Who Said Carlos Beltran Was A Bad Guy?

He’ll pay for your nose job:

“They were talking in the clubhouse and somebody asked him, and he said it wasn’t a priority for him to do it,” said Beltran. “And I just said, ‘What about if it’s paid (for)? Would you do it?’ And he said, ‘Of course, I’d do it.'”

“He came to me the day after the conversation and he said ‘Are you sure you’re going to pay for it?'” he added. “I said, ‘Well, I’ll pay for it if you’re going to do it.’ I guess he was happy that he didn’t have to pay $10,000 for his nose.”

I do think Niese missed an opportunity to do a little cosmetic fix as well while they were at it, but that’s his decision . . .

And Then The Third Term Turned Magical

All it took was a bold prediction:

Officials shelled out [$10,400} to buy Keys to the City for the [New York Giants] days before Big Blue even squared off against the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC championship game.

Ashburns Engravers in lower Manhattan got the order to make 104 keys at $100 each on Jan. 18, store owner Dan DePrima, 78, said.

“Are you sure you want to order this? How do you know they’re going to win?” DePrima said he asked the city employee who requested the keys.

“They placed the order in the hopes the Giants would win.”

How Bad Off Are The Mets?

This bad:

Meanwhile, belt-tightening has contributed to layoffs. The team acknowledged a 10 percent reduction in baseball operations staff late last year. The Mets’ Pacific Rim scout is among those out of work. One minor league team has been abolished. Even a 61-year-old employee with cerebral palsy who worked at the team’s Port St. Lucie, Fla., minor league complex and who earned only $3,000 last year was axed, according to organization sources. A Mets official insisted the dismissal was merely part of the sound business practice any operation would undertake in streamlining expenses — not an indication of financial distress. The person argued that citing that layoff is unfairly designed to fit a narrative about the Mets’ financial woes. As for the elimination of the Mets’ Gulf Coast League minor league team, the organization noted that it still has more affiliates than most major league clubs.

September Promotions For Teams That Are Twenty-Three-And-A-Half Games Out Of First Include . . .

Star Wars Night:

Next Tuesday will be Star Wars Night at Citi Field. Fans will each receive a Met T-shirt featuring Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia.

Location Scout: Citi Field.

Yankees Bat Boys Get Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars In Tips

That and Joe Torre is really missing OTB.