Comments on: Pre-Game: Mets at Marlins

By: darknova

darknova — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:00:22 +0000

I’m 26, so I was 4 when they won their last series (was more interested in Transformers than baseball at the time), started watching baseball and the Mets in 1990, and suffered through the early 90s teams. That wasn’t a good way to start as a fan. :( Sure, this year’s team looks good, and could definitely go all the way, but it wouldn’t take many of our question marks becoming busts to lead this team to 86 wins and a third place finish. Blah, I feel like I need a beer already…

By: vic79

vic79 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:53:43 +0000

So what is the depth in AAA……….asked before but then we had tons of responses on this thread

SP- Niese, Figueroa, Garcia, Robertson, Knight, Redding/hurt

RP- Kunz, Muniz, Nieve, Dessens, Takashi, Fossum,Snynder

OF- Kielty, Sullivan , Mackowiak, , Pagan//hurt

IF- Malo, A.Reyes, Abreau

What else is down at AAA? and when do they finalize that roster?

By: Brock Landers aka The Original Kingman 26

Brock Landers aka The Original Kingman 26 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:48:50 +0000

April Fool’s joke, right??

I hope so…..

By: Brock Landers aka The Original Kingman 26

Brock Landers aka The Original Kingman 26 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:48:23 +0000

Well, it is a bit more of a hope than a claim or a prediction, but I am sincerely optimistic with the changes we have made to what was a flawed, but very good, team the last two years….

I think I will become seriously confident if we get off to a good start the first few weeks, as I believe that with Johan and KRod and JJ added to what we already had in 2006 and 2007 we are going to have a really successful year. I am of the thought that the pen not only destroyed many wins last year, but destroyed everyone else’s confidence—it put way too much pressure on the starters to be perfect and the hitters to hit homers every at bat after the 6th inning.

And I am probably a bit older than you maybe—I am 42, and growing up the the 1977-83 Mets finishing 5th or 6th every year set the bar so low that the last two years, while horrifying, did not beat the optimism out of me. If we miss the postseason this year, that will probably finally change….

By: darknova

darknova — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:28:25 +0000

You realize you claim the Mets will win it all, right? The team that enjoys redefining the term “spectacular failure”? I wish I could have your optimism… they’ve just beaten the last bit of it out of me. Still hopeful, but they have a ton to prove to me. I won’t be optimistic until we’ve clinched the division.

By: jamie

jamie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:32:34 +0000

that’s terrible, sorry to hear it. 2 1/2 dogs in my house, and they’re mos def family

By: jamie

jamie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:24:14 +0000

color me unimpressed. BS wouldn’t slug him in, but his (BS’s) obp is the only thing he’s got going for him. seems to me he’s clogging the paths wherever you put him. Why not let the fast obp guy hit in front of him (if you’re not gonna hit that fast obp guy leadoff), hope the decent obp catcher moves him over, and let JR knock him in w/2 outs?

…for a difference of, like, five runs over the course of the season…

can we please start the season?

By: Murphyformvp

Murphyformvp — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:19:13 +0000

Would David Wright for Lincecum be a good trade? Omar should do that.

By: Brock Landers aka The Original Kingman 26

Brock Landers aka The Original Kingman 26 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:06:21 +0000

Haha reilly! I have to admit, I did think of anothetypical when I saw the news!

JJ and Krod–faced 5 batters and struck out 4 tonight!

And SI picks us to win it all…

We WILL do this in 09!!

By: Stockton College Mets Fan

Stockton College Mets Fan — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:30:48 +0000

“The trolls come marching one by one horah, horah”