While doing his usual bit to aid the opposition — in this case, the once-again surging Phillies, who completed a weekend sweep of the error-prone Mets with a 10-6 victory at Shea — Guillermo Mota is not, I repeat, not the worst human being on the planet. He might’ve sunk to his lowest point since being chased all over the Port St. Lucie parking lot by Mike Piazza, but there are characters more loathsome.
So with that mind, and hoping to restore some sense of perspective amongst Mets fans, i’ve compiled a list of individuals, living or dead, who’ve done far more than Mota to inflict abject misery onto others.
1) Hitler
2) Pol Pot
3) Idi Amin
4) Rick Dees
5) Arkan
6) Stacy Q
7) Dr. Harold Shipman
8) The Homolkas
9) Stephen Baldwin
10) Mel Rojas
I’m sure you’ve got some suggestions of your own, but this is my list. I think it’s pretty comprehensive.
While Mota and Jorge Sosa endeavored to make the NL East chase an actual pennant race, I was attending the Austin City Limits festival. A golf cart driving staffer gave me a lift from one corporate sponsor-dubbed stage to another, but not before commenting on my Mets jersey.
“I’ve got a cousin who played for the Mets. He’s got a championship ring from 1986.”
Oh yeah? What’s his name?
“Doug Sisk”.
I can’t belive that uncle Joey from Full House is not on your list. How that guy’s gone through life without being shot to death, or at least being punched in the face 10-20 times per day is beyond my understanding.
I have him at #14, between John Wayne Gacy and Gene Simmons.
Loved the YLT shout out to ATC. And the Ugly Beats!
hey, shout outs are just cheap talk. I’d like see a band refuse to play ACL in solidarity with the never-invited-Air Traffic Controllers. You’ll note, for instance, that Oasis weren’t back this year. Nor were Megadeth or The Last Poets. Now that’s what I call real camaraderie.
Thanks. Now “Two of Hearts” won’t get out of my head.
stacy q? i can see the spittle of indignation forming on the side of chuck eddy’s mouths from here…
Good one, Jabba the Hunt. Go clean the collected grease from under your chins.
y’know, if the physical appearances of others are now considered fair game, I was gonna inquire about Rog’s oil-painting worthy good looks. But never mind, someone sent me a link to a recent photograph of the mystery man and if anyone’s entitled to make these sort of disparging remarks, it’s him.
I’m *much* better looking than that…and also I don’t have four chins.
I’ll not run a jpg of J.H. without permission, but the last time I checked, he had but one chin. Hopefully you’re not mistaking him for the crazed imposter that was using his name for all manner of nonsensical blog commentary posts. I’m sure that guy’s the next fucking Rock Hudson, too. After all, pseudononymous character assassins tend to be some of the most attractive people on earth.
I’ve seen the dude in question’s Flickr page and I submit to you that the individual I to which I referred earlier has some serious weight problems, though he must be in denial because on the old FMBB Mr. H very hysterically described a then-recent encounter with one Matthew Perpetua about which he said something to the effect of “the guy had a serious problem keeping his pants up, LOL.” Pot, kettle, etc, discuss…lather, rinse, repeat.
hey, at least he’s got a Flickr page. While I find this particular vendetta of yours puzzling, the target of these insults provides his name and likeness in a public forum, and is summarily shat on for his trouble. Those who might have an axe to grind with him, real or imagined, are not obliged to provide headshots.