Comments on: Halladay To Phillies, Lackey To Red Sox, Jack Squat To Mets http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets Sat, 26 May 2012 01:41:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Omar Minaya http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-35137 Omar Minaya Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:24:58 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-35137 Thees Jack Squat...can he catch?? Thees Jack Squat…can he catch??

]]> By: theonlymaskman http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34877 theonlymaskman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:30:15 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34877 And that famous "the sky's the limit" interview with Francesa was just a big fat LIE! And that famous “the sky’s the limit” interview with Francesa was just a big fat LIE!

]]> By: theonlymaskman http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34876 theonlymaskman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:28:45 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34876 Pretty soon we will be hearing the announcement that Bay is signing either with the Mariners, Angels, or Yanks. We will miss out on all the key players. Omar better get cracking on Marquis or Philly or Toronto will snap him up. The Mets strategy of waiting for players to come to us because of weak market conditions was clueless. The other GM's decided to get aggressive to fill their needs. Omar should have been fired months ago. Now 2010 is essentially hopeless as the opportunities have passed us by. Pretty soon we will be hearing the announcement that Bay is signing either with the Mariners, Angels, or Yanks. We will miss out on all the key players. Omar better get cracking on Marquis or Philly or Toronto will snap him up. The Mets strategy of waiting for players to come to us because of weak market conditions was clueless. The other GM’s decided to get aggressive to fill their needs. Omar should have been fired months ago. Now 2010 is essentially hopeless as the opportunities have passed us by.

]]> By: John http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34874 John Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:23:07 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34874 Aside from the whole "jump on the Yankee's ship" aspect, I think this is the most intellegent comment I've read in a while. Well put. Aside from the whole “jump on the Yankee’s ship” aspect, I think this is the most intellegent comment I’ve read in a while.

Well put.

]]> By: Mikey J http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34862 Mikey J Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:37:33 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34862 I just read this and laughed...nice parody and way to look at this. But then I also thought, if I were Jason Bay, would I want to play for the Mets? No freaking way. Not unless they had already committed to Lackey or some other stud pitcher. I just read this and laughed…nice parody and way to look at this. But then I also thought, if I were Jason Bay, would I want to play for the Mets? No freaking way. Not unless they had already committed to Lackey or some other stud pitcher.

]]> By: jdon http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34847 jdon Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:17:39 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34847 If a guy like Lackey does not want to come to your team, then you need to fire the people responsible for your organization. This is New York. Boston is a slum. If you cannot get a guy to come to New York, there is something dreadfully wrong with your org. If a guy like Lackey does not want to come to your team, then you need to fire the people responsible for your organization. This is New York. Boston is a slum. If you cannot get a guy to come to New York, there is something dreadfully wrong with your org.

]]> By: frank62 http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34844 frank62 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:31:44 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34844 I think its the right approach, Players are over paid , Mets have made free agent blunders before and I approve of not jumping in with a big splash...patience got us , Santana, rushing got us castillo....let the fillies gut thier farm for 1 player, I like it I think its the right approach, Players are over paid , Mets have made free agent blunders before and I approve of not jumping in with a big splash…patience got us , Santana, rushing got us castillo….let the fillies gut thier farm for 1 player, I like it

]]> By: frank62 http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34845 frank62 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:31:44 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34845 I think its the right approach, Players are over paid , Mets have made free agent blunders before and I approve of not jumping in with a big splash...patience got us , Santana, rushing got us castillo....let the fillies gut thier farm for 1 player, I like it I think its the right approach, Players are over paid , Mets have made free agent blunders before and I approve of not jumping in with a big splash…patience got us , Santana, rushing got us castillo….let the fillies gut thier farm for 1 player, I like it

]]> By: Des http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34833 Des Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:06:53 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34833 I think the problem with the Mets is higher up than Omar. It is with ownership and key executives. We'd have to trade Fred and Jeff for the Red Sox' mainstays, John Henry and Larry Lucchino. If it's the Phillies, their heavy hitters are Dave Montgomery and Bill Giles. As Mets fans, many of us have been sympathetic with the devastating losses Fred and Jeff took when Uncle Bernie fleeced them. But their problems have morphed into Mets on-field problems. They need to sell the team. By their passivism, not their words, they tell the baseball world they don't have the working capital to compete with the teams from smaller cities like Boston and Philadelphia. I think the problem with the Mets is higher up than Omar. It is with ownership and key executives.

We’d have to trade Fred and Jeff for the Red Sox’ mainstays, John Henry and Larry Lucchino. If it’s the Phillies, their heavy hitters are Dave Montgomery and Bill Giles.

As Mets fans, many of us have been sympathetic with the devastating losses Fred and Jeff took when Uncle Bernie fleeced them. But their problems have morphed into Mets on-field problems. They need to sell the team. By their passivism, not their words, they tell the baseball world they don’t have the working capital to compete with the teams from smaller cities like Boston and Philadelphia.

]]> By: Papi http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34832 Papi Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:04:22 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34832 There's no point in getting anyone...signing bay wont do a thing...the phillies already have the nl east division locked next year and for years to come. There’s no point in getting anyone…signing bay wont do a thing…the phillies already have the nl east division locked next year and for years to come.

]]> By: Keith http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34829 Keith Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:32:31 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34829 as much as i hope johan doesnt request a trade, if the mets continue on this road, i wudnt be surprised, u can hear it in his voice when he gets interviewed when the mets lost a gm and he pitched well, but the offense was nowhere 2 be found, or even worse in his 1st season as a met which shud have been his cy young yr was blown away juss like all the gms that bullpen blew on his starts, i think he lost 2 gms last season witout giving up and earned run its BS ::SMH:: i really hope omar, wilpons someone does something 2 keep our ace in queens. as much as i hope johan doesnt request a trade, if the mets continue on this road, i wudnt be surprised, u can hear it in his voice when he gets interviewed when the mets lost a gm and he pitched well, but the offense was nowhere 2 be found, or even worse in his 1st season as a met which shud have been his cy young yr was blown away juss like all the gms that bullpen blew on his starts, i think he lost 2 gms last season witout giving up and earned run its BS ::SMH:: i really hope omar, wilpons someone does something 2 keep our ace in queens.

]]> By: tiedyed http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34828 tiedyed Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:47:06 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34828 Great article, Ed. I totally agree with you: Better to joke about it then crying. I kinda like Jack Squat. He was great in School Of Rock and...Oh, that's Jack Black. Never mind.... Great article, Ed. I totally agree with you: Better to joke about it then crying.

I kinda like Jack Squat. He was great in School Of Rock and…Oh, that’s Jack Black. Never mind….

]]> By: Shamik http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34826 Shamik Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:38:33 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34826 Believe me, I wasnt. I grew up looking into Shea from my bedroom window. But this is ridiculous. I don't believe in this good times and bad crap. I have no problem losing tons of games if I see that there is a plan in place to improve in the future. But there is nothing! Nothing but incompetence! The team can't properly adorn their new stadium, or fire a lunatic executive properly, and I'm supposed to believe they have a plan to improve this team? The owners don't care about winning a championship. No one that refers to "the product on the field" will ever do what it takes to win a championship. They'll plug in some holes here and there to appease the fans, put butts in seats and sell some merchandise. But thats all they want, if the team stumbles into a championship, thats great. I don't want to root for the Yanks, I had to during the WS and felt nothing but revulsion at the last out. But what is an exasperated and championship-starved Met/Jet/Knick fan to do? No other fanbase out there deals with the complete championship black out that we do! Surely you understand why the temptation is there! Believe me, I wasnt. I grew up looking into Shea from my bedroom window. But this is ridiculous. I don’t believe in this good times and bad crap. I have no problem losing tons of games if I see that there is a plan in place to improve in the future. But there is nothing! Nothing but incompetence! The team can’t properly adorn their new stadium, or fire a lunatic executive properly, and I’m supposed to believe they have a plan to improve this team? The owners don’t care about winning a championship. No one that refers to “the product on the field” will ever do what it takes to win a championship. They’ll plug in some holes here and there to appease the fans, put butts in seats and sell some merchandise. But thats all they want, if the team stumbles into a championship, thats great. I don’t want to root for the Yanks, I had to during the WS and felt nothing but revulsion at the last out. But what is an exasperated and championship-starved Met/Jet/Knick fan to do? No other fanbase out there deals with the complete championship black out that we do! Surely you understand why the temptation is there!

]]> By: ALEX24 http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34825 ALEX24 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:17:41 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34825 Jesus lord.. If we would've had a real gm we wouldn't be having any of this conv.. 3 years too late. Jesus lord.. If we would’ve had a real gm we wouldn’t be having any of this conv.. 3 years too late.

]]> By: MRMETFAN http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34824 MRMETFAN Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:13:54 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34824 umm you probably are one already dude. You dont become a fan of another team just like that. it means you were never a fan to begin with. To be a Fan is support the team in Good times and bad and even ugly. umm you probably are one already dude. You dont become a fan of another team just like that. it means you were never a fan to begin with. To be a Fan is support the team in Good times and bad and even ugly.

]]> By: Shamik http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34821 Shamik Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:57:52 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34821 Yeah, with the way the Mets are going, I'm rapidly becoming a Yankee fan. Yeah, with the way the Mets are going, I’m rapidly becoming a Yankee fan.

]]> By: Shamik http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34820 Shamik Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:55:43 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34820 Apparently Lackey's people didnt even bother to tell the Mets about the Boston deal. Halladay didn't want to even consider the Mets. Clearly NO ONE wants to play for this snake-bitten team. I'm surprised Santana's not pushing to leave town. I feel bad for that guy. Apparently Lackey’s people didnt even bother to tell the Mets about the Boston deal. Halladay didn’t want to even consider the Mets. Clearly NO ONE wants to play for this snake-bitten team. I’m surprised Santana’s not pushing to leave town. I feel bad for that guy.

]]> By: D.C. http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34819 D.C. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:53:52 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34819 Jack Squat's MLB Years of Service: 0.0 Jack Squat’s MLB Years of Service: 0.0

]]> By: Shamik http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34818 Shamik Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:50:55 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34818 Whats even better about this deal is that the Mariners now have acquired Chone Figgins and Cliff Lee over this offseason. Look for the Angels to counter, possibly eating into the dregs of the market that the Mets are currently sifting through. Whats even better about this deal is that the Mariners now have acquired Chone Figgins and Cliff Lee over this offseason. Look for the Angels to counter, possibly eating into the dregs of the market that the Mets are currently sifting through.

]]> By: Ed Leyro http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/12/halladay-to-phillies-lackey-to-red-sox-jack-squat-to-mets.html#comment-34816 Ed Leyro Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:28:37 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=17362#comment-34816 I'm a Utah Jazz fan who's still thrilled about our victory over the Lakers this weekend ;) I just hope I have something to look forward to next season. We need pitching badly and the good ones are falling by the wayside. If only Jack Squat could pitch... I’m a Utah Jazz fan who’s still thrilled about our victory over the Lakers this weekend ;)

I just hope I have something to look forward to next season. We need pitching badly and the good ones are falling by the wayside. If only Jack Squat could pitch…

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