Opinion: Change
In mid-April, with the Mets at 12–11, a fellow fan said to me, “Well, it can’t get any worse than this.”
Last night, listening to WFAN, reading e-mails, comments and watching SNY, I heard lots of people say that this – 22–23 – must be ‘rock bottom’ for the Mets.
Asked if this is the lowest point of the season yet, Carlos Delgado told reporters last night, “I certainly hope so, we still have four months left.”
Folks, it can certainly get a lot worse than this, which is exactly why some sort of change needs to occur. Maybe it’s the manager that must change, maybe it’s the roster, maybe it’s the overall team culture, or maybe it’s all of the above.
The point is, like I wrote a few weeks ago, it feels like there is a clog in this team’s drain and it desperately needs to be removed, because this is currently not working and has not worked in a while.
As noted on Faith and Fear in Flushing, the Mets are 76-79 since Memorial Day 2007. And, as Jason R, a reader from MetsBlog, pointed out to me in an e-mail, the Mets are 27–35 since September 14 of last season.
Willie Randolph, following last night’s loss, said:
“This is one of those tough spots in the year where you’ve got to fight through it and not overreact and keep fighting and working to get back – and we will.”
Is Randolph speaking to his team, or is he speaking through reporters to his bosses regarding his job?
He’s right, though, the Wilpons should not overreact, but they do have to react. Because, unlike in the early 90s, or the late 70s, the Mets as a business have way too much to lose now, with a television network and a new stadium on the horizon – much of which teeters upon a fan base that I sense is starting to feel like it’s being teased and taken for granted.
