According to Minaya earlier today, he is “hope[ful]” that the Mets we have can stay competitive until the myth of the injured come back to rescue us and vault us into first place. The GM has hope? I watched eight innings of tonight’s game—rather foolishly as I think about it now—and I decided that hoping this team will stay competitive is akin to hoping I will earn a million bucks next year. Possible, of course, but highly unlikely.
In case you missed it, we lost to the Dodgers by the close score of 8-0. We mustered four hits tonight, including no extra base hits (unless you’d like to consider Cora reaching 2B when that idiot Castillo tried to stagger-step his way to third…enough!), not really even a deep fly ball. The Dodgers still don’t strike me as all that dominating a team, but they get hits, don’t swing at crap, work pitch counts, and, occasionally hit HRS off the freakin’ billboard in right (DeWitt)!
Let’s see, Pelf sucked, but he wasn’t horrible. Okay that doesn’t make much sense, but if you watched him pitch, you might agree with me. At any rate, he lasted a resounding three innings and threw 95 pitches. Whatever groove the guy had seems to have evened out. I’m afraid you won’t see the return of the ’08 Summer Pelf any time soon. Manuel eventually came out (seemed like it was the ninth and not the third!) to give him a love pat and tell him it’s all going to be better someday.
The BP characters followed, Dessens, Redding, Stokes (sorry, probably destined to be clowns 25 years from now in the annals of Mets pitching), Dodgers tacked on three more. End of story. Actually, I’m being uncharitable because the BP guys weren’t nearly as bad as Pelf, just mediocre. And with the Mets being unable to hit their way out of the proverbial paper bag…the idea of keeping us in the game seems an entirely moot point. I know, you get it.
As for the defense, I’m afraid Alex Cora was bang on: it’s so bad—horribly fielded grounders—Castillo; weakly thrown balls—WTH is with David Wright’s arm(?!); Nick Evans badly playing fly balls, miserable throws to the plate. Aaaaarrrrggghhh! Is Omir Santos capable of getting the ball on a fly to either the second baseman or SS?? And again, I hate to use this by now tired phrase, but just when you think they couldn’t possibly play a more lackluster, amateurish defense, oh, yes, they do!
If you’re not feeling desperate, then I think you don’t understand MLB. Miracles always happen, but if you think this roster of guys and that nice but befuddling and mumbling manager are going to get their act together soon to turn this season around, I’d have to say you are less loyal than unaware. We will sooner see another Immaculate Conception in 2009 than the Mets put together a winning record. Translation: this team as currently constituted cannot win. I love the Mets, but the 2009 Mets are sunk in their current incarnation. Never thought I’d see it this way, but tonight pushed me over the edge.
Lastly, wondering how many of you saw the Times articles today on the increase in injuries in BB, and the story about the Mets being built for today (NYUK!) and not about to be successful tomorrow? Encouraging! Lastly, lastly, didn’t Minaya already say something today about keeping the 2010 and 2011 seasons in mind. Think that about said it all.
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I’ve been a Mets fan for 40 years, been to three fantasy camps, and this is the most pathetic display I have ever seen. Not only is the team horrendous, but the whole organization is a joke…from the owners, to the GM, to the medical staff.
Now we’re hitting popups and having the players call for it? I can’t believe it! Major league ballplayers need to practice calling for popups? What do they do in the minor leagues…hit off a tee?
Beer Leaguers.
I’m sick and tired of Mets mgmt talk about hope. Success doesn’t just fall out of the sky. You actually have to do something to be successful. Omar is taking a pass on doing his job and is the first one in line as a paycheck collector without giving a day’s effort.
Looks like DeWitt showed us that it’s possible to hit a definitive HR in Citi. I actually enjoyed seeing it, even thought it was the other guys. The pitching performance (or lack thereof) was totally irrelevant as they never had a chance anyway. The team has no offense to speak of and faulty defense. So what’s to be expected? For all their lousy record, I think the Nats are playing sounder fundamental baseball from what I’ve seen.
Sell the team please, so new mgmt can be brought in and we can push the restart button.
Watching the game last night as always. The second baseman we should have had, hits an easy out to the overpaid, lackadaisical second baseman we do have – who promptly bobbles the ball and throws a lazy toss to first. Runner safe! I look at my five year old son, who’s been watching the Mets with me for four years and is a Mets fan even though his mother is a Yankee fan. I say to him “it’s a tough time to be a Met fan”. He says to me, “I’m a Yankee fan, they are winners”. To which my wife shouts out “woohoo”! Everyday this team makes me die a little more inside.
I have also been a Mets fan for 40 years. I haven’t watched a basketball game in 30 years, don’t watch hockey, don’t watch much football anymore. All I look foward to every year is baseball season and my Mets. I have seen the good, the bad, and the truly horrendous and yet I remain loyal to this team. I even accept (altough I hate it) the fact that the Mets will always be the “other” team in New York.
This year despite all the “talking heads” telling me this team was “the team to beat” I had my reservations. I didn’t want Perez back. Despite the year Delgado had in 2008 I still thought he was fragile and the Mets should have looked for a replacement. The starting rotation. The leftfield situation. And don’t even get me started on Castillo. I felt the Mets sat on the sidelines while some free agents were signed.
This year is I have found it very hard to watch or listen to a complete game. Too many mental mistakes, no timely hitting, iffy starting pitching. Even if the Mets get back all the injured players the only place the Mets will be lucky to “vault” to is 3rd place.
I am and always will be a Mets fan, and its hard for me to say it, but for me, I’m done with 2009. Lets Go Mets 2010!
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If the GM still has hope, i guess he was on Mars since last Thursday.