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This morning  Andy Martino of the Daily News reported that the Mets are planning a video tribute for Jose Reyes when the Marlins make their first trip to Citi Field on April 24th.

Excuse me while I vomit in my mouth.

Are the Mets kidding me?  This is a guy who left the Mets in his prime.  Not at the end of his career.  This was his choice to leave.  Not the Mets.  Considering all the venom that the fans have towards him, there is no way there should be a tribute of any kind.  If fans want a tribute, they can give him a standing ovation the first time he comes up to the plate.  But we all know that he is going to be showered with boos from the less than 20,000 fans who will be in the ballpark that night.

Let’s not forget in an April 7th article for ESPN.com, Adam Rubin had this great report:

“”He said, ‘I really want to play in Miami as long as you pay me $1 more than anyone else. … I really want to make the most money I can,’” team president David Samson told Miami businessmen during a speech Tuesday, according to Miami Today.”

So we are going to give a tribute to the most selfish player of my generation?  Well, if we are going to do that, maybe it should be one of these ones:

Jose’s Final At Bat as a Met:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Jose’s Music Video “No Hay Amigo” (No Friend)

Click here to view the embedded video.

Instead of giving tributes to other team’s players, how about we concentrate on honoring our own.

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Here’s a precursor. This is yet another post that was inspired by my dear old dad, who believes it was wrong for Bob Geren to take Jose Reyes’ number.

Newsflash people: Jose Reyes is a Miami Marlin. He is gone, although he contributed plenty of moments of excitement to the Mets for the past few years. You know what he didn’t produce? Playoff moments, because he and other “faces of the franchise” were not able to hold up their end for much of their time in New York.

I get it. Last year was a career year for Jose, but for the money he procured from the Marlins, the Mets made the right move. With the injury concerns always lingering for Reyes, the long-term risk far outweighs the reward.

Now, in case you were under a rock when Huston Street’s comments were taken about Bob Geren, here’s what the reliever had to say:

“Bob was never good at communication, and I don’t want to speak for anybody else, but it was a sentiment reflected in many conversations during the two years I spent in Oakland, and even recently when talking to guys after I left,” Street told the newspaper. “For me personally, he was my least favorite person I have ever encountered in sports from age 6 to 27. I am very thankful to be in a place where I can trust my manager.”

Terry Collins and Sandy Alderson obviously saw something in him, or they would not have brought him aboard. A number is just a number. If the Yankees did the same, it’d be an issue, because then you’d be disrespecting Mickey Mantle. Jose Reyes was far less valuable, and he is now a member of not only another team, but a rival. The new shortstop in Queens is Ruben Tejada.

As far as Reyes goes, the Mets have guys that can pick up the slack, but it’s hard to imagine them replacing the excitement that he provided on a nightly basis. In terms of speed, the Mets don’t seem to have much. Jason Bay will need to steal some bases, as will guys like David Wright and Andres Torres. When it comes to a uniform, a number is just that…a number.

I, for one, can not wait for actual baseball to begin.