Comments on: Cutting Darren O’Day Was A Costly Mistake

By: larrry walsh

larrry walsh — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:44:16 +0000

I just don’t understand how the mets gm’s go about this mets team, They need to understand direction and focus, playing with heart and not about the money, Omar is just not understanding why he is letting down the mets going this route, he let the wrong players go for bad players in return. It hurts me to see this team play like it was from the 1990-1997 years. No heart and soul and no leadership to add. The money is killing great ballplayers of this game and scott boras is part of this why look at the money the mets were put in to resign ollie perez, give me a break and an agent taking advantage to give him more money in the end. We need salary cap back to stop agents like boras to get ahead and kill baseball and what baseball means to the young generations ahead and bring back the true meaning of baseball. I’m so mad with my mets and this plays apart of there season too. Thanks Larman and please write back to me

By: theonlymaskman

theonlymaskman — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:22:36 +0000

Mets62, The problem with Omar is he is just fiddling around doing nothing while the team is decimated with injuries. Instead of trying to obtain at least one pro hitter to fill in a gap, he is just playing wait and see. We cannot go on losing 2/3 games series after series and expect to be anywhere .500 ball let alone 1st place as time goes on. This team will be fighting with the Nats over ownership of the cellar before very long. Other teamms are makig deals to position themselves for the pennant race. The Mets are standing pat in an untenable position. I would rather make a deal to try to stay close so that when some of the injured return we can make a run at 1st place. As it is, if and when the injured return, it will be a day late and a $ short to make any kind of run. He has thrown the season in the crapper with his inaction. I view himm as Nero fiddling while Rome burns to the ground.

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:28:27 +0000

MASK, THERE U GO AGAIN TOSSING OUT THE BABY.
IF NOT FOR OMAR PICKING UP O’DAY IN THE FIRST PLACE, YOU WOULDN’T HAVE CAUSE TO FIRE HIM FOR LETTING O’DAY GO. I KEEP POINTING OUT, HOW CAN U POSSIBLY FAULT OMAR? WE’VE BEEN WITHOUT REYES,DELGADO,BELTRAN+ FOR NEARLY HALF THE GAMES PLAYED SO FAR & WE’RE STILL ONLY 3 GB. EXACTLY WHAT WOULD U HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY BEING GIVEN THE REINS TO AN 83-79 TEAM(WHOSE ROTATION WAS HEADED BY LEITER & A CLOSER NAMED LOOPER) TIED FOR THIRD WITH NO MAJOR PROSPECTS IN THE MINORS AND A HARD PAYROLL CAP OF THE LUXURY TAX LINE? CAN YOU NOT REMEMBER IF NOT FOR BOSTON’S FEAR OF NYY, OMAR WOULD’VE SNAGGED DICE-K & DID ACQUIRE SAINT ANA FOR BARELY BETTER THAN A BAG OF BALLS? BTW, EXACTLY, DEFINITIVLY WHAT IS YOUR COMPLAINT(S) AGAINST OMAR? BE REALISTICLY PRECISE. NOT SIGN CASTILLO? HOW DO U ENSURE SANTANA WAIVES HIS NO-TRADE IF HIS GOOD FREIND COMPLAINS OF HOW HE WAS DISSED BY NY? WELL, REMEMBER ALSO, EATING CONTRACTS DOUBLING UP ON CONTRACTS ISN’T ALLOWED EITHER. WITH THOSE CONSTRAINTS & RESTRAINTS YOU WOULD DO EXACTLY WHAT DIFFERENTLY?

By: Joe D

Joe D — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:59:08 +0000

Oh I know that Kay, that’s why I didn’t reply directly to you. I just saw an opportunity to post an old blog that showed my original position.

By: Kay

Kay — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:37:28 +0000

It was more of a generic comment Joe…..

By: Luis Venitucci

Luis Venitucci — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:14:07 +0000

Figgy is more consistent than Redding OR Perez(a Pit bull on crack is more consistent than Perez but that’s another issue)-should have kept him up. He is very similar to Livan so you would have had to stagger the rotation some so they don’t pitch back to back.

By: sarge

sarge — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:30:08 +0000

We wouldn’t be having this conversation if Putz had not got hurt and Parnell had to step into a role that he was not ready for. After seeing Redding’s start yesterday, the mets should have kept Figgy and allow him to be long man out of BP. Taka and Switz have got to go please. Better figgy than a lefty that cannot get lefties out. Where does Omar come up with these guys? O’Day, I was following him when watching Ranger games and he could have been a complement to Green and give a diff look to batters coming out of BP.

By: Met Maniac

Met Maniac — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:21:26 +0000

Good call Joe

By: theonlymaskman

theonlymaskman — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:03:57 +0000

Joe, Absolutely correct! It is not hindsight but confirmation of the original viewpoint. At the time I commented that “it’s time to start thinking of letting Omar go.” Just one more poor decision in a season of poor decisions.

By: theonlymaskman

theonlymaskman — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:54:32 +0000

I thought at the time that the Mets should have made every attempt to keep him rather just than let him go for nothing. We’ve had so many bums move through the team this year, it shouldn’t have been difficult to keep 1 slot for O’Day. Plus I’m getting pretty tired of some the bums who are here now.