Plagiarism

So Jimmy Rollins is accusing Carlos Beltran of plagiarism. I didn’t realize that boasting you were the team to beat was considered plagiarism. I guess that any fan who says “Let’s go …” and says the name of the team s/he is rooting for is guilty of plagiarism.

Obviously Beltran got the attention of Jimmy Rollins. Other than showing his teammates he believes the Mets are the team to beat and showing the fans he believes the Mets are the team to beat, and indicating that he is ready to take a leadership role on the team, the comments were designed, I think, to get under the skin of Jimmy Rollins and the Philadelphia Phillies. Score one for Beltran and the Mets.

I was pleased with Beltran making the comment when it first happened and I am even happier now to see that it got under Rollins skin.

Last year Rollins made his comment to fire up the Phills, to make a statement and he backed it up. Now, following a collapse of historic proportion, while everyone knows the Mets are the team to beat, Beltran took a page out of Rollins book and is trying to fire up his team and his fans.

If that is plagiarism, well then, Beltran is guilty as charged. Just don’t arrest him until after the season is over so he can back up his words!