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		<title>By: jamie</title>
		<link>http://www.metsblog.com/2007/10/03/opinion-omar-minaya/#comment-25615</link>
		<dc:creator>jamie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>3 one-run games, two two-run games, and the Yanks had us toooootally outclassed talent-wise.  Man o man.  If we&#039;d won that first one...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>3 one-run games, two two-run games, and the Yanks had us toooootally outclassed talent-wise.  Man o man.  If we&#8217;d won that first one&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: JSC1968</title>
		<link>http://www.metsblog.com/2007/10/03/opinion-omar-minaya/#comment-25362</link>
		<dc:creator>JSC1968</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pedro wasn&#039;t around  for most of &#039;07. We had no 5th starter, hell sometimes we didn&#039;t have a 4th starter, the bullpen got beat up as a result, but it&#039;s the jacket&#039;s responsiblity to get his starters to give us qualtity starts as the season progressed. He didn&#039;t, the numbers have been posted here before.

Where is your righteous indignation for him?

All Willie did was play with what he had, Delgado was hurt, Alou was hurt, Pedro was hurt, Duque &amp; Duca were hurt, Chavez was hurt, Easley got hurt, Valentin was gone so was Duaner Sanchez. And we basically lost Wagner down the stretch due to injury.

But, I guess ALL OF THAT was Willie&#039;s fault, eh? Maybe Willie beat the crap out of all of them in their sleep.

Great! Now instead of just firing him, we can bring him up on assault charges too.

It would be great if Willie called them bitches or hoes  while he was beating them, then we can get Anucha to sue him for harassment as well. 

What a trifecta that would be!!!

Now if only he owned some pit bulls ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pedro wasn&#8217;t around  for most of &#8216;07. We had no 5th starter, hell sometimes we didn&#8217;t have a 4th starter, the bullpen got beat up as a result, but it&#8217;s the jacket&#8217;s responsiblity to get his starters to give us qualtity starts as the season progressed. He didn&#8217;t, the numbers have been posted here before.</p>
<p>Where is your righteous indignation for him?</p>
<p>All Willie did was play with what he had, Delgado was hurt, Alou was hurt, Pedro was hurt, Duque &amp; Duca were hurt, Chavez was hurt, Easley got hurt, Valentin was gone so was Duaner Sanchez. And we basically lost Wagner down the stretch due to injury.</p>
<p>But, I guess ALL OF THAT was Willie&#8217;s fault, eh? Maybe Willie beat the crap out of all of them in their sleep.</p>
<p>Great! Now instead of just firing him, we can bring him up on assault charges too.</p>
<p>It would be great if Willie called them bitches or hoes  while he was beating them, then we can get Anucha to sue him for harassment as well. </p>
<p>What a trifecta that would be!!!</p>
<p>Now if only he owned some pit bulls &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: daq</title>
		<link>http://www.metsblog.com/2007/10/03/opinion-omar-minaya/#comment-25215</link>
		<dc:creator>daq</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The facts:

1) The Mets had the highest payroll in the NL for the last three years

2) Omar obtained all-star players like Pedro, Beltran, Delgado and Wagner

3) In 2006 the Mets lost the NLCS series to the Cardinals

4) In 2007, in spite of increasing their already league leading payroll, the Mets had a record setting collapse.

As far as i’m concerned, 2007 was already Randolf’s second chance…..and he led the team to a record setting disaster.

How can Willie STILL be in charge? How ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The facts:</p>
<p>1) The Mets had the highest payroll in the NL for the last three years</p>
<p>2) Omar obtained all-star players like Pedro, Beltran, Delgado and Wagner</p>
<p>3) In 2006 the Mets lost the NLCS series to the Cardinals</p>
<p>4) In 2007, in spite of increasing their already league leading payroll, the Mets had a record setting collapse.</p>
<p>As far as i’m concerned, 2007 was already Randolf’s second chance…..and he led the team to a record setting disaster.</p>
<p>How can Willie STILL be in charge? How ?</p>
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		<title>By: zeekster</title>
		<link>http://www.metsblog.com/2007/10/03/opinion-omar-minaya/#comment-25195</link>
		<dc:creator>zeekster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>imho

these words are more fittting for the likes of tom glavine, carlos delgado and billy wagner to name a few</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>imho</p>
<p>these words are more fittting for the likes of tom glavine, carlos delgado and billy wagner to name a few</p>
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		<title>By: zeekster</title>
		<link>http://www.metsblog.com/2007/10/03/opinion-omar-minaya/#comment-25189</link>
		<dc:creator>zeekster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i would add that the figuring it out is that you start with a core of young players and add vets to complement

the way the mets assess, develop, and mishandle their young talent should be held up to closer scrutiny

but how can this be accomplished with the political agenda that is being issued from the top

david wright appears to be the only exception to date but give the organization time</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i would add that the figuring it out is that you start with a core of young players and add vets to complement</p>
<p>the way the mets assess, develop, and mishandle their young talent should be held up to closer scrutiny</p>
<p>but how can this be accomplished with the political agenda that is being issued from the top</p>
<p>david wright appears to be the only exception to date but give the organization time</p>
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		<title>By: zeekster</title>
		<link>http://www.metsblog.com/2007/10/03/opinion-omar-minaya/#comment-25186</link>
		<dc:creator>zeekster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with a lot of what you said

you don&#039;t GOTTA believe

you can CHOOSE to believe and like you I am not buying it

what distrubs me most is that no one in management nor any player has either reamed or challenged delgado on his boredom and his assessment of talent

circling the wagons and smugness just won&#039;t do

you can see below about what i think about the wilpon owned mets 

can the soap opera - give me hard playing major leagures and i&#039;ll go to the wall with them</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with a lot of what you said</p>
<p>you don&#8217;t GOTTA believe</p>
<p>you can CHOOSE to believe and like you I am not buying it</p>
<p>what distrubs me most is that no one in management nor any player has either reamed or challenged delgado on his boredom and his assessment of talent</p>
<p>circling the wagons and smugness just won&#8217;t do</p>
<p>you can see below about what i think about the wilpon owned mets </p>
<p>can the soap opera &#8211; give me hard playing major leagures and i&#8217;ll go to the wall with them</p>
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		<title>By: zeekster</title>
		<link>http://www.metsblog.com/2007/10/03/opinion-omar-minaya/#comment-25183</link>
		<dc:creator>zeekster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i agree and am growing weary of the wilpon soap operas

20 years since a world series champion

longest drought in mets history

wilpons have been there the whole time

and we were told that doubleday was the problem

i would add the indians, dbacks, rockies, mariners and angels to your list of teams that have figured it out 

the indians and angels have been retooled to playoff contenders twice in that time without the soap opera</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i agree and am growing weary of the wilpon soap operas</p>
<p>20 years since a world series champion</p>
<p>longest drought in mets history</p>
<p>wilpons have been there the whole time</p>
<p>and we were told that doubleday was the problem</p>
<p>i would add the indians, dbacks, rockies, mariners and angels to your list of teams that have figured it out </p>
<p>the indians and angels have been retooled to playoff contenders twice in that time without the soap opera</p>
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		<title>By: zeekster</title>
		<link>http://www.metsblog.com/2007/10/03/opinion-omar-minaya/#comment-25179</link>
		<dc:creator>zeekster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree, cept  i think we need some postion players too

20 years since the last ws title

longest drought in mets history

wilpons have been there the whole time 
with the same soap opera

and we thought doubleday was the problem

these petty squabbles lead me to seriously question the mets ability to both assess and develop young talent and to attract and utilize the veteran talent it acquires (david wright and pedro martinez the only exceptions I can think of - reyes and beltran still remain queston marks to me)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree, cept  i think we need some postion players too</p>
<p>20 years since the last ws title</p>
<p>longest drought in mets history</p>
<p>wilpons have been there the whole time<br />
with the same soap opera</p>
<p>and we thought doubleday was the problem</p>
<p>these petty squabbles lead me to seriously question the mets ability to both assess and develop young talent and to attract and utilize the veteran talent it acquires (david wright and pedro martinez the only exceptions I can think of &#8211; reyes and beltran still remain queston marks to me)</p>
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		<title>By: zeekster</title>
		<link>http://www.metsblog.com/2007/10/03/opinion-omar-minaya/#comment-25173</link>
		<dc:creator>zeekster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>are you forgeting that

willie&#039;s bullpen has no roles</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>are you forgeting that</p>
<p>willie&#8217;s bullpen has no roles</p>
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		<title>By: metsfanspleasestopbeingnegative</title>
		<link>http://www.metsblog.com/2007/10/03/opinion-omar-minaya/#comment-25159</link>
		<dc:creator>metsfanspleasestopbeingnegative</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To what degree Omar is part of the problem is unclear, but the fact is, the Mets are terrible judges of talent &amp; character

Heath Bell had heart, to anyone who was paying attention - I was devastated when he was traded, only happy for him to get a chance in a place that would give him a fair chance

Carlos Beltran not only has no heart, he doesn&#039;t know what a heart is - he is gutless.  He was playing well towards the end of the season, but he is often literally lifeless, and therefore a problem

Aaron Heilman is the last Mets pitcher to have a complete game 1 hitter - another misused talent.  I hope he leaves and becomes a Cy Young winner somewhere else.

Pedro is a liabilty now, as he could breakdown at any time, much as I love him as a person

El Duque as well

Giving the ball to Glavine for game 162 was literally suicidal, his last few outings were such crap.

And we gave away one of the best talents in recent years in Scott Kazmir (I know that wasn&#039;t Omar as he wsn&#039;t with the club then)

Who made all these decisions?

I suspect Jeff WIlpon to some degree is a large part of the problem

This isn&#039;t fantasy baseball.

The Red Sox have it figured out - and much as I hate them - so do the Yankees.

The culture of all organizations filters down from the top inevitably.

Wilpons - please sell the team.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To what degree Omar is part of the problem is unclear, but the fact is, the Mets are terrible judges of talent &amp; character</p>
<p>Heath Bell had heart, to anyone who was paying attention &#8211; I was devastated when he was traded, only happy for him to get a chance in a place that would give him a fair chance</p>
<p>Carlos Beltran not only has no heart, he doesn&#8217;t know what a heart is &#8211; he is gutless.  He was playing well towards the end of the season, but he is often literally lifeless, and therefore a problem</p>
<p>Aaron Heilman is the last Mets pitcher to have a complete game 1 hitter &#8211; another misused talent.  I hope he leaves and becomes a Cy Young winner somewhere else.</p>
<p>Pedro is a liabilty now, as he could breakdown at any time, much as I love him as a person</p>
<p>El Duque as well</p>
<p>Giving the ball to Glavine for game 162 was literally suicidal, his last few outings were such crap.</p>
<p>And we gave away one of the best talents in recent years in Scott Kazmir (I know that wasn&#8217;t Omar as he wsn&#8217;t with the club then)</p>
<p>Who made all these decisions?</p>
<p>I suspect Jeff WIlpon to some degree is a large part of the problem</p>
<p>This isn&#8217;t fantasy baseball.</p>
<p>The Red Sox have it figured out &#8211; and much as I hate them &#8211; so do the Yankees.</p>
<p>The culture of all organizations filters down from the top inevitably.</p>
<p>Wilpons &#8211; please sell the team.</p>
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