Ledee: that's French for loser

Having never been a particularly good baseball player, I respect how hard it it is to play at the big league level and the kind of effort it takes. Though MLB players make it look easy, it becomes clear if you watch long enough that the game requires maximum effort. That's why I greatly respect most MLB players. Except Ricky Ledee, who was just picked up by the Mets. Ricky decided to dog it when he got traded to SF in 2004 for Felix Rodriguez. He whined about how he didn't like it in SF and then guaranteed that he wouldn't come back by going 6 for 53 with 4 RBIs. That's a .113 batting average in a year when the Giants were in the race for the postseason until the day before the regular season ended (thanks again, Cody Ransom). If you check out his career stats, they're nothing out of the ordinary but they're also way above his two months in the Orange and Black. The Mets are so far ahead this year that he probably won't have much impact anyhow.

AP's story on the Mets' signing Ledee was a typical boring AP hack job that failed to mention anything about his dismal performance as a Giant and his crybaby behavior.

MEMO TO RICKY LEDEE -- YOU ARE A LAZY JERK AND A WEASEL WHO'S HAD WAY TOO MUCH GOOD LUCK, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE WAY YOU DECIDED TO SCREW OVER THE GIANTS AND THEIR FANS IN 2004. IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO DESERVES TO HAVE A SEASON-ENDING INJURY, IT'S YOU.