I guess writing for this awesome site has been good for something this off season–it’s forced me to think about the Mets at least once a week. Because honestly, I haven’t been thinking about them much since their season ended a month ago. In fact, since I’m being honest, I didn’t watch many games after the wheels came off following the all-star break (and I know many of you are with me on that!). And being that I currently live in Tennessee, I can avoid talk and media about the Mets altogether if I want to.
Yeah, I know, that’s not exactly being a die hard fan, but as I wrote in a recent blog entry, as you get older, more important things (especially our kids) start to vie for our time, and watching a crappy baseball team that was supposed to be a contender is one thing I can personally do without.
So as I’ve been watching more football (the Giants and Jets are stunningly mediocre right now), and watching a World Series between two teams I can’t stand, my mind has wandered back to the Mets and how important this off season to them and to us as fans. Watching the Phillies and Yankees with their patient hitters, power bats, (mostly) smart base runners, and pitchers who know the importance of getting ahead in the count, I hope that Omar Minaya is taking notes on how to improve his club. He’ll likely tell us again at some point that injuries marred the season, but he’d better know that’s only part of the equation and changes need to happen this winter.
I mean, by the time my 2 year old boy is old enough to understand, I want him to be rooting for a better team than the one we just witnessed in 2009.
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As a fellow Tennessean and a Mets fan you can escape the day to day talk, if not all relevent sport coverage. This is not by choice, but because of the lousy coverage down here. The Tennessean is the worst paper around and any baseball that they have is focused on the Braves.
right on….do you live in Nashville too? You’re so right, the Tennessean is awful. I get USA Today just because of the sports page
wow I’m in nashville too… really happy i dont have to see the parade.
it’s disheartening the yankees opened their new stadium with a championship, and the Miserable Mets had yet another depressing year.
Everybody picks on the Metsies including our own bloggers. Injuries,injuries and more injuries,did you notice that? Resign Putz,Delgado, and Maine and try again with last year’s team. Get Lackey and Holliday and we’ll win it all. the farm system is better than people think, hang onto those prospects and in “11 and ‘12 they’ll be ready to heip an already good team.
i cant wait till the off-season begins to see what Omar will be mixing up…im Mets 24-7…still rocking the orange and blue NON STOP
Thank God this season is finally OVER!!!
I TRULY FEEL FOR MY NEIGHBORING TENESSEANS AS A NORTH CAROLINIAN I’M ALSO INFESTED WITH BRAVES’ DELUSIONED FANS. WHERE I LIVE, JUST OUTSIDE CHARLOTTE, MY GEOGRAPHY IS CLAIMED AS HOME BRADCAST TURF BY ATANTA,CINCINATTI, WASHINGTON AND AS SUCH, ALTHOUGH I PAY TO RECEIVE SNY & XTRA-INNINGS I’M FORCED TO LISTEN TO ALL GAMES AGAINST THOSE TEAMS ON THEIR LOCAL FEEDS, WITH THEIR ANNOUNCERS,ANALYSTS. IS THERE A BIGGER HOMER OUT THERE THAN ROB DRIVEL OF GNATS?
ONE ADVANTAGE IS GETTING TO EVALUATE OUR TEAM THROUGH OPPONENT’S EYES FOR EXAMPLE, ATLANTA HATES FACING OLLIE, THEY ALL HIGHLIGHT REYES AS THE ONE TO FOCUS ON AS “WHO WE CAN’T LET BEAT US”.
INDIVIDUAL INJURIES ARE NO EXCUSE FOR FAILURE; BUT THE INJURY TOTALS WE SUSTAINED WAS TANTAMOUNT TO THE DARK AGE’S BLACK PLAGUE. FOR A FRANCHISE TOO OFTEN CRITICIZED FOR LACK OF DEPTH SOMEHOW WE PRODUCED 12 DIFFERENT SP(NONE LIMAESQUE), 4 SS,3 CF,4 1B AND SO ON. WHEN CRITICIZING THE ‘09 SEASON & PAYROLL IT’S IMPORTANT TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THE 140M PAYROLL ROSTER DISAPPOINTED OR THE REPLACEMENT,STRIKE LEVEL ROSTER DID. WE ALL SAW THE LARGEST PAYROLLED & CURRENT REIGNING WORLD CHAMPION YANKS STRUGGLE ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE 1 PLAYER, A-ROD. I WONDER WHO THEIR FOURTH BACKUP TO JETER IS? WE KNOW REYES’ WHO’S JEETS’ OR ROLLINS’, ESCOBAR’S, RAMIREZ’ U GET THE PICTURE? BTW THIS TIME IT WASN’T AN ‘AGE’ FACTOR. THIS IS CERTAINLY FIXABLE, THE QUESTION IS HOW NOT IF.