Throw Some Coal In The Hot Stove It’s Freezing In Here

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• tomterif December 7, 2009 at 1:06 pm

  HoJo, why don’t you give the GMs time to have a cup of coffee and spend some time chatting before you get depressed about the meetings. They just got there, bud.
• Hojo's Mojo December 7, 2009 at 1:16 pm

  Sorry if I gave that impression. I just wanted to convey that nothing is happening yet and that I think this year the meetings will focus more on trades which take time to develop rather than signing free agents which happened at a rapid pace last year beginning Sunday the day before the meetings officially started.
• MJ December 7, 2009 at 2:08 pm

  If the economy is down and teams are cutting payroll, would this not be a good offseason for the Mets to swoop in and grab a big name for a bargain price? And Hojo, no worries about your concerns. The Mets are already telegraphing the fact that they will probably not do much this week. It seems like everytime those of us who want to be sure that the Mets get busy this offseason say something, here come the Met apologists telling us to wait, wait, wait. I think that the time to be heard on this is now BEFORE the Mets do nothing, or do something stupid. Once it’s done, it’s done, no matter how much we complain. Yes, I know that they don’t listen us fans per se, but I think it is essential that the point of view that some of us fans are getting fed up is important to get out there into the blogosphere.
• Chicho December 7, 2009 at 2:15 pm

  What do you mean by Met apologists?
  • MJ December 7, 2009 at 2:32 pm

    I think you know. I’m talking about all of the folks who are dead set against any negative posts from Met fans, insisting that we say nothing until we see what the team is going to do. I respect that, but I also think that our frustration should be heard before the fact, in the hope that our opinion will have some influence and the team will do the rignt thing instead of after the fact when they may have already done the wrong thing, like signing Alex Cora for 2 mil for example. I know that they don’t listen to us, but I do think that they should KNOW that there are some frustrated fans out here who are hungry for a winner.
    • Chicho December 7, 2009 at 2:38 pm

      I get that but what do you mean by apologists?
      • sixxis December 7, 2009 at 2:49 pm

        Uh Chicho/OMAR I think he means those fans (maybe you)? who insist that the Mets are doing everything within their power to manage the team, when it’s clear that they have been in a holding pattern, doing just enough to make a fan think they are concerned for the team but showing that they are more concerned with Citifield celebration galas and naming rights deals then actually putting out a world championship team on the field.
        • Chicho December 7, 2009 at 2:57 pm

          I think they are doing everything they can to manage the team.
• Bob L December 7, 2009 at 2:23 pm

  oh its out there that Met fans are frustrated and demanding the team execute a sensible strategy ASAP…