Yankees vs Mets, who ya got?

Calling all baseball fans, it's that time again. Interleague play gives us FOUR straight between the Bronx Bombers and the Amazings. Starting tonight it's two in a row at Yankee Stadium and the next two at Debits Field. Both teams need a sparks to get out of the middle of the pack in their respective divisions. Somebody taking three of four could provide said spark heading into the warmer weather. Last go-round in the inter-city series for Derek Jeter as well, which brings added intrigue.

First pitch tonight at 7:05 at 161st and River.

The Yankees have traded for Justin Verlander!

OK, it's an April Fool's joke on an Opening Day Monday. The Yankees can only HOPE to get Justin Verlander if perhaps the Tigers organization takes silly pills.

However baseball fans, for the first time since the 1950's the Yankees and Metropolitans will open at home in the same day at the same time, 1pm.

Johnny actually sees a World Series rematch this year, with his picks of the San Francisco Giants and the Detroit Tigers now set in stone. Wanna talk some baseball? Why you've come to the right place. Drop some predictions or trade possibilities for the Yanks and Mets in comments.

Play Ball!

Who wants to buy some shares in a last place baseball team?

The New York Metropolitans are looking like a serious threat this year, to dislodge the Washington Nationals from last place in the NL East. After Mets owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz wore the golden sombrero in court yesterday those shares in the Mets might be rapidly dropping in price. Federal Judge Jed Rakoff said that the Mets owners as part of being bilked in the Bernie Madoff scam have to pay at LEAST $83 million dollars to Madoff victims. That's $83 million as a starting point. If they lose the next court case in which they are trying to prove they were "willfully blind" to Madoff's financial chicanery that total could go much higher.

Not being able to keep top talent like Jose Reyes is just one impact of the Madoff Ponzi scheme, having to sell minority shares in the team is another. The Mets are trying to sell 12 shares for $20 million dollars, though after this crushing court loss yesterday that buy-in number should be dropping in 5,4,3,2,1...

So come on out to Debits Field and watch some Metropolitans baseball this season. The first 100 fans entering Debits Field able to throw 80+ on the radar gun could well win a minor league contract!

All this attention now being paid to the new Yankees and Mets stadiums? Yawn

Clearly these are PR fronts by both the Yankees and Mets to drum up goodwill and try to knock down the complaints about how these new ballparks are being funded. Yankee Stadium will cost over 1.5 BILLION by the time it's completed. Guess who is picking up 75% of the tab? Reason enough to NOT GO to see the Bronx Bombers and let them suffer and sweat out the financial angle. The Mets are having CitiBank pay for the naming rights to their stadium which is just wonderful now that you and I and every taxpayer in America OWN CitiBank due to out huge taxpayer bailout of this failed company. From this day forward, the Jersey City Desk will ONLY refer to the Mets Stadium at 'Debits Field'. We didn't invent that name but it's very fitting. Hey, they Mets aren't paying the JCD a dime to call it by the name they want you and I to call it. Hence, Debits Field.

The JCD urges readers to simply not go to many, if any games this year. Let them sweat it out. We're already paying enough for both stadiums, now they want your money right out of your pocket as well. What are they giving YOU? A break on ticket prices? A break on jerseys? A break on hot dogs or other concession? Hell no. They can't soak you again, it's time now to soak them and the boneheads who allowed us to pay for these monstrosities in the first place.

Stay away. Repay the Yankees and Mets in kind.