As we have done in the last two off seasons, we will once again be featuring comments and in some cases full blog posts from some our readers. Our regular readers are some of the most passionate, articulate and witty Mets fans you will ever find. Their comments alone are worthwhile reads when visiting Mets Merized Online. We have had some great debates in our comments section this past season, and we are looking forward to even more spirited debates as we embark on one of my favorite times of the year, the Hot Stove season.
The 2009 season was another record breaking achievement for this site as we surpassed 15 million hits between April and September. Wow! Thanks to all of our amazing writers and most especially you, our wonderful readers, who keep this site flowing with your ideas, opinions and interaction. We love you guys!
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Tommy2cat says:
If Wally Backman gets the AA managerial post, I’ll send him a case of Smirnoff and a box of freshly pressed button-down shirts from the Tony Bernazard collection.
Frankly, I think we should just invite the entire 1986 roster to assume all organizational posts:
GM – Ron Darling
Manager – Backman
Bench Coach – Darryl
First Base Coach: Carter
Third Base Coach: Ray Knight
Hitting Instructor – Mex
Baserunning Instructor – Mookie
Pitching Coach – Bobby Ojeda
Director of Player Rehab: Doc
Director of Player Investments: LennyAnd one more thing: Firing Sandy Alomar and Luis Alicea, while retaining Razor Shines, Dan Warthen and HoJo is like rearranging chairs on the Titanic.
Nice going Tommy… You had me at Ron… But you lost me at Lenny!
Seriously though, I really think we could go places with that prodigious lineup. Where exactly, I’m not sure… But definitely a better place than where we ended up in 2009.
Those are some good names you throw out there Tommy. Although i agree with Joe on Lenny…he’s a mess. But, like most readers have done over the past couple of months Joe, Tommy has posted a list of possible managerial candidates he would like to see. Everyone has their own list, and some of them even have a few names in common. But the one thing these list of candidates had in common is a new GM. Another change found in common was pitching coach. personally, I think they should have cleaned house of all the management staff, but that was never a realistic possibility. But to retain Warthen makes no sense to me what so ever. Many critisims could be made of most aspects of this 2009 team, but to me the most glaring was the pitching staff. One word sums up the pitching all year round, chaos. that is what Warthen’s leadership and guidance brought this team, and his handling of Santana should have sealed his fate. Hopefully the GM we are stuck with can turn it around, and change his image that most fans have of him.
As for the articles and readers comments posted on this site, I found them all to be passionate, and very interesting to read. I agree that Mets fans are some of the most intelligent and passionate around the league. I found a few friends on this site this year as well. Looking forward to continued discussion and debate going through this offseason into the spring. Great site Joe!
That was a cool list and I cracked up when I read Doc in charge of rehab in Lenny in charge of investments. You have to find a job for El Sid, one of my favorites. Can we put him in charge of concessions?
By the way, I love this site and I it is one of my homepage tabs. I do most of commenting in your chat room, but now that there’s a chance I can get my 15 minutes of fame by being published, I’ll have to leave you some comments now and then. I enjoy the regular people in the chat room like Bayonne, 224 and Brooklyn. I also like it when some of the writers pop in and chat with us too. You all have done a fantastic job this season staying on top of all the Mets issues. I also liked all the new writers that joined the site this year too. Anyway thanks again for a great site.
15 million hits? That’s 5 times more than the Mets drew at Jackie Robinson stadium.
Seriously, I hope the changes promised at Citi Field really do bring back to life the great memories of our Mets history
I’m proud to be a member of MetsMerized. I’m proud to be a member since the early Myspace days. I see nothing but good things for this site as time goes on. Maybe we can start our own call in show? Using our pc mics? I’ve got my own version of the “Francesa Wave”! lol
Godspeed to Joe and the Staff. I don’t even want to think about what it would be like without you guys.
“15 million hits? That’s 5 times more than the Mets drew at Jackie Robinson stadium”
Or the number of times O Perez googled “How to throw strikes”