Comments on: The Mets Owe Us Big Time!

By: MJ

MJ — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:17:11 +0000

Hey, at least the Knicks have a plan in place and are not bull-shytting their fans pretending to be something that they are not.

By: jason

jason — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:00:16 +0000

im ready tell me time and date TO PROTEST…This is embarresment the other teams are signing top player and my loser team does NADA….ha,ha, yea i will buy a ticket. MR wilpon …in your dreams ! !

By: Bob L

Bob L — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:27:50 +0000

You make good points, Mets62. It’s frustrating because we want some remedies for this mess ASAP, but it is too early to complain. That said, we can’t wait like we have in years past and be left with scraps. So, there’s a fine balance to manage here, and Omar/ownership haven’t been too swift in recent years.
i’d go hell-bent for Lackey and trade for a LF. My favorite trade, at this point, would be to KC (who has ‘targeted’ Pagan as a potential option). KC needs a catcher and also wants to shed payroll. i say we talk with them, and offer Pagan, Pelfrey, Santos, Stoner for DeJesus, Meche, Bannister.

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:44:24 +0000

JOE, I’D LIKE TO JUST ADDRESS ONE IMPORTANT, TO ME, ASPECT OF YOUR POST; “Furthermore, the worst part of it is that you have learned nothing from your history in the last five years. Your first move of the off season was to give $2 million dollars to a utility infielder who can’t hit and has two busted thumbs, that no other team in baseball had any interest in? Wow… If this is a sign of things to come we all better brace ourselves for another epic fail.”
I FULLY UNDERSTAAND YOR GRIPE, AS I FOR ONE, HAD HOPED TO GET YOUNGER BY REPLACING CORA WITH A-HERN AS REPL MIDDLE INFIELDER & TATIS WITH MURPHY AS CORNER B/U. YOUR TOTAL FRUISTRATION IN THIS REGARD, IN MY OPINION, ELIMINATES YOU FROM EVER COMPLAINGING ABOUT CLUBHOUSE LEASERSHIP, SINCE THAT’S OBVIOUSLY WHY CORA WAS RETAINED. GRIT? WHO HAS MORE GRIT THAN A VET REPLACEMENT PLAYING WITH THOSE 2 BUSTED THUMBS?
NO, IT WASN’T THRILLING, EXCITYING OR SEXY TO INK CORA; BUT AT LEAST THERY’RE TALKING WIOTH BORAS & NOT BOYCOTTING HIM AS ATLANA HOLLOWLY THREATENED BEFOREW INKING LOWE(LMAO) CERTAINLY PHILY & ATL MADE ‘COSMETIC’ IMPROVEMENTS; BUT ISN’T IT ‘PITCHING’ THAT RULES? AT THIS MOMENT PHILY IS LOSIMH MYERS,PARK & EYRE FROM THEIR INEPT PEN, BRAVOS ARE ROTATIONALLY TOO HEAVY FOR THEIR LIMITED BUDGET AND ARE MOMENTARILY THE PITCHING BEAST OF OUR DIVISION. WITH A REPEATED [PERFORMANCE, QUESTIONABLE IN WAGNER WHO’S YET TO GO BACK-BACK-BACK CRITICAL APPEARANCES ON HIS “BIONIC” ARM. SAITO IS EXCELLENT INSURANCE WHILE THEIR OFFENSE IS STILL CERTAINLY A TANGIBLE WEAKNESS, THEIR CORNER HOLES 1B,3B ARE PALPABLE WITH CHIPPER VERY ALOUESQUE ON THOSE PINS. ALL 3 ARE FALLIBLE, WITH OUR BIG 3 TARGETS(BAY,HOLLIDAY,LACKEY) GETTING LITTLE BY WAY OF MEANINGFUL OFFERS, PATIEBCE IS LIKELY OUR MOST VALUED ASSET ON BOTH BAY & LACKEY (MY 2 PREFERRED INKINGS) SINCE I DOUBT THER’S MUCH THAT MAKES BORAS DOUBTFUL OR INSECURE.

By: Chicho

Chicho — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:26:56 +0000

Major free agents signings at the end of the month sounds fine with me.

By: Pete M

Pete M — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:54:10 +0000

I really think that our only hope is that Omar pulls off a trade.

By: Ace

Ace — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:10:21 +0000

“What do the Omar apologists have to say now?”…good question…..notice the silence

By: Met Maniac

Met Maniac — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:28:55 +0000

Dont bother tuning in to Winter Meetings updates on Mets. The Wilpons just said they will not attend. That means Omar cant buy.

Omar already issued a statement at the Krivsky press conference saying not to expect any free agents signings until the end of the month.

What do the Omar apologists have to say now?

By: Chicho

Chicho — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:20 +0000

Your right I probally gave up to much to the Reds. does it matter how old A.rhodes is? He still does his job. He held Left handers to 227 BA. The Mets really need another lefty in the bullpen. Remember the game when the Mets put in Takahasi to face Utley? That didn’t turn out to well.

Whats wrong with sheets and duchscherer? both are very good pitchers and are expected to make full recoveries.

If you don’t want Delgado at first your only other choice is to play Murphy or get somebody like Glaus/Nady to platoon with him. Wich isn’t a bad idea. NO way the Padres or Brewers are trading for gonzlaez or Fielder.

By: aye

aye — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:53:36 +0000

Chico you are on crack. Phillips arroyo and 50 yr olf arthur rhodes for our farm system. I mean. Get real. Put in our rotation both sheets and duscher and resign delgado….glad ur not the mets GM!!

By: Nester

Nester — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:20:23 +0000

Joe, you of all people should know better than to hit the panic button even before the Winter Meetings. Couldn’t you hold out for at least another week? You know Omar’s pattern for crying out loud you’ve been covering the Mets closely for a few years now. Omar always makes his big splashes in the hotel lobby of the Winter Meetings. I’m sure we’ll see some action next week. If not, I’ll be right along side you ranting like a lunatic too.

By: Chicho

Chicho — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:20:01 +0000

I took Arryo over Garland and Marquis because we wouldn’t have to give as much to get Phillips. I think Arroyo is better pitcher than Garland/Marquis. Arryo pitches in one of the smallest satdiums in the league. Now he would go to one of the biggest. And as I said before he is a fly ball pitcher.

I think Duchscher will be fully healthy this year. He was never a power pitcher so even if he looses speed of his fastball he should still be effective.

By: Ace

Ace — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:04:16 +0000

I’m with you Joe, as I have been very vocal about this subject for months. That Francesca interview did not sell me, mostly because they apparently expect different results with the same management that has failed to bring a pennant home for several years. If the rumors are in fact true about the Mets target free agents this off-season, we can expect more of the same. “Fluffing up” Citi is a crystal clear attempt to boost ticket sales, and a cheaper option than replacing management and re-building the organization. The Coupons put bandaids on the complaints of season ticket holders, the same way bandaids a placed to the roster in the way of one-two player moves just to appease ticket sales. Watch the games on TV, this is the only real way to get the coupons attention.

By: Ace

Ace — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:46:51 +0000

I believe you are correct in the fact that off-season moves do not literally win games. However, Championships ARE won in the off-season. The moves a teams management makes in the off-season are the building blocks to a WS title. I’m with Joe, there seems to be a lack of urgency on the part of the Mets management/ownership so far this young off-season. If my job was on the line as Omar’s is reported to be I would be out there buying my ass off. Omar’s slow approach is concerning.

By: Ceetar

Ceetar — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:39:39 +0000

The biggest mistake they’ve make is keeping Warthen and Manuel. I don’t care how much they pay adequate backup players if it doesn’t keep them from spending where they need it. And that takes time.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:21:48 +0000

Chances are, I’ll cave in and buy some kind of ticket plan REGARDLESS of who they sign or they don’t sign.

What raised my blood pressure is the sneaky, rude, demanding way that they’re trying to get people like me to buy tickets. They’re gonna have a hell of a time filling that stadium this year, so you’d think they’d be a little nicer about it. Especially when you consider the damaged goods we purchased in 2009.

I wish I could scan this thing and put it up here. It looks like a freight invoice or an overdue credit card notice.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:49:13 +0000

Amen Mikey,

Let me ask u as a season ticket holder, say the Mets signed bengie Molina to C, Sp Randy Wolf, 2b Orlando hudson, bring Delgado back for 1 year for 1b, traded Luis Castillo for LF Pat Burrell and signed a RP say LHP Joe Biemel. Would u re-up on ur tickets? I would be 50/50 on it, maybe leaning against it. U?

By: Mikey

Mikey — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:20:46 +0000

Look…win 100 or lose 100, I buy a certain amount of tix every year. That’s my thing. HOWEVER…

They’ve got a BRASS PAIR sending me this letter, DISGUISED TO LOOK LIKE A BILL that says “payment due by December 18th”. Seriously. Disguised like a bill. It’s in triplicate, with carbon paper, and a printout, and a pink envelope and everything.

I got news for you, Mets Front Office. I owe you NOTHING. You should be sending me these ticket plans with a bow and a box of chocolates and the most gentle reminder imaginable that you want me back in my seat.

And it’s NOT because the team sucked last year that I’m angry. It’s that the team sucked AND the loyal fans were treated like crap AND the lies and excuses AND the mishandling of the injuries AND, etc etc etc.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:54:11 +0000

The Knicks

By: Shamik

Shamik — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:44:53 +0000

Forget about 2011, there are no guarantees that the FAs we think will be available, will actually be available. The trend these days is to keep your best players and sign them to extensions. I’d try to upgrade as best as I can NOW. While you’re at it, lets bring in better medical staff and some better scouts. Best way to win these days is to bring in and develop players and keep them healthy. All you get is fleeced with FAs these days.