Jerry is thinking of gretting creative with his lineup due to the Injuries. (Courtesy of the NY Post)

BY DANIEL SIEGEL
STACHE WRITER

We joke many times when a team is going badly that maybe us fans should go try out and step on the field. At the rate injuries are coming to the Mets, with Gary Sheffield and Fernando Nieve going down this past week, maybe some fans actually thought they had a realistic shot of stepping on the field with the injuries piling up. However, the Mets are no ordinary team as history has shown and these circumstances are no different.

Jerry Manuel recently told reporters that if he ran out of options, he would use Livan Hernandez as a pinch hitter OR at a corner infield spot. Livan Hernandez, the starting pitcher tonight, is going to be used at one of the hot corners? I get the whole pinch hitting idea, I mean look at Micah Owings who is used as a pinch hitter on more than a regular basis for Cincinnati, and Livan does have a good career batting average.

But, a corner infielder, really? Livan was quoted as saying he will play anywhere and that its always been a dream of his to play in the infield. Terrific, I’m so happy that a team that is almost double-digits back in the division race is now looking to make dreams come true. Maybe K-Rod can play center field while David Wright pitches and Mr. Met catches.

This is getting ridiculous. I understand that Jerry Manuel has no options left and that Omar Minaya is deciding whether or not to sell than to get in on a possible Roy Halladay trade, but where do we draw the line? The Mets are a laughing stock both on and off the field and their payroll could feed third world countries.

Whether or not this absurd idea ever plays out doesn’t matter anymore. Just the fact that Jerry stated it as an idea has poured more fuel onto the fire that is this three ring circus called the New York Mets.

To make matters worse, Mets public relations recently spoke on the idea of an old-timers day such as the Yankees recently did, as too much work to pull off with not enough of a response from fans to feel a need to try it.

Terrific, maybe they’ll let the elephants race around the warning track during the next time a senior stroll around the bases comes up.

Stay tuned Mets fans, you never know what may happen next.