Jumping the Snark

I'm all for snark; it's like a second language for me.  But the thing about snark is that you have to properly place it, or else you look like a moron.  And when you look like a moron, you open yourself up to da-da-dahhh- snark. 

Following my twitter feed last week, I came across this tweet, from of all places, @MLB: 

Mets skipper uses pitcher Chris Capuano as pinch-hitter; changes mind mid at-bat because ya know, he's a pitcher 

Isn't that so clever.  So clever that Jayson Werth's beard felt the need to retweet it and add:

You know times are tough when even @MLB is clowning you. #LOLMETS 

Ha, ha wasn't that so funny?  You know, because Collins made a stupid move, sending up a starting pitcher to pinch hit (we all know it's only genius if Tony LaRussa does it), and then realized it was stupid, and changed his mind mid-at bat.  So he's a flip-flopper too!  He could run for President on the GOP ticket! 

The facts, of course, get in the way on this one. 

Here's what happened:  In a 7-7 game in the bottom of the 8^th, a runner on first, and no outs, Collins sent Willie Harris in to pinch run.  With the pitcher's spot up, he sent Chris Capuano to pinch hit?  Why?  Because he's a moron, didn't you read to the MLB tweet.  End of story, nothing to see here. 

Of course, it could have had something to do with the fact that he was planning on bunting Harris to second, and Capuano's the best bunter among his pitchers.  So why waste a position player?   

Then, with the count 1-1, Jose Veras balked Harris to second.  With a runner in scoring position, Collins decided to bring up Josh Thole, who was going to have to come into the game anyway.   

And then the move worked.  And the Mets won the game.  It was out of the box thinking, and it was a great play.  The funny thing is that the video MLB links to with their snarky tweet makes that all clear.  So either they intentionally gave a false impression of what was in the video, or they didn't even watch it.  I know J Werth's Beard didn't. 

Point is, people who live in glasses houses, shouldn't snark about how ugly their neighbors are when they get out of the shower.