Read: Chemistry and Purpose
In Newsday, David Lennon explains, despite not having CC Sabathia or even Pedro Martinez, what the Mets starting rotation does have is ‘chemistry 
and a sense of purpose, ‘two things on display even before the official beginning of spring training.’
Johan Santana, John Maine and Mike Pelfrey all reported to camp earlier this month, while Oliver Perez arrived a few days ago.
Lennon also reports on Pelfrey’s golf cart incident, while quoting John Maine, who feels Perez is more relaxed now that his free-agent negotiations are behind him.
…all off season i went back and forth on whether the Mets should sign Manny Ramirez… in the end, i had a hard time denying the impact his bat would have had in this team’s lineup, because in the off season it’s easy to only view the game through a fantasy baseball prism… however, today, the sense i get from people in camp is that, without the dominating presence of guys like manny, Pedro Martinez, Alex Rodriguez, and all the drama and focus that tends to surround that caliber of player, the team is more loose and bonding more and they’re far more focused on work as a group than might have been the case had these other personalities been in town… this all sounds like typical spring training cliche to me, but that doesn’t mean there also isn’t a hint of truth to it…
…i wonder how things will change, if they change at all, when General Jerry Manuel arrives in camp today…
In a post to Brooklyn Met Fan, Adam explains why signing Ramirez would have put the Mets on step closer to being a bloated, easy-to-hate, big-market team like the Yankees.
