Its a slow news day, with the team taking a much needed day off, and I'd like to use it to address the Hot Foot Nation with a topic of concern. I touched on it over in the Bleachers during the game yesterday, but today I'll go into slightly more detail. 

The problem?  A-Hern

Now before you blast on over to the comments section telling me of the tremendous defensive skills of what at one point was our starting 2nd baseman, or tell me that his hitting has actually improved, though he has not quite yet proved capable of maintaining a respectable average while playing on a major league level, my problem is not with the young Mr Hernendez.  Its with the nickname.

Anderson Hernendez is a long name, and I understand the desire to not repeatedly type out Anderson Hernendez when writing about him. Its the sort of thing that can cause carpal tunnels or bloggers cramp. Likewise, I've even seen the occasional reference to David Wright as D-Wright.  And when A-Rod became A-Rod, that style nickname became the rage. Its great for him, but here in Metsville, I think we're better than that. For starters, sharing a city with the Evil Empire, our players are already compared by the media to their counterparts in the Bronx, especially Wright.  Why increase this via the use of a similarly styled nickname?  And could you see past Met greats doing that?  K-Hern? W-Back? HoJo? Ok, ignore that last one.

Perhaps, in time, Wright or Anderson Hernendez will do something to earn themselves a nickname.  Something people will mention when talking about Mex, the Kid, Mookie, Nails, Fonzie, or the Franchise.  But if not, so be it. We'll never forget Ron Darling or Mike Piazza either, and they didn't need a nickname.

So I call to you, readers and fellow metsbloggers alike, put and end to the A-Herns, the D-Wrights, the F-Marts. Before its to late.