John Franco recent appearance on “The Best Damn Sports Show Period.” was pretty entertaining. Besides the fact that he was interview by the usual hosts, the panel included David Wells who pitched for the Yankees when John was with the Mets. So, when the Subway Series and the Clemens/Piazza broken bat throwing incident came up it was interesting to watch and listen to both former players perspectives.

Franco also spoke about:

• Playing in his hometown.
• Ordering pizza and watching football games while in the bullpen.
• Playing a physically abusive game with Mike Stanton called “Pass it down”.
• His feelings about and chances of making the Hall of Fame.

Click the pic to watch the video. via Fox Sports.com

It was great to see Johnny. Always easy to root for. The pride he takes in being credited with the only Mets win in the subway series is obvious here and it makes me feel good for him.

Buster Olney, on his ESPN blog, gives a list of 10 free agents who could be good value signings.

Tony Clark, Matt Clement, David Eckstein, Kenny Lofton, Mike Lamb, Reggie Sanders, Jeremy Affeldt, Kris Benson, Shannon Stewart, and David Wells are the players that Olney believes could be the best bang for any team’s buck.

Olney thinks Tony Clark could fit on the Mets as a bench player. He also points out that Clark has the third highest home run rate, behind Alex Rodriguez and, wait for it…Ramon Castro. Clark had a .563 slugging percentage in 32 at-bats last season.

The Mets have been reported to have some interest in David Eckstein,  whose batting average in each of his last three seasons is .294, .292 and .309.

Affeldt might be a good pick up for the Mets, who need to upgrade their bullpen. Right-handers hit .211 against him last season, left-handers .250.