve dropped 7 pounds or so (would like to drop another 5) and feel much better doing it.  Since I had already increased the frequency, it was pretty easy to change up my regular gym routine and do yoga instead.

So, I’ll start with ~2x/month and go from there. If you’re in the neighborhood (let me know and I’ll tell you exactly where), stop in and sweat with me! (hmmmmmmm…)