25
2009
Past the Point of Ridiculous.
An article by Jessep
There really isn’t much else to say. Frankly, the only reason to watch a Mets game now is to enjoy Gary, Keith & Ron. How sad is that?
I have never in my life experienced or seen a team that at one point in the season had it’s entire main core of players, all on the DL. Jose Reyes, Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran, David Wright and Johan Santana. They WERE the Mets. That’s our core. It’s unbelievable to me to even think about the odds of this happening.
Here’s a stat to really hit this home. With just using salaries for the above 5 guys, plus J.J. Putz, John Maine, and Alex Cora, the Mets have just over $73 million dollars sitting on the disabled list right now. SEVENTY-THREE MILLION!
That is more money than the following teams spend on their entire payroll:
Toronto
Colorado
Tampa Bay
Minnesota
Cleveland
Washington
Baltimore
Oakland
San Diego
Florida
Pittsburgh
It’s so bad, that I almost hope that Gary Cohen does his best drunken Harry Doyle impersonation for the rest of the season.
You know, I REALLY hope the Mets don’t do anything ridiculous like try to raise ticket prices next year. Heck, they may want to consider lowering them a bit as a sign of good faith to the fan base. They better figure something out, and quick, or else they are going to find themselves with a lot of empty seats in 2010 at beautiful Citi Field.
I’ve never been one to believe in curses, but is it possible any fan base really has as bad of luck as the Mets do right now?
Seventy-Three Million Dollars.
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I refuse to go to another game until this organization is overhauled. But with Fred and Jeff in the owner’s seat that may be a long time in coming.
It just got a little bit more ridiculous,
According to Andrew Vazzano’s “The Ropolitan’s” blog site. One of the notes posted about J.J.Putz is this:
- Putz scratched from Brooklyn appearance “to give him a little more time,” says Minaya
Read more: http://theropolitans.com/2009/08/notes-from-conference-call-with-omar.html#ixzz0PF2CbA67
Well guess what…WFAN has just now reported that Putz is OUT for the year.
Was Omar now actually caught flat-out lying to reporters AND the fans just minutes ago?
Of course he was…you can tell when he’s lying when his lips are moving.
Great line and true.
I meant to say – one of the notes posted about the Omar Minaya News conference.
The man has to go. You cannot believe a single word he says now. If Reyes, Beltran, & Delgado are not back the rest of the year the he was lying to us about them the whole season.
Watching the remaining games is bad enough. Many of us have season tickets and will have to decide if we want to actually drag our arses to the games. Not me. I am done with going to another Met game until there is actually a Mets team (not the AAA team) to go see. I have a minor league team right in my town. I can save the train fare and just go see them.
This pisses me off, just as it would to any other sane Mets fan. I’ve been away from this team for a week. I haven’t heard of their scores or seen their games for an entire week, and I come back to hear Santana is out for the year, the Mets trade Wags, and we lost 3 of 4 to Philly, sitting 16.5 back. It’s really done, if it wasn’t before all of this. Just like you Jessep, the only reason I’ll be sitting on my couch watching SNY is because of Gary Cohen.
The only good news I can get out of Santana’s injury is that it wasn’t more serious, like a Tommy John surgery being needed which would’ve left him out for most of 2010.
Im glad that Johan’s surgery is minor. All though I believe that any time you are under the knife it is major surgery but it could be much worse. But look at it this way ladies and gentlemen; next year should be great. Even if minimal moves are made in the offseason this team should be pretty good next year. And expectations in the general public may be low so they could “sneak up” on some people.
I wouldn’t be so sure about next year. Are these injured players coming back “good as new” or permanently impaired? I am very doubtful regarding the capabilities of Reyes and the value of his future career. Maine appears to be a player of the past with no future. Will Beltran have microfracture surgery? Delgado is goodbye. Ollie’s just plain no good whether he’s healthy, injured, stupid, or insane. Will Putz ever be any good? No, next year is shot and we’re 2 to 3 years away from having a representative team again. No meaningful games over the next 2 years, more likely 3 years because that’s how long we’ve got Omar to wreak more destruction.
Agreed, as long as Omar is at the wheel were in for a downhill ride.