Prompt 4

Dear Jason Bay,

     I would like to ask you one question.  That question is how is it possible that you can be paid sixty-six million dollars over four years, when you are this bad of a baseball player.  I will be honest and tell you that you did have a few good years as a Boston Red Sox.  But, ever since you became a New York Met, YOU SUCK.  Three-quarters of the way through this season you had 22 hits and you were batting under .200.  Mike Trout who is a ROOKIE, had more home runs than you had hits, and so did almost every other player in MLB.  What makes this whole situation even funnier is that you grew out your hair in order to play better and save your career.  The harsh truth is that growing out your hair, nor growing out your facial hair, will change the fact that you are washed up and you flat out suck.  For most teams their second highest paid player is batting in the number three or four spot.  Instead, you are either hitting in the 7 or 8 spot (you would hit in the 9 spot too if the Mets were an American League team), which are spots reserved for the worst players on the team.  Also, the only reason you still play in the MLB is because the Mets can't release a player who has such a big contract.  If you didn't have such a big contract, you would have been realesed about two years ago, forgotten about, and would be sitting at home watching baseball on television just like me.  Then a few years down the road, after a few years of retirement, you would try to make a comeback like Manny Ramirez (I applaud Manny for attempting to make a comeback, it really worked out well for him, NOT), play for some double-A team in the middle of Idaho.  Then you would receive a fifty game suspension for use of PEDs because you know that would be the only way you could bat over .200 in the MLB.

     I'm sorry about this letter, I know it is extremely cruel, but 100% of this is true.  I watch you hit on television and it honestly makes me want to cry.  I watch almost every Mets game, and seeing you get a hit is more rare than Sportscenter not talking about the New York Football Jets and Tim Tebow.

Sincerely,
Phil Borroni