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According to John from Rhinecliff, during last night’s broadcast, the local Braves radio announcers on WGST described the Mets as looking like a ‘dead team.’
Since taking two of two from the Yankees over the weekend, the Mets have since lost three in a row to the Braves, while 
being outscored 23 to 7.
Willie Randolph, talking to reporters after the game, regarding his team’s lackluster performance from last night, during which they lose 11 to 4:
“Team meetings are overrated, they’re as good as your next day’s pitcher. Like I said earlier, a change of environment is what it is also – you play in Yankee Stadium against a team that is struggling a bit what that type of pitching staff, you come to a new environment where it’s a different pitching staff and they’re pitching well. So, you have to just execute and get it done. You can never assume that because you had a couple of good games in New York that you’re gonna come here and do the same. You have to get it done, and we’ve not gotten the job done the last two nights…
“[.500] is not acceptable. That’s not the way we want to play baseball. We’ve got to find a way to get on a nice little streak here and play more consistently. That’s the bottom line. We’re better than this. But, it’s up to players and all of us to keep working and find a way to get it done…
“No one’s happy where we are right now and how we’re playing. We’ve been inconsistent. I’ve said it before, but we need to find a way to fight through this…I feel like we will, but we’ve got to start now and do it…
“Talking about it is not gonna get it done for you.”
During the discussion, Randolph pointed out Luis Castillo’s inability to put the ball in play in a spot with runners on base, one out and the pitcher on deck, adding, “I’m not necessarily picking on him, but you’ve got to put the ball in play, you’ve got to do those little things so we can get momentum going, put people away and stay in the game.”
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Minaya should be frogwalked out of Shea for assembling this disgrace.
I am sick of this already! Will someone stop the INSANITY! This is BS. This team needs a major overhaul.
“BRING OUT THE TARPS…BRING OUT THE POOPER SCOOPERS!”
Read “The Curse of The Shaved Heads
metsmerizedonline.com
They NEED to shave their heads again to REVERSE THE CURSE!
HA HA HA! REVERSE THE CURSE! SHAVE YOUR DAMN HEADS! I love it! Let’s have people at each gate with clippers and those fans that are willing will have their head’s shaved.
I love it…maybe it would lighten everybody up a bit
Thats what im saying!!! Maybe if we do it first, The team will catch on, and maybe…. just maybe, they can have a little fun while playing and possibly even win a game!
I’m for it….Is there someone willing to shave my head? My usual gate is D…
I’d totally be down for a head shaving at shea
Exactly….All I read there was “blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.” Same old packaged quotes from Willie and his team.
Well, it is getting warm outside.
I am sick of excuses. I am sick of the lack of hustle. I am sick of runners stranded on base. I am sick of this team having no motivation. I am sick of Willie Randolph.
FIRE THIS CHUMP ALREADY. he’s not a good manager, they will never, EVER win a championship with him. its that simple. fire him, fire peterson.
should mr. met go too?
At least he’s taking jabs at Luis…
…Or is it at Minaya for the deal he made with Luis?
Then again, it might all be SNY’s fault. Who knows what he means when Willie speaks?
No I think it was that the veterans on the team have to do the little things and right now they are not. Castillo’s job is to move runners on and get on base, if he does not do that then Willie should say something. However, he needs to be saying something about the other guys too.
I know, just having some fun at our fallguy’s expense, …while we still have him around.
Wow. Pulling no punches, gip…
I’m actually starting to feel bad for Willie, knowing his time has clearly run out…
I’ll feel a teensy bit bad if/when this group continues to stink in the post-Willie era.
The Mets banked on old/worn out players. Nothing is going to save this season. The only thing we have is Santana every 5th day.
Only way i see Willy keeping his job is if the Mets go on a tear for the rest of this road trip if not Willy should not even bother showing up for work at shea.
Jerry Manuel will be named interim mgr…
Good point. One can only hope this group turns it up for ANY coach.
A tear for the rest of the road trip? gonna take a lot more than that! there are only 4 games left on the trip, even if they win all 4 they come home from the 7 game swing at 4-3. Do you, or anyone else, honestly believe that they can win the next 4 in a row?
You never know what this team is going to give you…
matchups for next 4 games:
Santana (5-2) Hudson (6-3)
Perez (4-3) Reynolds (0-1)
Maine (5-3) Francis (1-4)
Vargas (0-2) De La Rosa (1-2)
win all four Willy will survive a little longer…
if they win three of the next four, that’s a 5-4 road trip which would, under normal circumstances, be totally ok
How about we be realistic and hope they can at least finish this trip 2-2 with the last 4 games…
I think santana comes through tonight, they limp out of ATL to coors, the offense comes to life in the mountains, they take two, and then come home to a shower of boos no matter what.
“I think santana comes through tonight, they limp out of ATL to coors, the offense comes to life”
That’s the kind of talk that’s been coming out of my mouth for the last 11 months. My heart’s been betrayed too many times…
c’mon man…do I even need to say it?
I don’t know what else he could have said last night. I don’t have a problem with Willie as a manager in general but
Honestly ask yourself this question, “Can the Met’s be successful this season with Willie as the manager?” If you have any doubt then you have to get rid of him.
To paraphrase someone elses line, you will never know until you fire him.
Been saying that for weeks.
Exactly, I have to wonder if the players just like us are using Willie as the scapegoat. When he is gone, no one will have an excuse anymore.
That could be a good thing, either way. They step up, great. They don’t, then we know it is time to re-tool.
i have been calling for willies head like everyone else…. but when you really think about it.. willies been given a brokedown fraud…….
You know fellas. We keep putting all this blame on Willie and somehow we forget the fact that Beltran is been the most disappointing Met signing off all time. I mean this guy is making over $100 Million dollars to ground out to 2nd base 3 times a game. He for some reason is getting a free pass and to me that is mind boggling, I mean he is paid to be the best player on the team and he is barely the 8th best player in the starting lineup. The worst thing that ever happened to the Mets was that Houston playoff series because that Beltran was a fluke and he will never do that again.
This is getting rediculous and The mets are a scary team right now. We got Alou who can only play for 2 weeks before his next 2 month DL stint. We have castillo who can’t hit the ball out of the infield. 3 more years! That is just awful. We have El Duque and Pedro who at this point can’t be counted on for nothing. Delgado is washed up! Even know this team has the highest payroll in the NL, it’s pretty much the worst money spent.
I pray for a turn around every game but watching this team is hard and can someone PLEASE show some emotion like you care!!
C’mon, are you for real? I am the first one to say that the players and the person who put them there are more to blame than Willie is. But Beltran has been one of the best players on the Mets since he’s been here.
He’s been one of the team leaders in run production for 2006 and 2007, with two consecutive 100+ RBI seasons. How many other centerfielders did that during that time? He’s also provided gold glove defense. What more can you want?
Yes, he’s been a problem this year, but he’s still relatively young. So unless you think his career is over for some unfathomable reason, you keep him long term.
FAH, I agree Beltran is of our least concern. There is not another CF out there that could bring us what he does.
Beltran is not the problem, but with a player as streaky as he is, you do need something else in the lineup. And besides, at today’s salaries, he’s a decent deal.
Castillo hit over .300 in September, but I’d love to see the breakdown. My recollection was that when the hot lights were on the Mets, he completely wilted. A guy who never struck out all of a sudden was striking out. He made errors. He looked scared. How they can then turn around and give that guy a four year deal is well beyond me.
And then there’s the bench. Empty. We have luxuries we can’t afford with a broken-down everyday lineup, liek a top pinch hitter and a one-dimensional defensive outfielder (whose one dimension is sagging.)
And then there’s Delgado. Where to begin. . . .? Deciding that fatherhood and being zen-like and all of that are more important than baseball merely shows that you’re a decent human being . . . unless you’re getting paid $15M or so to play baseball. At that point, yes, your family still comes first by a wide margin, but you have a job to do and you need to do it. If you don’t want to do it, stop. Enjoy life. Enjoy the important things, and watch from the stands, like the rest of us.
I am sorry but for over $100 Million dollars I expect more. I mean clutch hitting has not bee