Comments on: Bid: Mets Therapy Kit

By: PhuckDaMuts

PhuckDaMuts — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:09:59 +0000

Did you hear about the Mets jerseys at Wal-Mart?

They were recalled because they were a choking hazard.

How many Mets players does it take to do the laundry?

One. However, if there is any folding to do, then all twenty-five show up.

By: swirlywand

swirlywand — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:30:56 +0000

WELL, we know it’s affordable if it has a Jimmy Rollins card in it…and doubtful to go up.

:-)

By: D-Day

D-Day — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:09:24 +0000

anyone else read articles by Ken Rosenthal on foxsports. is it me or does the guy just like to bash the mets every chance he gets. i REALLY hate him!

By: nyj0126

nyj0126 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:26:21 +0000

Isn’t it a little ironic that the Mets had countless amounts of times to fire Willie – but didn’t? And than let their composure slip at the wrong time? Doesn’t this sound like the Mets in the last 17 games of back-to-back seasons? What about the Padres sweep 5 game losing streak with 3 identical scores? The media was even calling out these firings.

By: nyj0126

nyj0126 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:23:17 +0000

Omar: ”I’m a Willie guy.” ”I’m in full suport of Willie.” Didn’t he say this like on May 31st, but he fired him 2 1/2 weeks later? How does this make any sense? Why didn’t he ever explain his logic for this? Omar sure would make a good politician – a talking head.

By: nyj0126

nyj0126 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:21:34 +0000

I’m not saying he hasn’t done good things, but I just don’t understand how he earned a 3 year extension. He already had one year left. Manuel’s the guy who won more than 59% of his games. Jerry’s the guy who guided the Mets to a 26-9 run in August/early September. But Jerry gets 2 years? And Omar gets 4? What exactly did Omar do to deserve an extension? Why couldn’t his success for this season be merited based upon next season’s success? Wouldn’t it be a more intelligent approach that’d also turn out possibly saving the Wilpon’s bucks? Or was the Minaya extension just a thing of public image? To make the Mets look like they got hope?

By: nyj0126

nyj0126 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:20:45 +0000

I really do believe that people do get brainwashed. I know there are a lot of sensible fans out there who have put all of this together though.

I think a lot of fans have been sold into the idea that Minaya’s a good GM because he has put good players out on the field. Because he’s been a risk taker – with wins and losses. And perhaps his wins outweighing the losses. At least on paper that is.

It’s like people forget he was the man who signed Willie. Who gave Peterson an extension. The man who was responsible for placing every player on the ’07 and ’08 roster.

By: nyj0126

nyj0126 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:03:54 +0000

With that being said, the two people or collective group I blame for this are Omar Minaya and the Mets bullpen. I blame the Mets bullpen for not being able to hold onto leads, but I blame Omar Minaya for never doing anything about it. All he did was try to wing a guy in, wing a guy out all season. No major moves. He never pulled the plug on any player that destroyed our season. In my opinion, he showed a lack of initiative. And I think Fred Wilpon showed even less by signing an extension for this loser as if he actually truly put the best players out on the team. He sure did in every place outside of the bullpen, but he put no attention to the bullpen.

By: nyj0126

nyj0126 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:01:10 +0000

I really am baffled at the idea of people thinking trading Reyes, Wright or Beltran being traded. Even if they don’t know it, I know it’s just steam. I just can’t sit here and believe that steam is justified.

Wright had plenty of hits including big ones. Not as many this September as last. If I’m wrong, look at his numbers. Delgado? Beltran? Reyes? All of these guy’s did even more.

These hitters did their job. They shouldn’t have had to been ”clutch” in the last week or two of the season. The brilliant starts of Santana, Pelfrey and Perez along with the great hitting of our line up should have allowed them to only needed to go 7-10 and still get in by 5 games.

I won’t sit here and blame any hitter. Not even Luis Castillo, even if he wasn’t apart of the success. I’ll sit here and blame the bullpen, because they literally cost us the best record in baseball. An average bullpen would have gotten this team 100 easily and it’s a disgrace they didn’t even get to 90.

By: nyj0126

nyj0126 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:55:00 +0000

The main reason why I’ll never get over these last two seasons is for this.

All the Mets had to do in 2007 was go 7-10 in their last 17 to clinch the NL East. This is the record the Mets had in their last 17 this year, but lost.

The Mets were either zombies or outplayed in their last 17 last year. They didn’t look like they had hope. The Mets were in command of the majority of these games. They should have swept the Braves on the weekend when Ayala blew back-to-back saves in the 9th. That’s the season right there. And I can’t even blame Ayala nor Jerry, because Omar’s the guy who put him there and gave Jerry no other choices.

So if the Mets went 7-10 last season and 10-7 this season, they would have won 3 straight NL East titles. We’re talking about .500 baseball. The thing the Mets were notorious for from June ’07 to June ’08. Screw a therapy kit. I’m at my last witts with this team. It’ll all crumble unless there’s a positive turning point.

All I can say is at least the Mets spread their disease onto others. The curse of the black bat lived – Johan’s broken bat that hit the ball and got him a hit against the Cubs. The Cubs got swept and they deserved it. And when the Angels lose to Boston, I’ll love it. All that work for nothing.