[EmpireWF]

Daily News writer Flip Bondy penned a column today ripping on the Mets for their "stance" on steroids and the Lastings Milledge situation.

For those who don't know, Milledge caused another uproar in the Met family when it was discovered he recorded a rap song (I believe he owns his own label...lol) which contained offensive lyrics to women. Omar Minaya sat him down and told him the organization's position on it and they don't like it one bit.

As for the steroid stuff, minor league reliever Lino Urdaneta was just suspended 50-games this week for testing positive. Reliver Guillermo Mota is slated to return in a couple of weeks after serving his 50-game suspension.


Now with this, I don't know what to say. I don't feel the Mets are "enablers" as Bondy is saying because it's not like they're running from anything. Mota made a mistake, he owned up to it and accepted his punishment. Should the Mets blackball him?

With Milledge, part of me says it's just the media and folks just looking to find something wrong with him. Right now, he's on the Triple-A DL I believe. There's no question he has the talent but it looks like he may meltdown in NYC before he gets a chance to show it. I hope not.

[Nuke]

I don't think Milledge will melt down because he produced well when he was called up and he was very enthusiastic about playing. He even high fived the fans after hitting a homer (which Willie repremanded him for). Milledge with his rap stuff might make a mistake or two but it's not like he's on steroids or threatening people with a gun in nightclubs. Youngsters make mistakes but we have to see if Lastings will learn from those mistakes and give him a fair chance to. I think he will.

[MJHMarc]

This is what truly goes on behind the closed doors of baseball's best clubhouse? It seems like a Spanish Soap Opera to me.