Also, the idea that it is a requirement to post a “counterpoint” simply for the sake of doing it is ridiculous (this is also directed Metcentric’s comment). Write what you think – this isn’t 10th Grade Debate Club, where you are assigned to take a position even if you don’t believe it.

Minaya also said the team “needed something different” and is far from done in the trade market.

“We’ve got to keep on trying to do these kinds of things,” Minaya said. “We’re not going to say, ‘This is it.’ As a front office, we’re going to do some things to shake it up.”

I hope Omar means what he says and that by “shaking things up”, he does mean a good hitter has to be brought in. I’m glad they’re finally not standing pat and are trying to do whatever it takes the make the team better now. I’m thinking this is a stepping stone from which other deals will be made.

I also want to point out that the fact we had three different view points posted on our site, was purely coincidental and not planned. We never discuss what we post amongst ourselves. It may very well be that sometimes we will post the same opinions on something 3-4 times a day, like they did at Amazin Avenue.

Anyway, thanks again for the comment, and I hope you understand what I was trying to convey. Also thanks for supporting the site.

Lets get another win today guys!

It’s a terrible trade, and all the writers at AA agreed. What are we supposed to write? That we love it when really don’t? That we are excited we traded a good player for a bad player? We don’t sugarcoat things, we say what we think based on objective evidence. And all the rah-rah talk and LETS GO METS!!! isn’t going to change that this is a bad trade. Thank you for the well thought out comment though.

First of all, I believe you took offense to a post and accused it of cherry picking some comments, but he cherry picked two negative comments and two positive comments.

What compelled me to comment to you now was the fact that your site created an entire post of about a dozen or more negative cherry picked comments from Braves Chop. You even included one comment that this very site posted in their original blog. And while the original post here was balanced in portraying Francoeur, your post was created for the sole purpose of bashing him and encouraging other Mets fans to join in which I see that they did by the hundreds.

I just saw your most recent post this morning which lists all of your Francoeur posts of the day:

Failcouer Posts

Mets Trade Ryan Church For Jeff Francoeur
Instant Opinions Of The Jeff Francoeur Trade From The Best In The Business
Quick Math Lesson
More Thoughts On The Francoeur Trade
Braves Fans React To Church-For-Francoeur

You mock Francoeur in your summary title and you bashed him in every single one of your posts.

I never saw a more egregious case of Mets bashing in all my years, and I have 62 of them. I find your site offensive, arrogant, and the worst example of team spirit of any Mets site I have ever visited. Most of the Mets sites I visited were split on the trade, but whatever their opinion they laid out well versed arguments, certainly not that moaning and groaning that emanated from your site.

You went ahead and referred to yourself as objective and intelligent in the other thread, and then you actually have the gall to post that kind of 24 hour Mets bashing on your own site?

It’s okay to hate the trade, but to launch an all day assault and not even have anyone else on your staff post a counterpoint for the most minimum of balance?

That my friend is not objective or intelligent.

Ed, I want to thank you for posting several blogs on the trade yesterday, including one that was skeptical, one that was objective, and one that embraced him. This site gave Mets fans a real sense of how our fan base felt and it was done without the need to bash the opposing viewpoint and most importantly, with respect for the reader. You and your staff do a fine job here.

I’m not suggesting that Minaya and Manuel were right to chase Church from New York, but they did, and there was nothing that we could do about that. We should at least be grateful that when they did finally give him the boot, we got something that could be good in return, as opposed to a sack of bats and balls or cash (because we know that wouldn’t go towards helping the team…). At best, Francoeur will be a solid player for us and a gold glover in RF for years to come. At worst, we part ways with him, and move on, having only lost a guy who, while a solid player, was on his way out anyway.

I don’t want to blindly accept anything said or done by Minaya or Manuel as the gospel, I just honestly think this is a good deal for us, all things considered. I live in North Florida, a 5-hour drive from Turner Field (still Braves country), and the attitude that I’m hearing here is either disappointment that Francoeur is gone, or indifference to both players. I think we should be looking at it for what it is: 2 similar players swapped for one another, we gave up the guy who’s perhaps SLIGHTLY better at the moment for the guy with 10 times the potential, and both players desperately needed a change of scenery. If there’s a trade where both teams can win from it, this is it.

No one is arguing that they “hate” Jeff Francoeur as a human being and will be rooting against him. The rational among us are complaining that this is a terrible trade that, along with the silly Omir Santos situation, does not bode well for the future of this franchise. They are totally separate things, which you are blending together for the sake of a straw man argument.

“Frenchy is a Met. No amount of complaining is going to change that now.”

By this rationale, we shouldn’t ever question what the front office does. We should just say “oh well, no use complaining, LETS GO METS!!##!##!”. This is the wrong attitude.

Thank you. This is a very good post, I feel. And i’m tired of all the negativity. Look. Frenchy is a Met. No amount of complaining is going to change that now. SO SUPPORT HIM! He now plays for the Mets. And i live by these mets, Win or lose. So i’m cheering this guy on.

And News Flash to some people : He’s not bad! All trades carry the risk of becoming a bust because you can’t script baseball. If you’ve got the entirety of Francoeur’s career as a Met on DVD, please let me see it. Because if there’s one thing I’ve learned in my years of watching baseball, is that you expect the unexpected. Did anyone expect Santos to tear it up? Did anyone expect Nieve to even have a role? Give the guy a chance. That’s what i’m asking.