Then to compound the situation, why has Willie consistantly call on him in key situations when he jogs in with a gas can everytime. Does he understand what a 6+ ERA means??? Schoenweis has not been good until recently but why was he buried while Willie keeps trotting out Mota.

I feel that these are the problems:
1) the team has taken on the personality of its manager…mild mannered & calm but too much of the pop psych positive thinking “everything is gonna be all right.” they’ve been lulled into a state of the “warm fuzzies” like when you take pain killers.

2) Willie has misused the bullpen all year and they have nothing left. He blew out Joe Smith early. He blew out Sosa when he put him in the pen. He didn’t use Heilman enough (I believe that he needs regular work to keep that change-up down).

3) This is Omar’s bullpen that Willie’s been stuck with. Why trade Bell, Ring, Owens & Lindstrom and get nothing back? Are they great players? No, but you can’t tell me that they are worse than what we have right now.

4) Who is in control of the philosophy on pitching? If Pelfrey needs a kick in the ass to stop thinking & start pitching, why hasn’t that been done every game? Why does Sosa overuse his slider & Heilman his change-up to the point of predicability? Why does Willie use three pitchers in the 7th, not do a double switch then pinch hit for the pitcher, leaving no one but Wagner.

5) Why does this team continually make STUPID mistakes? Not physical errors but things like not hitting the cutoff man, trying to make impossible DPs when the sure out is at first, STEALING 3B WITH 2 OUTS!, not running out groundballs or pop ups, not adjusting pitch selection when the status quo isn’t working, swinging at the first pitch when we need baserunners, taking called strike three with guys in scoring position. Willie was know as a guy who did the little things. Why aren’t these things stressed on an everyday basis. If the players aren’t getting with the program, they should get some splinters.

6) How about showing some cajones? Some chin music please? Getting hits after fouling off 5 pitches.

I bought a 7 pack this year. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that tonight’s game would mean anything.

We need some “Jose, Jose, Jose” AFTER he does something good. We need some Curly Shuffle instead of Sweet Caroline. If they’re down by 5 again in the 8th, we should sing “OY, OY, OY” instead of the lame “OH, OH, OH”. We need Shea to Twist and Shout, Shake Rattle & Roll tonight. The fans have been here all along. Where have the Mets been?

Meaningful games in Sept…this is what its all about.

Ya gotta believe

from the post game thread:
“I know things are rough. I know we get on them all about everything we do wrong, but at 7:10 every night, we need to get behind them and finish this out strong. So, I ask of you, if you have tickets for the final 3 games, use them. If you can’t find, a Mets fan who wants to go and give them up. If you don’t have tickets, get on Mets.com and pay the $9 for upper reserve and go make Shea stadium rock like its never rocked before. If you want better seats, go on craigslist and buy up some of the corporate seats that are empty. All I am saying is people always complain that they get locked out of the playoff tickets because of this stupid lottery…well, here is your chance to go to the playoffs. This is a 3 game playoff series. You can be there. You have the option. It should only cost you $9 +fees if you really want to be there. If you really are a fan. Its going to be a beautiful weekend. Take the family, take a friend, take a lover…just go and make some noise. This team has been too good to us to let them down after 158 games…

Now…everybody get ready…LETS GO METS, LETS GO METS, LETS GO METS

PS. Notice there wasn’t a “hoot” in between. Its real simple, and it should start every inning for 27 outs for just 3 more days in September.”