How many times did they win it all?

And I am right about the payroll it is less than last season and the reason why I’m frustrated about that is not only cause of the price of admission but also cause we could of had a couple of solid players for cheap during the off season and the Wilpons cheaped out.

And like many other Met fans I didn’t think the Mets had the ability to win 92-95 games before the season because they didnt address a big need – A CORNER OUTFIELDER! We desperately needed one and this season proves that we were correct.

Lastly, I have no problem with Jerry Manual but despite what happens I still want Bobby Valentine leading this team next season! Bring back Bobby V!

You can’t blame Jose Reyes cause his worst month of the year was September ….You gotta be kidding me!

And questioning wins and playoff births is more than acceptable. Again, over the past four years they increased the Mets wins by 18 wins a season on average versus the previous few. That is largely due to spending money to bring in top free agent talent (Pedro, Beltran, Delgado, Santana, etc.). They do only have 1 playoff appearance in that time; falling ever so short the last two years because of collapses. Unfortunately, the money they spend doesn’t negatively affect the competition directly. In fact, if I recall last year the Mets won the season series from the Phils and yet still fell to them.

As for the hiring decisions, I think Minaya was a good signing at first but much like Dolan giving Isiah a mandate to make the playoffs and then rewarding him halfway through the season with an extension only to see the Knicks fall flat on their face, I think Omar’s extension was premature. Jerry Manuel on the other hand took over a team that had looked terrible and almost managed them into the playoffs last year. Say what you will about winning in spite of him, they didn’t win in spite of Willie so Jerry was doing something right. I had no problem with Jerry’s hire based on who else was available and his performance with a roster that would likely remain unchanged year over year. It is clear now that without his horses in the lineup, Jerry is not a good young player’s manager (constantly running on DP machine Tatis) but like it or not, that is not what we signed Jerry up for.

All in all, the anger of Mets fans is largely exaggerated based on a small group. Most fans while they hold opinions on the farm system, whether we should have signed Manny/Dunn, etc. understand that when you lose your all-star SS and CF and your probably HOF power threat for an extended period of time, you are going to lose ballgames. If you thought this team on opening day was a 90-95 win team, you would have to expect the current product is an 75-80 win team at best right?

The funny part is imagine the attitude on this site if the Mets sweep the Dodgers. Baseball has a way of generating quick emotions so hopefully Pelfrey can beat Kershaw tonight and we move forward.

Resigning Perez was a stupid move.