Comments on: I Can’t Fight This Feeling Anymore…

By: jdon

jdon — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:31:35 +0000

I must say that I was negative before the start of the season, but I was happy to see them do well and push Ollie and Maine to the side. I was still disturbed that we have a manager and GM who thought it feasible to go into the season with these two losers, but that is my other point. I actually wanted to waive bye bye to Omar after Choke 2 in 2008, and I NEVER wanted Jerry Manuel–I wanted Oberkfell–I thought he was the guy when they went out and got Wllie. The mets almost always hire the WRONG GUY. For now I do not care if these guys finish the season, as long as they are gone when we miss the playoffs. If they are not, I might not just stop going to games as I have this season-I might actually stop watching them as religiously as I do. It is frustrating. We need top guys in these key executive and management positions, but we have owners who would not know a top guy if they tripped over them. Art Howe lit up the room. Right.

By: baby al

baby al — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:03:56 +0000

My sentiments exactly!

By: Des

Des — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:50:01 +0000

Chiller Theater nails it. lol

By: Mex_17

Mex_17 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:34:19 +0000

jdon, I agree 100%…

By: Mex_17

Mex_17 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:32:28 +0000

I didn’t have much (any) hope for this season, but I was sucked in by a decent first half.

Now that we’re effectively out of the playoff race (again), I’ll try not to get duped again next year.

This franchise is dysfunctional. We have the highest NL payroll every year, but every year we are not part of the playoff picture.

Until we get new owners/GM/high level management, I can’t imagine anything will change.

By: jdon

jdon — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:00:50 +0000

The mets may have toyed with the fans’ emotions a bit this year, but I think we all forget that they were in a lame division and only able to win at home. That is the sign of a mediocre (or less) team. Sooner or later, without very necessary improvements, the bottom was due to fall out. And, of course, those improvements did not come. When you think that we came out of spring training awarding roster spots to the likes of GMJ, Catalanotto,Jacobs, Perez and Maine, you should be surprised and pleased that we got to 11 games over .500. What this team got from Barajas (early), Dickey,Pagan and Pelfrey was mostly unexpected. And they are still getting it from two of those guys. The mets are a failed organization. They are stuck in quicksand. They are never able to make a truly decisive move in the middle of the battle. A lot of meetings, a lot of backpedaling. They are wishy-washy wannabes. As much as I despise the yankees, and I really do, the met organizastion is not even a pimple on the yankee organization’s butt. It is really too bad. New York is plenty big enough for two teams. A pity the Wontpons are so small. It serves them right. They are not going to make a dime for the rest of the season. If they lost money last year, how much will they lose this year, with attendance down as much as it already is and is doubtless going to be?

By: BudbeatPete73

BudbeatPete73 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:14:24 +0000

The voice of reason is not welcome here!!!!

When the team went 15 – 5 against the AL don’t remember all these people jumping ship then.

Be frustrated people, I know I am, but geez……..

By: Vinny B

Vinny B — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:10:48 +0000

When the Mets started 4-7 everyone said the season is over. After Santana gave up 10 ER against PHI everyone said the season was over and now that we play a few bad games everyone is saying the season is over.

Most Met fans don’t realize that the Mets can’t play good all the time. The Mets are going to get hot again and they will make a run at the playoffs. Go ahead say I’m crazy because you guys already told me that after the Mets strated 4-7 and after Santana gave up 10 ER against PHI.

By: alex68 (I AM YOUR FATHER)

alex68 (I AM YOUR FATHER) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:36:51 +0000

dr jekyll would say: agree maria g, we should be loyal fan and show support
mr hyde: more time??? more time???? so minaya completely destroy the little we got left????
no thanks, enough time has been give to that pos gm and he wasted spots and money on garbage!!!!!

By: chris

chris — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:24:50 +0000

2 more weeks of this garbage are you kidding me … i can’t hear any more of this “give it more time” crap

just accept that this team isn’t very good and move on … football training camps are here and people should just tune the mets out and turn to football or going to the beach

the wilpons don’t care so why should the fans … enough said

By: Joe D

Joe D — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:59:32 +0000

I can deal with a sinking feeling, but it’s more than that, sort of like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asO97gdn2oo

By: Lou

Lou — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:31:46 +0000

Let me give you a counter argument, not that you are wrong just a different viewpoint. I grew up in Brooklyn until I was 12 and then moved upstate and used to go to Ebbetts Field and sit in the bleachers with my brother. Let me tell you about New York teams : Yankees, NY Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers. All three teams were world class and world champions, and competed in the rarified air year after year and I can still name a lot of those players on all those teams like Sal Magli, Mays, Carl Furillo and on and on. That is Big Apple baseball and if the Mets cannot meet that standard then they need to move on. As a Met fan I am quite frankly embarrassed!

By: sarge

sarge — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:11:17 +0000

If being a “New York” kind of team means spending like Yanks then I don’t want that. Yanks spent a lot of money back in 70′s and 80′s and what did they get 2 WS title? There was not continuity with that team until the 90′s when you had Showalter and Michaels draft and build up the team that has had success since then.
It wasn’t until their farms system produced, Bernie, Pettite, Mo, Jeter, Posada that Yanks became a stable team with a plan on the field that you could add pieces to to complement the home grown talent.

The Mets since Jose and David were brought up have added what parts to this duo that have made them and the team better?
Beltran? Johan 3 years ago. Who else other than players on the downside of their carrear that would not be here long term.
El Duque? Delgado gave us maybe two years. Alou? Pedro lasted maybe two years.
Mets have brought up Pelfrey from minors but who else that you can call part of the building blocks of this team?

Omar went for the quick fix cause he wanted a “New York” kind of team and he failed miserably. Yanks have added players that are still in their prime or have a few years or productivity left in them, not Mets.
It seems that all the players that Omar and the Wilpons added lasted a year or two then they were hurt and Omar tried to plug in another less than qualified player so the merry go round continues.
I know that Jose and David have been here for more than 6 years but who did Mets bring in that brought that winning mentality to team other than Johan and Pedro?
When David and Jose came up the team sucked and then for that one year, 2006, everything fell into place but Omar did not look to the following years to continue Mets success, he thought that he could ride Delgado, Alou, El Duque, hurt Pedro to another great season and it showed in 2007 and 2008 when the vets that should of shown the youngsters how to win, how to pace yourself, how to handle pressure on and off the field just did nothing and it fell on David and Jose.
Glavine was a helpful addition but he was never a leader, he was a give the ball every 5th day and whatever happens, happens.

Who do Met have this year that has the winning attitude?
Jose and David and Pelf have gone thru two collapses, and that does not make a winner out of you plus you need to have other players that will pull their weight and step in when things go wrong, what didn’t happen last year.

Mets are not the Yankees and with the plethora of talent in minors might have the makings of a winning club for a few years but until that mind set that you expect to win and you won’t accept anything else becomes ingrained in their heads then we will have more of the same.

Someone should have stepped up to Ollie and let him know that he is hurting the team, same thing with Maine and his constant whining.
Who was the clubhouse leader that lets these guys, like K Rod, know that it is about the team and not about the individual.
Maybe adding another arm would be good since that would put Takahashi back in BP but Ollie has got to go, Mets have to take a stand with him and Boras cause the team needs to know that you won’t settle for mediocrity.

By: YU Already Know

YU Already Know — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:00:54 +0000

That sinking feeling is prevalent throughout Mets nation, Joe. There is zero expectation that these Mets are going to do anything to resolve the real problems, just pass the buck, live on a steady diet of “potential” (gosh, I hate that word now!), and ride out bad situations. Good teams don’t do that–they are active, not passive, and they fix problems. If you had a leak under your kitchen sink, would you let the water rise or would you try to plug it up? Big diff between a big market team and a small market team trying to act big. This changes when we clear out ALL the front office ineptitude, poor decision making, and inject a drive to win that New Yorkers have come to expect. I’m ticked, can’t you tell? My two current posts are only a modicem of what I really want to say…It’s money, It’s distrust in the clubhouse, It’s a failed GM, It’s the Wilpons!

By: Joe Spector

Joe Spector — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:16:05 +0000

I’m working on a piece about that Lou. Keep an eye out my friend.

By: Russell Zanca

Russell Zanca — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:06:32 +0000

Please, pass the pipe! I need a hit.

By: K Maxx

K Maxx — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:57:30 +0000

Put down the crack pipe.

By: Maria G.

Maria G. — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:41:11 +0000

I feel your pain, but urge you to hang in there. Dont give up the ship yet. Give the team a couple of weeks to get out of this slump and hopefully they will and we can all feel better. There’s still a chance to play meaningful games in October.

By: Lou

Lou — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:35:36 +0000

When the great George passed they said the Yankees in today’s market would fetch 1 billion plus. Surely the Mets in a new ballpark and a great fan base should be 750 million plus. The Wilpons should take the money and run and hopefully we’ll get new owners that are intent on winning!

By: Joe Spector

Joe Spector — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:14:46 +0000

That’s just it Annie he never will and in all honesty he really doesn’t have to which really is the kick in the ass. The Mets are a private entity, the Wilpons have no shareholders to answer to. Technically the fans are somewhat the shareholders in a sense that we’re the ones who buy the tickets, merchandise, etc.

The Wipons don’t have to answer to us though. They do and have taken a hit in terms of revenue as attendance is way down, odd for a team with a new ballpark- not to mention a team in the biggest sports market- so in that sense, we’ve spoken.

It’s a shame what has happened to this team.
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