New York Mets 2010

[Sausy]

Oh, I see you whores talking about me in the past couple posts

And yes, I am watching the game right now from the stupid state of Virginia! Good ole mlb.tv.com!

GO CARDS!

All I have to say is Wainwright 1,Beltran 1!

 

[syam24]

....and where have THESE Mets been the last two weeks!!! I guess it takes having one of the best pitchers of this season to bring out the "good bats". Along with a few bloop hits came the big blows from Francoeur and Reyes to set the game on end. Jon Niese was effective again and the bullpen guys Accosta and Valdes did okay. I'm concerned about D Wright's throwing, I have to think his shoulder is hurting. He NEVER throws anything over the top anymore. What the hell kind of throw was that on the hard hit smash he sort of lollipopped over to Ike for an error??! I'm thinkin' he's hurting a bit. Bay is out for a bit with a concussion like injury, described on TV as sort of a whiplash type thing since Bay says he never hit his head against the fence. Perhaps the forced layoff will enable him to come back in a different groove. Let's go MEts!!

 

[sonny10305]

Hey Abs....Saucy and me whores? Kettle….Black... Right Saucy?

Ah Abs, ya know I love ya but watching Wainwright get pounded by the Mets ending his best scoreless streak at 26 innings. was nothing short of awesome, man on man did we need that

Oh yes Saucy, who could forget the last time Beltran faced Wainwright

I have to echo what Syam said about our batters, where have those guys been, and add can Manual stay suspended for the rest of the season? Syam I hear what you are sayin about David but that’s what he does sometimes and lets not forget he mad some sensational, instinctive plays as well, also credit Davis for picking him up as well as he does.

Jonathon Niese was once again on his game going six innings and allowing only one run on 7 hits and 2 walks. I think I rearmed on his last stat that his arm angle was not consistent, but last night it was making it hard for the Cardinal to pick up so easily on what was coming, even Pujolis. Jon is a work in progress, Josh Thole moved the ball around the strike zone well, and the Cards never really got good swings against him, sdding up to lots of weak ground balls in play

Two of the highlights for me was Frenchie and that three run homer, such a thrill to see him finally have a good at bat. I remember thinking at the time had Bay not been out of the game Jeff would not have played and had that great at bat.Then there was Jose Reyes and his seventh homer of the year, making more the case that he may be returning to form.
I also have to say it was great to see Carlos Beltran broke out of his slump with a 2-for-3 day,

I just seemed to me that the Mets showed more patience yesterday, except for Ike, they were not pressing, proven by the five walks

By the way, I was clearly kidding about Manual staying suspended but how goofy was that suspension anyways, clearly that tip of the cap was not intentional. I mean when two guys get face to face like that it is easy for the caps to touch; Jerry did not do it on purpose. Then to suspend him and fine him is just outrageous, who the hell do theses guts think they are? OMG you touched me so out ya go…please…grow a pair. Lucky for them we can’t throw out an umpire for making a bad call cause the way it has been lately the players would have to umpire.

Tonight its Johan Santana against Jaime Garcia
R A Dickey is fine and will make his next start, but Hisanori Takahashi will be skipped in the rotation tonight, and pitch Saturday against Arizona.
Mike Pelfrey will start Friday.

 

[Absolut]

Hey Abs....Saucy and me whores? Kettle….Black...

Touche.....

Ah Abs, ya know I love ya but watching Wainwright get pounded by the Mets ending his best scoreless streak at 26 innings. was nothing short of awesome, man on man did we need that

God that was depressing. I was like WTF Adam?!? His performance last night was uncharacteristic of him, but I guess even aces have "off" days (uhhh, hello 6 runs in the top of the first this inning now???? holy shit! )

I'm hoping we can take two of three, with tonight being a good start, but we have just been so fucking streaky lately god only knows.

I also have a feeling Garcia and Santana will settle down after the first, and it'll most likely come down to the bullpens...


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[Sausy]

As gratifying as it was seeing us stick it to Adam for once(especially Carlos Beltran,though mind you Abs I know National League Championship Series Game 7 trumps late July regular season matchup)didn't quite expect Cards to ambush Santana with six in the first....I just LOVE Matt Holliday at the plate and when Bay and Holliday were the big hitters out there in the offseason,I said several times mentioned my preference for Holliday as a hitter(especially since after St. Louis got him feom Oakland midseason last year he hit as well as he did with the Rockies...the man is a GREAT hitter who complements Albert Pujols very well)and he just doubled in another run chasing Santana(giving up a career high 13 hits).Bay was a good hitter going into the free agent market with a lot of power,but Holliday is a hitting machine out there.You can tell I LOVE Matt Holliday

Always fun seeing you here Abs,btwLast night wasn't that fun for ya,but then again tonight is driving Mets fans batty...maybe after midnight our coach turned back into a pumpkinCaptain Morgan?....we always new Abs to be an adorable little devil

Yep,sonny and syam....last night was fun,and after a stretch of great efforts we can't expect Johann to have it every time,though it is a bit of a setback.He also allowed that great rookie pitcher Garcia to knock in two runs in the first.See what happens the rest of the night....agree with Abs about taking two of three at least,but hopefully it's our Mets that win this series.

 

[Absolut]

I want this game I want this game I want this game we need this game we need this game we need this game...

 

[Sausy]

I want this game I want this game I want this game we need this game we need this game we need this game...

Fuck Albert Pujols Fuck Albert Pujols should have walked him we need this game should have walked him

 

[Sausy]

Glad the Mets fought back,but pitching to Albert Pujols is playing with fire...gambled and lost,came through with the clutch go ahead single.Was surprised to see his batting average was under .300 entering the game,you can't hold him back forever.Yep,love Matt Holliday,though he did misplay a ball in left reminiscent of the playoffs last year,when a fly ball bounced off his groin somehow...the boy can flat out hit though.Feliciano hitting Skippy Schumaker wild didn't help matters,he's been very shaky lately,nowhere near the dependable rock he's been in past years when others couldn't do the job.

Hate to see the Mets lose such a tough one,but they had the heart and fight to come back and make it a real good game going into those extra innings.Not quite as classic as the one against the Cards in April going 20 innings,but it became a great,intense battle after the Mets were able to score four in the eighth to tie it at 7.Glad at least to see Abs happy...we couldn't be so generous with anyone elseHopefully the final game of the series tomorrow afternoon will be another great game...baseball rules!

 

[secerm]

Want to know what the Mets need to make them contenders? Let them trade for Manny Ramirez That will shake things up Trying to get him out of LA but no luck so far These Dodger fans still love him Third time on the disabled list PLEASE TAKE HIM!

 

[sonny10305]

Congrats Abs, I know how much you wanted/need that win.
It was a tough loss but I can take it cause the Mets played like the amazins again, fighting back and scrapping showing lots of life like the comeback kids we love to watch, and that was very important to me to see. Our boys over the first two games of their series against the Cardinals have scored 15 runs.
The game was totally winnable but for D Wrights out sliding into second in the 6th, Beltran followed with a home run, had David still been on it would have been a two run homer, it gets important in the 4 run rally in the 8th cause we would have had the lead 8-7 and won the game. No extra innings, no Pujols, no Feliciano.
Tough loss but great effort by the Mets something we have not seen in awhile and that felt good to see.

The Cards did to Johan what the Mets did to Wainright only better, but unlike Wainright Johan bounced and battled back as he always does.
To their credit the Cards were aggressive right from the first batter, swinging right away and kept Johan from establishing his fastball. And although I thought he was a bit inconsistent and the umpire had a very wide strike zone. But to be fair it was that way all through the game to everyone.

Today should be interesting with a game starting only about 12 hours after the last pitch. And R.A. Dickey pitching on three days' rest, but he only pitched 5.2 innings on Sunday and was throwing prolly the best game of his career. Plus because he's a knuckleballer he should have no problem pitching today on only three days' rest. Thole, of course, will catch.
The Cards will have Blake Hawksworth; I did some checking on him and found that although he stated out ok but has not done well in his last two where his ERA jumped to. 7.84 ERA, with 17 hits in 10 innings. He is 4-6 with. If you break down that ERA you find that he allowed 24 more hits than innings pitched, and he has walked 28 and allowing 10 home runs in only 63.2 innings. Safe to say with that record and with Cards having never faced Dickey the Mets have the pitching advantage this afternoon, all they gotta do is hit.

Ike Davis returns to the lineup today after having yesterday off except for that game tying pinch hit in the eighth last night.
I would not be surprised to see Beltran get the day off today after that 13 innings yesterday, he seems to be fine and has played well but perhaps we should not push him. But it’s the rubber game we gotta win, so maybe Carlos will ask to play and Manual will let him. Plus its camp day at Citi Field and the Mets will want to win it for the kids.

Still no trade news for us as the deadline Saturday 4 pm grows closer. It looks like we won’t get Oswalt, The Phillies and Astros have reached an agreement on a deal that could send him to Philadelphia, The Astros are just waiting for Oswalt to waive his no-trade clause. Oswalt wants this deal and is willing to defer money from his option to help make it happen.
As I wrote before the Mets were not likely to get Oswaldt cause we would have had to give up Niese or Davis, which I am very much opposed to.

Ah yes saucy, baseball does indeed rule

 

[Sausy]

I don't want to give up anything like Niese,Davis,or Pagan for Oswalt either sonny so I'm glad the Mets really didn't pursue him.And Joel Pineiro looks like he'll be out for eight weeks and poor Ben Sheets is out for the year with yet another elbow injury.I'm glad the Mets didn't respond to the pressure offseason or as the trade deadline approaches just making a trade for the sake of making a move.I read in the papers though where the Wilpons are either dead set against adding ANY salary....or they have given Omar Minaya the go ahead to get someone provided they can really make a difference without robbing the cream of the farm system or rookie talent.If it's true they won't go hard for Ted Lilly,healthy and productive perfect third guy type in the rotation because they don't want to be on the hook for the $4 million remainder of his salary for the rest of the year,that is pure foolishness.I don't know if they'll deal for a starter by Saturday's official deadline,though I've read that the Mets among others think there will be a lot of interesting possibilities out there in August who will have passed through waivers...they may be uncertain if they are legitimate contenders or more a .500 club and may need a couple of weeks to determine wherher Omar should buy or sell.

I just don't like seeing the Phillies rising from the dead and roaring back in the race.Though they traded Cliff Lee to Seattle they have gained Roy Halladay,complete game marvel he is....Cole Hamels is back on his game adjusting his pitching style and resembling more the Cy Young winner of the championship season of 2008 then the lost,messed up enigma of last year.Now adding Roy Oswalt,hungry again to pitch for a World Series team again which Houston had long left behind..Roy may not be quite as good as Halladay or Lee but he's a damn good pitcher and competitor.

I really liked the way we played today 4-0...RA Dickey went one out into the ninth,four hits allowed and no runs,when he ran out of gas...Jerry Manuel had let him stay in the game to see what he could do in the ninth and upon removal by Manuel after two walks with one out....Dickey who really was vehement he didn't want to be removed in the sixth his last start said he was very grateful that Jerry Manuel gave him the opportunity at least to close it out solo today.These kinds of games are great for the bullpen....guys can rest and recharge and K-Rod added no agita finishing off the ninth quickliy and easily retiring the armed and dangerous duo of Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday.

Angel Pagan is showing himself to be a real budding All Star player in his own right.Scoring twice today,getting another triple and forming with Jose Reyes a truly dynamic force even in the third spot. With Angel and Jose on in the third,Ike Davis back in the lineup slammed a homer to dead center,must have been 420 feet easily,for a three run homer to jumpstart the Mets.Ike it was mentioned has hit a lot of really clutch home runs,and this one was huge in distance and in its energizing psychological effect.Fifteen homers,tied with David Wright for the lead on the club...Ike just has tremendous power.The amazing stat about him today was he was hitting like .274 against lefties,which was supposed to be a problem....his average is still spotty below .260 overall so when he starts hitting righties as he should,look out!

Also Angel was driven in after tripling later on a clutch single by Carlos Beltran,who slowly but surely is gaining confidence especially at the plate the past few games.As good as he was last year the improvement this year has been staggering.Angel played only on his natural talents last season,filling in for Beltran but was a fundamental mess...if he wasn't making a bonehead baseruning ply he was making a stupefying defensive gaffe.He really took to the instruction in spring training and as the season has passed to go over those confounding mental gaffes and work with dedication on his game and the painstaking effort to get the most out of his considerable talents is clearly moving in a very positive direction.

 

[syam24]

Nice victory to win the series, RA Dickey pitched like an ace, a clutch 3 run bomb from Ike made the pitching even easier for RA. Nice defense by Ike as well, starting 2 DP's. Pagan continues his outstanding season, and Beltran knew how to get him home with an extra run. It should be payback time for the Dbacks, after last week's Mets debacle. Rumor is the Dbacks may be on the verge of sending Edwin Jackson to the Chisox. The Mets don't need to be trading any young players, i.e. Niese, Thole, Ike away. Was impressed with the Nationals getting the young catcher Ramos from the Twins for Matt Capps. Ramos is highly rated, and in my opinion Capps is pitching above his head this season. Perfect time to trade someone. Ramos will be the heir apparent to Pudge in a year or so. Alright Mets, let's kick some snake butt!!! Let's go Mets!!

 

[Sausy]

Nice victory to win the series, RA Dickey pitched like an ace, a clutch 3 run bomb from Ike made the pitching even easier for RA. Nice defense by Ike as well, starting 2 DP's. Pagan continues his outstanding season, and Beltran knew how to get him home with an extra run. It should be payback time for the Dbacks, after last week's Mets debacle. Rumor is the Dbacks may be on the verge of sending Edwin Jackson to the Chisox. The Mets don't need to be trading any young players, i.e. Niese, Thole, Ike away. Was impressed with the Nationals getting the young catcher Ramos from the Twins for Matt Capps. Ramos is highly rated, and in my opinion Capps is pitching above his head this season. Perfect time to trade someone. Ramos will be the heir apparent to Pudge in a year or so. Alright Mets, let's kick some snake butt!!! Let's go Mets!!

Yep syam,in addition to that three run bomb to dead center Ike's plays in the field really sparkled.He's not afraid to be aggressive and has a real good arm.I do wish the Mets would get in the action and not let Philly get itself into prime position in the division,the Oswalt trade really helps them.However I so agree we have to keep Ike,Niese,Thole as the Mets don't quite have the young depth for the future the Phils have and need these guys to build on.I saw the Cyclones are something like 26-13 leading there division so a part of our future definitely may be on its way up...and you know sonny loves a number of the guys there.He may well be seeing now what the Mets have to look forward to two or three years,so that's something to get jazzed about.

Edwin Jackson is kind of a disappointment,he's been really off since the 149 pitch,eight walk no hitter early in the season.Maybe he can turn it around with the White Sox,hasn't really put it together yet and that both Detroit and Arizona who just traded for him in the offseason to give him up,it doesn't exactly send the best vibes about his makeup as taklented and potentially great he could be.

RA has been such a refreshing,feel good story...sonny promoted him early on and he knows the makeup RA has.What a competitor,a great character guy and how unlikely putting it together at 35 after so many years of being a prospect and having to become a knuckleballer,master that difficult,tantalizing pitch?The Mets unsung hero for sure....he looks like a pitching coach in the making with his intelligence,dedication,professionalism and getting the maximum of his ability.

 

[sonny10305]

Ok kiddies are you convinced yet that R A Dickey is the real deal?
For months after watching him pitch in Buffalo You heard me begging to bring him to Flushing, finally the Mets needed help with Perez and Maine and I got my wish. Now if only they would do the same with Pat Misch and bring him to Flushing putting Takahashi in the pen where he belongs. Perhaps this weekend will cause the Mets to make a move since they seem to be not interested in making any deal for a pitcher as the deadline looms just a little over 24 hours from now. How well Pelfrey and Takahashi do this weekend will be very important as we go forward with out quest for the NL East.

I don’t know what the heck to expect from Pelfrey tonight he could go ether way which is what worries me cause even of he pitches well it s just one start and he cold so easily fall on his ass again next time. Same with Takahashi the guy can’t go deep into games and should not be a starter.

Too bad RA could not have completed that game but Manual was wise to pull him when he did. Jerry did ask Dickey if he was ok to pitch in the ninth and Dickey said he wanted to go in so Manual let him, what a great sportsman Dickey is proven by his remark to Manual as he left the mound “thanks for the chance” (for the complete game) He pitched the Mets 14th shutout and his ERA is now 2.32
Kudos also again to Thole for a great job calling and catching that game, lemme tell you if you don’t already know, catching a knuckleballer aint easy. Most of the time even RA does not even know where the ball is gonna go and neither does Thole, but Josh makes it look easy.

Another star from last night has to be Ike Davis, yeah I know I always manage to included him in my posts just about everyday but I can’t help it...he’s my boy. He is now tied with D Wright for number of home runs and has 15 all together with 52RBI Just wait until he starts to indentify the inside pitch a little better drops the barrel of the bat and starts to pull the ball....WOOF! There it goes over that high left field wall.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR...ROOKIE OF THE YEAR...ROOKIE OF THE YEAR,

By the way I have to say what a joy it was to watch Molina behind the plate he is just so awesome a very special athlete

Next up the Diamondbacks who just got swept by the Phillies. WE should have no problem with those guys; it’s the next two series I am concerned about with the Braves and Phillies. Hopefully the Braves 15 minutes are about up but the Phillies, as expected, have returned with a force, credit Manuals and the new batting couch for bringing them back.

No word yet on Bay a decision will b made today if he should go on the DL.
With what happened with Church and Wright many believe that the DL is most likely for Bay the Mets will just not want to risk any problems so we will see later today, if he does go on the DL it will mean a new lease of Mets life for Francour who the Mets can ill afford to loose now.

I was glad Beltran was able to pay I had thought Manual would have wanted to rest him. But Jerry asked Carlos if he wanted to play and Carlos said “Yes I have to be in there especially with David (Wright) out” Many critics have been on Carlos about his less than spectacular performance since he has returned and here is picture of him reacting to that.
"I got your criticism right here"

 

[Sausy]

Now sonny,you know Carlos was just so itchy around there,he had no choice!

When you promote someone,they tend to have some really strong qualities once they come up here and perform.You KNOW yoour Mets talent!I'm intrigued to see Pat Misch get an opportunity again if the Mets don't get someone either by the trade deadline tomorrow or the August waiver period,where there may well be some interesting pickings still.

 

[Sausy]

Tough to lose AGAIN to Arizona,this time 9-6.They look like playoff contenders against us.I'm not gona rip Mike Pelfrey's head off for his shaky early innings,though.He got better and eased through the fourth and fifth inning,had life on his fastball but even he is aware he's not mechanically right yet....they were mentioning his hard sinker being his best pitch he hasn't been able to get good movement on lately and he still is a concern in the rotation.He did battle though and should have been left in to complete the sixth despite Jose Reyes' bobbling of a routine grounder he even made note of for an error that would wind up costing the Mets...knew when it happened it wasn't going to end well for the MetsPelfrey should have been given the opportunity to finish the inning...he was going well as the innings progressed and once Valdes came in,it was just a horror show...2 run bomb to Kelly Johnson,didn't record an out,gave up four runs...Mets did make some efforts coming back but just tacked on one more run,Angel Pagan knocking in Jose Reyes with a clutch hit he is becoming very proficient in as the year goes on.

Fantastic show by David Wright,two bombs knocking in five runs and having Mike Pelfrey's back tonight....nicely adding a ripped single up the middle during a rally unfortunately Carlos Beltran couldn't push forward.David hopefully is getting back on track after slumping in the past week,though he had a good game against the Cards a couple of nights back.Just sad the results weren't good.Have to see whether the Mets can add anyone significant by the 4pm Eastern deadline tomorrow,or can they add through a waiver trade.Good they aren't rushing into potentially unwise,risky moves especially giving up the cream of their young prospects,major or minor league but to get to the next step they have to get someone who'll help stabilize the rotation,and some more bench depth.

 

[sonny10305]

So Pelfrey had another meltdown and I want to go back to my comments I made the other day about replacing some of the coaches. I am totally into pitching I have pitched since I was 11 years old and believe I may know a thing or two about it. I have always had good coaches beginning with my Uncle Joe who pitched in college and ws the first to hand me a ball and said I’m gonna teach you how to pitch. Over the years since I have been blessed with a lot of great guys who have taught me a lot. Having good coaches is extremely important, you may have the talent but you need a good coach to help you master the trade. In the case of the NY Mets we are lacking that leadership in the coaching staff. I have never considered Dan Warthen a very good teacher, he has failed miserably with guys like John Maine, Mike Pelfrey and Ollie Perez, in fact, Dan admitted he does not know what to do with Ollie. As to Johan Santana Wathen has little or nothing to do with his success Johan was an ace long before he met Dan Warthen. R A Dickey is also not a product of Warhen, he mastered that skill long ago with the help of Tim Wakefield and later improved with the help of Buffalo Bisons pitching Coach Ricky Bones. Dan Warthen admittedly knows very little about the Knuckleball and has had zero to do with Dickey’s success. The same applies to Jon Niese who polished his skills starting with Brewers. And then under Ricky Bones in Buffalo. Dan Warthen has had nothing to do with Jon’s success. Are ya getting the picture here? All the successful current Mets starting pitchers have had their training away form Warthen, and the failures have all studied under him. Can we convince the Cards to make a swap with the master Dave Duncan?

Pelf last night was not very good, a little better than last time but that ain’t sayin much. He pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing 5 runs 4 of em earned on 8 hits and 2 walks, striking out 4. First it was his fastball that was non existent he got that back and now lost his sinker, I mean it just goes on and on with him. Another puzzling thing last night was his inability to pitch with Blanco, they are usually so good together but last night they were oil and water, I thought Pelf was gonna get whip lash from all that shaking off of Blanco’s calls, they just could not agree on anything. I saw a couple of times when Blanco put fingers down to what I thought would have been a good pitch selection to find Pelf asking for another one. Very strange.
Another problem for him last night was the way he seemed to be bending over as he lifted his left knee which had to be throwing of his balance a little, and when he does that I think it effects his arm angle and release point. I don’t see how he could have been able to keep his fingers on the top of the ball when he released it which keeps him form getting the downward movement he needs. Now what that does to his fastball is it moves more lateral than vertical, and where there is no vertical movement you get no sink. Come on, doesn't Warthen see that? I was also very annoyed by Pelf’s obsession with Chris Young when Young was on first base. Mike was so distracted by that I thought he could not concentrate on the main issue at hand and that was the Kelly Johnson at the plate, I was actually glad when Young stole second and Pelf could get back to concerning himself with Johnson, only it was to late and he walked him,
Just think, a couple of weeks ago we were all thinking Pelf got screwed not being chosen to play in the All Star game I mean it’s just ridicules.

Well the trade deadline is just hours away and it looks like the Mets ill do nothing. Perhaps as saucy suggested the Mets will take advantage of an August waiver deal which is a trade made with players that have been passed thru wavers, those players will be able to be moved after July 31. That deadline is August 31st.

Meantime my Brooklyn Cyclones are now 27-13 and remain five games ahead of the Staten Island Yankees for first place in the McNamara Division.

 

[Sausy]

I was so happy after last night's exhilirating 5-4 victory I posted accidentally in Abs' thread instead of this one.Tonight I'm completely down following on what should have been a fun,festive day today celebrating the installing in the Mets Hall of Fame some of our 80's greats...Darryl Strawberry,Dwight Gooden,manager Davey Johnson and GM Frank Cashen.Then the Mets played as bad a game as they possibly could on short notice and took every bit of the positive energy and vibes and sucked it all out.Home runs were flying out of CitiField but they weren't hit by our guys....lousy pitching all around,defensive miscues and a complete lack of offensive fight just made for as embarassing an end to a homestand as we've seen in recent years,and there have been quite a few others that were awful.But this...now,god damn it we always get teased and I'm sick of it!End this frakking Minaya era,goodbye Jerry and fuck you to the Mets ownership which has never put a stop to this culture of complacency crap...it's like the Geico commercial with the whining professional in session with his therapist,a former Marine drill sergeant...who just doesn't want to take any of the crappy excuses,momentarily seems to feel bad for being too harsh and offers a tissue and when the weeping client goes for the tissue throws it at him and snaps "Crybaby"!I fucking love the commercial,in the context of our Mets...not that I'm an insensitive person but come on,it's been three years and all we get from the higher ups,the Minayas and the Wilpons is coddling,excuse making shit non stop.We tease for a while then revert to our old habits....the old Mets of the 80's and the Bobby Valentine Mets from 1997-2001 would eat these guys for lunch,spit them out,and engage in a hearty dinner and dessert.Oliver Perez is the mascot,the perfect representative of these pathetic Metsand well,no surprise he ended the night lit up like the New York skyline at night.Release the most useless Mutt Ollie immediately if you have ANY balls,Omar!Someone's allegedly afraid that he might turn it on somewhere else if the Mets admitted their mistake and let him go?They've got to have had what Bobby Brown gave Whitney that ruined her career,there's NO way clueless Ollie is going to turn into a revelation for anyone in this universe!!!And I'm sick of Mike Pelfrey too....he's got time to turnthings around,he's done it but god damn,such a weak guy at times...you don't need to be a cold person,just when the game is going on you owe yourself,your teammates,your fans and the family you're helping provide for your focus and effort.Philly isn't getting back in this race,Philly hasn't been to two consecutive World Series,winning one by collectively allowing self doubt and lack of ability to focus deny them the chance at the prize.They're embarassing you by getting back from a deeper hole this year and have had to battle injuries as well....it would burn them to let Arizona walk all over them,win 5 of 6 with the crappy record they have against everyone else.

We need professionals,not head cases(Okay,Cole Hamels sucked last year,maybe got too complacent after helping lead the Phillies to the WS crown in 2008,but they damn made sure he got his act together this year,and he has.)We need management that will build a farm system that can provide us with future stars and strong complimentary players as well as trade chips that can solve needs we may not be able to get done through the system.We need to lookat free agents judiciously,but aggressively where needed.We need management that takes accountability seriously.Too often Omar or Jerry are waiting for the next inevitable hot streak,which inevitably fails to happen.We have enough talent that in itself is respected,but the organization isn't.And on Hall of Fame Day the Mets showed the baseball world in graphically painful detail after all the bluster,promises,and drama why exactly the Mets are an organization people laugh at.I'm tired of it...for the Mets who are frantically trying top finds a way back to respect and wins,their great fans represented so passionately here by sonny andsyam especially...and for NL major league baseball which has a proud,passionate tradition in New York the Mets have tried to carry on the torch.

 

[syam24]

Overall, a lousy display of baseball over the weekend. Even the victory on Saturday had its moments. Takahashi did a fine job, getting 10 K's only to have Bobby Parnell spit the bit and give back the lead. DWright had a clutch two run double to tie it up, and then Feliciano's leadoff triple in the ninth enabled the Mets to win on Beltran's sac fly. Sunday's effort was putrid in every respect. Not a good way to head on the road to face the Braves and Phils. Hopefully, the challenge of facing good competition will bring out the best in these Mets, playing a shitty team did them no good. Let's go MEts!

 

[sonny10305]

I wondered how to even begin to vent my frustration about the Mets; thankfully Saucy beat me to it and wrote an absolutely outstanding post regarding the Mets situation. His post is full of passion, frustration and articulates a very real picture of the current situation we are in; I suggest you read it twice. I also loved how Syam kept a positive swing on things. Since Saucy has so eloquently written on the Mets mess I will just add a few thoughts today.

The day started with a celebration, in which Daryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Frank Cashen and Davey Johnson were inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame, which ended in the Mets embarrassing 14-1 loss to one of the worst teams in the major leagues. So we went from Hall of Fame to Hall of shame in just about three hours. . How embarrassing it must’ve been for the entire team to flop so poorly on a day when so many World Series winners were present and watching.

Over the first four months of the season the Mets were as a good at home as they were bad on the road. But now the Mets haven’t been able to get it done at home either, it just doesn’t matter anymore where they’re playing or who they’re playing, the results are pathetic. We have written here over the last couple of months about what the Mets have been doing to themselves with coma like performances from listless bats, poor fielding and inconsistent pitching.

The Mets have been called the amazins cause of there ability to bounce back and scrap and claw to get wins and for a day or so this week we saw that but not nearly as much as we have been accustomed to.
We used to think the Mets had a fire to it and that they could get together to play above their heads and win some games that they were expected to lose. So where are those guys? Someone needs to remind them the All Star break is over and get back to paying ball.

I am still glad that in spite of everything we did not pull the panic button in the last days of the trade deadline to get a pitcher, all the good guys were already gone, ship sailed, horse out of the barn, and all that, and I would never have been ok with giving up our future with players like Davis, Thole or Niese. What was asked for those guys was not going to be worth the price and I am happy we did not trade any of them. For the first time in a while we finally have some decent talent in pour farm system and I wanna keep it that way.Basically The Mets survived the deadline without making the team any worse. So I guess you could say that was good. But they did not make themselves any better either. Unless anything big happening before the August 31st waiver deadline, the Mets have will stay with the team they have but if they are going to go anywhere in 2010, they’re going to have to make changes in the manager and coaches namely Manual and Warthen perhaps Ho Jo If we can’t beat Teams like Arizona how the Hell; are we going to beat teams like Atlanta or Philadelphia? The answer is a simple on to answer, with the current manager and coaching staff …we can’t

I want to see Breaking News today on SNY Jerry Manual and Dan Warthen have been fired
I want Wally Backman to take over the team trust me you will see some results almost immediately.
Let Wally choose his own coaching staff I seriously doubt he will want Warthen, not sure about Hoi Jo cause they have a history

Are you as sick as I am listening to Manual in the post game interviews with his “oh well we just didn’t have it today” or”we have to do better”, it’s all he ever says. There is no fire in the clubhouse either he is as tame and lame to the players as he is to the reporters. Recently there was an article written about the Cyclones that was full of inaccuracies and Wally did not like it and addressed his troops on the matter. Tjis is the man for the job he has done an ouitstanding job with the Cyclones, his interview for the Mets job is finished he paqssed bring him to Flushing today.

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