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2011
Alderson Vows That Only The Best 25 Players Will Make The Cut
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Despite what my colleague Greg Pomes wrote here on Tuesday regarding Oliver Perez being guaranteed a spot on the roster, a solid case can be made that Alderson’s comment was taken out of context or perhaps even misinterpreted.
Yesterday, Alderson not only made it clear that he will cut Oliver Perez and the remaining $12 million dollars on his contract, but he also cited an example to shut the media up for continuing to hound him daily on the subject.
He was as firm as can be when he was asked once again about cutting Perez, and said that Perez’ salary will not be an impediment to releasing him if he does not win a job on the roster. Andy Martino of the Daily News captured his quote and wrote the following,
Because he is counting on that, Alderson vowed the Mets would bring their best 25 players north at the end of the spring and that Ollie Perez’s $12 million salary and Luis Castillo’s $6 million would not be an impediment to that.
“I can say that,” Alderson said, “because I’ve got a track record in that regard. When I was in San Diego I signed Jim Edmonds one spring for $6 million and wound up releasing him 45 days later.”
I wish all fans would simply afford Alderson the courtesy of getting one full season under his belt before pounding him relentlessly even before he has presided over one regular season game. Heck, not even one Grapefruit League game…
I just don’t understand why so many fans are so unwilling to give him the benefit of the doubt for at least one full season before concluding that he’s done nothing for the team.
Like many of you, I would have loved to see the Mets go out and get a top-shelf starter this offseason, but I also understood why it was not possible. In addition to budget constraints - a problem he inherited, there was also the matter that there really wasn’t a perfect fit in free agency or trade.
It would not have been prudent for the Mets to throw $50 million dollars more than the Phillies at Cliff Lee, to get him to don a Mets uniform.
Trading a package of top prospects to acquire Zach Grienke was simply too much of a risk for a player who has had problems in the past handling pressure and stated his preference of not wanting to play for a big media market like New York.
I like Matt Garza a lot, but did I really want to give up Jon Niese and two other prospects to get him? Probably not. I still see Niese and his killer curveball becoming a huge part of our rotation and a mainstay for years to come.
Mid-level pitchers like Jon Garland and Jorge De La Rosa would have been great add-ons, but they already had their minds made up as to where they wanted to play, and a couple of million more dollars would not have changed their minds.
So Alderson went out and rolled the dice on some pitchers who had great success in the past, but had been hampered by recent injuries, making them affordable AND attractive options.
Even if only one of Chris Young, D.J. Carrasco or Chris Capuano deliver injury free seasons and return to their previous performance levels, it would be a huge coup for the Mets. And the best part is that so far this spring, the early results have shown all three to be pitching effectively with no setbacks and more importantly, increased velocity.
With the offense this team has, I’m not ready to hand over the division to the Philadelphia Phillies. Our pitching was not the problem last season, it was our offense. So far Reyes, Bay and Beltran have looked great in camp. You could expect to get more offense at second base this season as it has become a top priority for Terry Collins. Sophomores Thole and Davis should be more comfortable at the plate this season, and should improve on their rookie seasons.
Things are really looking up for the Mets, so stop looking down all the time. Get those chins up and see what is unfolding before you. There are plenty of reasons for renewed hope and optimism. Don’t turn away from it.
Don’t throw Mets phrases like “Ya Gotta Believe” around unless you actually mean it. We’re Mets fans, and nothing has ever come easy for us. This season will be no different.
We are due for another one of those patented Mets miracles, and given the low expectations for this season, I’d bet anything that this is the year we shock the baseball world once again.
If you wanted a true example and a perfect definition of what a “Cinderella Team” is, the 2011 Mets are certainly it. The pieces to make it happen are all there.
Do you want to say you were on board from the very beginning?
Or are you gonna jump on the bandwagon in July or August and then pretend you were on board all along?
LGM YGB!
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I was on board the second Sandy was hired! I bleed blue and orange(got the tattoo to prove it lol). Im glad sandy said that. Hopefully it lights a fire under LOLivers @$$ and he EARNS a spot and help the team, because he now knows thatr if he doesnt, its SEE YA!
Lets all hope that he is true to his word, he continues to say he will be only taking the best 25 guys north. if ollie is 1 of the best 25 Sandy did not do his job!
I think that is what fears some fans most. That Ollie has a great Spring and therefore makes the team.
except that is not really a bad thing (Ollie having a fantastic spring and earning a spot). It will, however, piss the hell out of a lot of people!
I can see him possibly winning the job. The big trick will if he can keep it up, since the leash will be really short.
BECAUSE SABER MARKET SANDY WILL MAKE US A SMALL MARKET TEAM LIKE THE TWINS OR THE GIANTS!!!!!
Not sure where you got that out of that quote but ok. You make it like this is the NFL where if a player gets cut, he either no longer gets paid or only gets a portion of the contract, since 99% of NFL contracts are not garunteed, or partially garunteed. If Sandy cuts Ollie and Castillo, he still pays the FULL 18 million owed to them.
And Im not sure the Twins and Giants are good examples of “small market”. The twins spent 93 mil(http://www.twinsdigest.com/news/twins-2010-salary/). and the Giants spent 97 mil ( http://baseball.about.com/od/newsrumors/a/2010baseballteampayrolls.htm). That was opening day numbers, which dont include trades or players brought up and incentives etc. Small market are teams like the Marlins, Royals, Pirates and Padres, who have payrolls in the 30-40 mil range.
And we have a payroll like the Giants and Twins, with their results, sign me up!
I may be wrong but I think he was making an attempt at sarcasm.
Oh, well if he was, my apologies Donal. Im just getting so fustrated with people and their comments like that. My sarcasm meter needs some callibration!
I understand. It is kind of hard to lose faith in people on the internet.
damn, meant “easy”
Donal want a cracker!!! Donal want a cracker. Donal the parrot. So out of touch with the world !!!!! Thinks the Giants a re a small market club. Doanl want a cracker!
Umm he was kidding. And whats with the rudeness and disrespect? Are you a Phillies fan?
Harry lost his job working the puppet in the garbage can on Sesame St.
He blames Madoff and the Wilpons
I have been on board sice 1962, can”t jump off now!This year , everything just might come together. Our 2011 team could have a good year for all.Thats not to hard to believe?It will be like fresh air, watching them become a fun team, again.
“So far Reyes, Bay and Beltran have looked great in camp.”
Huh ? What, do their uniforms fit nicely ? Walking without a limp ? Did they hit well in the cage ?
It means nothing until they hit real pitchers and field actual batted balls in a game.
“I wish all fans would simply afford Alderson the courtesy of getting one full season under his belt before pounding him relentlessly even before he has presided over one regular season game. Heck, not even one Grapefruit League game…
I just don’t understand why so many fans are so unwilling to give him the benefit of the doubt for at least one full season before concluding that he’s done nothing for the team.”
+Infinity!!!
“Well said” doesn’t begin to describe what it felt to have read this post.
I especially like the “Don’t throw Mets phrases like “Ya Gotta Believe” around unless you actually mean it.”
Seripusly Jersey, why don’t the fans let him do nothing???? They want us top pay big time moeny while they sit around for an entire year before they can make a decision????? You sit still in sports for a year you spend many years catching up. They want to sit and wait then charge Brooklyn Cyclone prices. Nobody will object then.
Who says anything about sitting for a year? The draft is coming up, thats something to watch and see what they do, same thing with the trade deadline. Another thing to watch and see.
Nothing you just said has anything to do with anything I just said. The sad thing is somehow you think it does.
Hes a Phillies fan. It explains a lot when you look at it that way lol.
I’m already on board that this team has the potential to be quite good. But thanks for a post on the positive side!
And I agree 100% about giving Sandy time to show if he is right or wrong (and you really can’t judge as a fact until after the fact).
Also, there was a ton of work to do to reorganize/rebuild the entire operation (MiL system, scouting, etc.) so he was doing a whole lot more than plugging holes on the 25 man roster.
The next 12 months will be a key, key time for the Mets though, and where Sandy is going to really have to step up and show something. Major decisions this season on who to trade, whether they can/will/want to sign Reyes, and a lot of prospects to deal with (use or trade).
I’m going to quote Rev. Al – I’ve been on board since 1962 and I’m going to stay with my National League Team.
About Sandy Alderson – I’m the one who went to the Library and actually read ‘Moneyball’. I’m a New Englander and we have certain traits and favorites here. Anyone who went to Dartmouth and Harvard Law can have a seat in the front row, and I believe he was also a Marine pilot which gives him extra points.
So count me in to the Alderson army – I’ll serve.
Welcome aboard, private.
I love this post! LETS GO METS!!!
We won’t really begin to see what Alderson’s vision and strategy is until the trading deadline is over and that’s just the beginning. The rest of it will take shape over the next off season.
There are quite a few very big differences between 2011 and 2005. In 2005 their weren’t anywhere near the number of huge contracts already guaranteed on the team nor was there anything to speak of in the minors but there was plenty of cash to spend and two future All Stars to build around.
It’s a lot easier to start out with a bang under those circumstances than these.
A normal, mature forward thinking individual would want to get a close up view of what he has before making decisions that will inevitably effect the team for years to come so what he’s done is make moves that don’t effect the future one way or the other but considering the quantity, and at one time, the quality of the people he has brought in it’s a fairly decent likelihood that some of them will keep us competitive this year and perhaps even better than that.
This will give him time to figure out who’s a solution going forward and who’s not. Then he can begin putting together a team that can compete every single year instead of a one and done.
For too many years around here the idea has always been to do what looks good in January and then see it fall apart in July and then to compound matters, have to work around those bad moves for the upcoming 3 or 4 years.
Looking at things logically who wouldn’t have thought that with the age of Glavine, Pedro, El-Duque, Valentin, Alou, Delgado, Wagner and Greene we might not suffer a few more injuries than the average team in 2007? Well we did and we wound up missing the post season by 1 game. The following year we missed by two. That was followed by two seasons in which we lost more than we won. What looked good wound up not being good.
I’d prefer he take a good long look and then make decisions that work out good.
ZZZZZZ!!!! Thanbks to you and your very boring novellas (and lies) people don’t need sleeping pills anymore. good job met hater!!!!
LoL, did you just call T Agee a Met hater?
WOW!!!
WOW – someone doesn’t drink YOUR koolaid so that means they lie?
Get a clue due or directions to Pittsburgh
Couldn’t agree more tagee.
Those complaining about the FO doing ‘nothing’ this year are not correct. They did make decisions for the start of baseball season ’11. Those complaining just don’t happen to like those decisions.
Thanks SRT and MNJ. I think a lot of the resistance is based on a lack of understanding sabermetrics and the weight they might carry.
They’ll look at them but their going to do a lot more than just play fantasy baseball from the GM’s chair like the previous Met GM’s have done (with the exception of Mcillvaine whom the Wilpon canned after 3 years)
Their putting together a team that won’t take anything away from future teams either in players or payroll. They will almost certainly get some very good play from some guys which could lead to us getting better guys quicker. There is a lot of depth and competition and cuts other teams will be making in a month so we have somethings going for us and if the GM spends a little more time working on subsequent years than this one I would say it’s about time. Afterall you don’t get more losing seasons than winning ones with the highest payroll over a 20 year period by looking at the big picture.
You’re saying Steve Phillips played fantasy baseball from the GMs chair? Are we gonna have to go through all this again????????????
What is wrong with you, man?
Phillips did a good job on the 25. He had 3 tremendous infielders a good relief pitcher and a couple of decent starting pitchers and added to them with real true quality, trading for Leiter, Cook and Piazza by utilizing what was already in the farm system when he took over. Ventura, Zeile, Pratt, were good additions. The best thing he did was get Hampton to team up with Leiter. You cannot win a short series with just one dominant starter.
Trading Carl Everitt was probably out of his hands but none of the outfielders that he did bring up or acquire came close to Everitt’s numbers and either did the guy he traded him for (John Hudek) and one more hitter in that line up would have made a huge difference.
He spent all of his time, effort and resources on the 25 subtracting quality AND depth and never replacing it. His drafts produced 3 good players in 6 years. His lowest round draft choices were historically bad, something that hindered Omar right from his very first day. Sure Reyes and Wright are fantastic but 2 guys aren’t going to be able to do it alone. Later Pagan came up and chipped in too but really 3 guys in 6 years Wright, Pagan and Kazmir (with Hamels and Cain on the table) is not enough when your not sending your farm to FLA en masse, let alone when you are.
My definition of fantasy GM is someone who spends almost all of their time, energy, assets and resources on the 25 and doesn’t actively seek to make sure the solutions for your needs are available for subsequent years teams when you need them, not just looking at the free agent menu every off season.
And as much as Omar did have to be fired everything that happened to him wasn’t all his fault. Was Omar on the field choking in 07 & 08? Did Omar want practically his ENTIRE team to be hurt in 09 and carry over to 10?
It’s not a matter of defending any of our past GMS but to also BLAME them for everything that has happened to the Mets, to actually blame them for EVERYTHING when YOU’VE sat on ur A$$ just like me watching epic heartbreaking defeat after heartbreaking defeat is just downright ignorant and it’s really starting to get annoying and boring to be rehashing this thing over and over and over again.
Some of the bad things that happened to the Mets the last 10 years have happened on the field you know!!! Christ!
It’s not Omar’s fault Moises Alou got hurt.
It was Omar’s fault he was our starting left fielder for 2 years.
It’s not Omar’s fault Carlos Delgado got hurt.
It was Omar’s fault we weren’t ready for that eventuality.
It’s not Omar’s fault that Reyes got hurt.
It was Omar’s fault that Alex Cora was the best option he had to replace him.
It’s not Omar’s fault that Beltran needed knee surgery.
It was Omar’s fault he wasn’t ready for that eventuality.
It’s not Omar’s fault Bay and Wright suffered concussions.
It was Omar’s fault that there were no respectable options behind them, just in case.
It’s not Omar’s fault that Pedro and el Duque we constantly hurt.
It was Omar’s fault that the starting rotation relied on them to begin with.
It’s not Omar’s fault that Johan needed elbow surgery and shut down early last season.
It was Omar’s fault that it didn’t really matter anyway, since the Mets were way out of it by then.
the injuries weren’t Omar’s fault. The lack of preperation for them was.
It don’t matter cause in the end baseball GM’s have always been fired for how the team they put together performed on the field.
Why Bayonne can’t get that who knows.
Omar remade the bull pen that blew game after game in 2007 just 6 months before. Who should take the blame? Mr. Peanut?
Well bayonne, you just keep calling for the same old plan over and over again. Never taking a look at how it has actually worked out for us. Never looking at how we got where we are. Never looking at how our more successful competitors do things. Just more and more of the same old s**t served up in Dec., Jan., and Feb. to be followed up by more of the same old s**t in July Aug and Sept.
Let me ask you something. You put all your investment cash into expensive high risk investments and they all blow up on you, you keep doing the same thing? Even when your neighbor is taking the slow steady conservative approach and winning 75-80% of the time? By having a little patience, maturity and long term vision.
Or are you going to continue buying high and going broke.
Spending “just a little more money” isn’t going to do s**t over here. That method has been tried and tried and tried again and is infact what has led to epic heartbreak after epic heartbreak. It can’t f****n work. It will never F****n work, period.
Putting 2-5 M into the IFA market every year. Putting 10M into the draft every year, hiring the most talented scouts and development people and implementing a long term prospect development plan is the only way to avoid this cycle of epic heartbreaks. Then when you have a solid core of 8-12 top shelf talented young players you start to add to it.
Spending “just a little more money” is the same old s**t that never worked in the first place.
I refuse to listen to all the negativity about the 2011 Mets.
I am excited with the new regime, I believe they will produce a winning atmosphere in the clubhouse and on the field.
While Omar did bring in high priced free agents and did attempt to bring respectability to the Mets, what he did not do was create a winning attitude with these players.
I listen to Collins and I listen to Alderson and I am truly convinced there will be a winning attitude on this team.
I also believe any player who does not believe in his team and his teammates will be gone.
I love my Mets and will continue to “Believe”.
You do remember our big stars got hurt in 09 & 10, correct? And the collapses of 07 & 08…Omar wasn’t on the field..you remember that right?
Do you remember that the Mets had NO depth behind the injred stars, no one to at least hold down the fort or whatever. You do remember that during those collapses Omar did NOTHING to help the team before the trade deadline, only picking Ayala on the waiver wire? Keep sticking up for Omar though.
You DO remember that the backups got hurt too.
This site is now permeated with classic SECOND GUESSERS. And that’s exactly what you guys are – SECOND GUESSERS.
I just have to say that this is an awesome post. Just spectacular.
Yeah, that actually didn’t happen the way you “remember” it happening. I already told you that. With the actual facts and dates of the injuries. But your flawless memory is at it again!
Here is a blast from the past.
June 13 2003
“NEW YORK — Steve Phillips was fired Thursday as general manager of the New York Mets, who are mired in last place despite one of highest payrolls in the major leagues.
The Mets reached the World Series in 2000 under Phillips, but have been unable to come close to matching that success. The team has been plagued by poor play and clubhouse rifts ever since.
The team had hoped to turn its fortunes around this season with new manager Art Howe and several high-profile signings, including pitcher Tom Glavine and outfielder Cliff Floyd. The team had the second-highest payroll in the majors on Opening Day ($116.9 million) behind the Yankees ($149.7 million).
The Mets (28-35) got off to a bad start and never recovered, hurt by injuries and inconsistent play by their stars.
…Wilpon said all the money he’s spent on the team doesn’t ensure success. “We’ve learned that painfully,” he said.”
http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/news/2003/0612/1566963.html
Other than the World Series appearance you’d think they are talking about Minaya.
Wow
Yep,
I remember we choked on 07 & 08 and Omar wasn’t on the field looking at strike 3 with men in scoring position or giving up 7 runs in the 1st inning, or not hustling in the middle of a September pennant race.
When you win it covers up all the mistakes like bad contracts, etc. But when you lose whaddya know..they all become the REASONS.
The constant trashing of previous GMs because of some bad play, some heartbreaking defeats on the field is weak.
But when you are buried in bad contracts to under performing and/or injured players, winning becomes very difficult.
“The constant trashing of previous GMs because of some bad play, some heartbreaking defeats on the field is weak.”
As opposed to trashing a GM because of what you think is in a book you didn’t read.
I’m not second guessing, i’m giving my opinions on what he does NOW, how I disagree with his organziational philosophy NOW and where I think this team may head…now.
“As opposed to trashing a GM because of what you think is in a book you didn’t read.”
Well said.
“i’m giving my opinions on what he does NOW, how I disagree with his organziational philosophy”
So I guess if the 2011 Mets lose this year due to “some bad play, some heartbreaking defeats on the field” you will not be trashing him then?
Better to critique a GM on their failures than what your doing which is critiquing a GM on what he has yet to show he has failed at.
I guess if the 2011 Mets lose this year due to “some bad play, some heartbreaking defeats on the field” you will not be trashing him then?
“When you win it covers up all the mistakes like bad contracts, ect. But when you lose whaddya know…they all become the REASONS.”
Bayonne are you serious? Are you that out of touch with reality? Are cause and effect something you’ve never heard of?
You have got to be kidding us right? If you were winning then those decisions wouldn’t have BEEN mistakes. It’s the mistakes that CAUSE the losing.
EARTH TO BAYONNE!!!!COME IN PLEASE ARE YOU THERE!!!!
This isn’t the first time you’ve written something along these lines. Not that long ago you wrote something to the effect of (and I’m paraphrasing here) “Omar made a lot of mistakes but people only noticed because of the losing.”
HELLO BAYONNE!!!!!!!!. Three totally unconnected events. On one hand you have the mistakes. On the other hand you have the losing and on one foot you have the noticing.
Priceless. Did it ever occur to you that the mistakes CAUSED the losing, which in turn then CAUSED the noticing? See, Cause and effect.
That’s what Humans do. We look for REASONS to explain our success so we can keep doing those things and have greater success. We also look for REASONS that explain our lack of success, that way we don’t keep doing the same things that didn’t work out for us before, over and over and over again. Like “just spending a little more money.”
Earth to agee.
No,
The mistakes didn’t cause the losing, the losing in 07 & 08 was due to the epic collapses, on the field.
2009 – EVERYBODY was injured, 2010, no Reyes & Beltran to start season didn’t help.
When you win it covers up mistakes and everybody’s happy, when you lose then the mistakes are the things that are talked about. All sports are this way.
The Mets lost because of 2 collapses by the players on the field in 07 & 08,
2009 EVERYBODY was injured (including some pitchers & backups), I think i heard it was one of the worse case of injuries to ever hit any of the 4 major sports in this country. – and don’t say it all could have been prevented..easy to second guess that now.
2010 we started with Beltran & Reyes on DL..not good. Then Bay was history.
earth to agee
Remaking the bull pen after 2006 didn’t have anything to do with the bull pen blowing game after game down the stretch?
OK.
Exchanging Hernandez, Bradford, Oliver for Sosa, Mota, Sele, Schowenweiss had nothing what so ever to do with anything, except perhaps the noticing right.
OK.
“The mistakes didn’t cause the losing.”
OK.
So, the mistake of over loading with old, injury prone players had no influence over the injury riddled seasons?
Absolutely none. That was just what people noticed.
Not me bayonne. I’ve been screaming from the hilltops to stop neglecting and trading it for injured older expensive and under producing past their peak players since we traded Escobar for Alomar. What do you think is going to happen when you constantly trade 21 year old for 36 year olds?
Regardless of how that trade turned out (neutral I guess with a major dissapointment for us as a side dish) it is the thought process behind the move that reveals the organizational philosophy as a failure.
Even if it did work one out of 100 times that plan is not sustainable. Get one and crash. What good is that? And that’s IF it works just once in your lifetime.
I want a team that is in it every single year. Year after year. One that can win it this year, next year, the year after that one and the year after that one too.
The way we’ve been going about it we can’t even get to the post season but once every 7 years and that’s WITH spending the most money in the NL.
Getting hurt was part of the deal when Omar signed 38-year olds in lieu of draft picks. Part of the package.
Sure,
Pick n choose whatever excuse you want. Bottom line, yes Omar had to be fired but the Mets lack of success was majorly in lieu of performances on the field. That’s the bottom line.
I don’t care who the GM was.
More second guessing again.
“Omar had to be fired but the Mets lack of success was majorly in lieu of performances on the field”
The performance on the field by players Minaya put there.
Agreed.
With the age of the team Omar assembled one cannot absolve him due to excessive injuries. Beltran, Reyes? Fair enough. El_Duque, Pedro, Alou, Castillo, Bay, Valentin, Delgado, Wagner? ugh ugh. Trading for a relief pitcher that was already injured? Sorry. Paying 3 closers 100 M over seven years BEFORE we had a solid durable starting rotation? I don’t think so. Perez? No one thought he would come close to being as bad as he turned out to be but then again no one thought Zito would fall off the cliff either and Omar went after him hard. In fact he was probably the only guy Omar went after that he didn’t get. Imagine Perez and Zito on the payroll. Almost happened. Guy wins he gets the credit, loses he takes the blame. Isn’t that what you preach with Wright all the time?
Hi Anie with one “N”.
Lets Go Mets!!!
Hi Mr. North Jersey (E?)
Harry C and Bayonne:
Ok lets try this again.
Harry C and Bayonne:
Why arent you happy that Alderson said this? I mean seriously, doesnt this prove to you that Sandy isnt going all “small market”? If he is willing to eat 18 million for nothing, that would be the opposite of this small market mets and the welcome to the Pittsburg Mets crap? I think it also shows he will be willing to spend on the big time FA if it fits and doesnt hurt flexibility. Its called spending smart, something Omar never learned!
THANK YOU JOE! AGREE WITH THIS 1,000%. What did people want Alderson to do this offseason, sign another high priced outfielder? Where would you put somebody in the infield? What team changing second baseman was out there any more reliable than what we have now? Just because he’s done more with less in the past makes me excited about what he will do with more for us! When the dead money comes off the books next year, he doesn’t have to increase the pay roll, just keep it what it is at now but with better talent. This is kind of like what Donnie Walsh walked into with the Knicks only not as bad and there are pieces to win here already, Alderson just needs to get the role players in
Whenever I see a ton of comments on one post on this site, I would bet good money that Harry C or Bayonne said something outlandish. I was right. Instead of praising the author for what I consider to be a GREAT POST, there they are complaining.
I applaud your enthusiasm Joe, but this time please hang onto it for the entire season!
Lets face the facts here…
Sandy’s words weren’t misconstrued, out of context or Misunderstood.
They were TWISTED so the poster could write another complaint column!
Harry you need to get a life dude.
You complain that Sandy wants you to spend money. Did he come over and twist your arm?
You don’t have to go buy tickets. If and when the team is turned over and has success you won’t be able to go buy any then either. Because the waitlist on Season tickets will already be full.
And by the time your name comes up they will suck again, so just give up and go be a Yankee fan!
Really Metsie: I have to say you have proven the kool aide lines and the brainwashing lines completyely with your ridiculous post. If you really beleive you need to buy season tickets for this mediocre group and piss poor ownership group becuase you won’t be able to get any tickets if they are good someday then you really are braiwashed, guess what Sherlock… One can always get a ticket. The only difference the tickets selling on stubhub will be more than 99 cents. Thanks for the entertainment metsie. I’ll tell every busienss person I knpow to check you out when they need a sucker to spend some money on worthless stuff.
And congratulations on the most pathetic line overused by every met fan who is incapable of defending a position. Become a Yankee fan. Guess what metsie… That line worls in nursery school. Here it just shows how weak you are. Even yopur gfriend the parrot wouldn’t do that. lol. Metsie enjoy wasting your money on 81 games. We’ll send you a quarter if you want to sell some. enjoy bankruptcy. you and fred in court together!!!!! Hey wh
Why would you care how someone else spends their money is beyond me.
Because he doesn’t have any? Spending too much on blood pressure medicine would be my guess!
HE should see the doctor because he seems like a good candidates for a heart attack…ANY SECOND NOW! ROFLMAO!
I love how all you do is insult, but NEVER come up with real reasons why Alderson is not the man for this job. You are so arrogant and ignorant its amazing.
You call people out for defending a position, yet you blast another with insults with no back up. Just because someone isn’t spewing hate 24/7 that means in your little brain they are brainwashed.
Genius -
Harry you sound just like the guy who used to sit next to me in 81! Bitched and moaned about how bad Cashen was bringing Foster and Kingman here and he was going to show them by cancelling his season tickets…
Same guy who begged me to sell him a pair of WS tickets for $5000 in 86 because he couldn’t get a ticket…
Don’t go Harry! I certainly wouldn’t want to sit next to you!
Your a miserable bastard and have never had one good thing to say about the team EVER!
So I know it really doesn’t matter that you won’t be able to get tickets when they are good.
Cause in your warped miserable world they have NEVER been good!
Cause they don’t listen to Oscar the Grouch!
I’m not on Koolaid dude, But you SHOULD be on Ritalin!
Don’t know if you realize it, or if it even matters, but you guys often give me my morning laughs. It’s classic. I used to love the old Brooklyn Dodgers fan base, but they never had MMO, so I appreciate current day humor.
Great article in the New York Times on Mets’ leg speed. No real surprises but it likely will affect the batting order.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/26/sports/baseball/26citifield.html?_r=1&ref=baseball