21
2011
The Line Must Be Drawn Here!
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THIS IS ABOUT SAVING THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY! Well maybe not but this has to be right up there with landing a man on the moon before the damn Commies or finally putting a Wal-Mart in Staten Island or bringing the iPhone over to a carrier that doesn’t drop calls like Charlie Sheen drops Goddesses. Winning. Yeah, umm no.
When the Sandy Alderson pulled the trigger and finally put to rest the piñata that Luis Castillo had become, through that awful contagious ailment called aging, all of us in Metdom can now finally breathe a partial sigh of relief. It struck me that so many of us would be partially sad for the guy.
The guy gets to live on a 6 million dollar paycheck if no other team see’s the innate value in a 35 year old second baseman with little to no range, bad wheels, and an even weaker slap hitter with a self-delusional mentality that he SHOULD be starting in the Majors. Now that’s winning my friends.
I guess if Castillo were more introspective and humble about his decline the anger that attaches to him like Velcro to pet hair wouldn’t be so vitriolic. Then again the infamous dropped pop up against the Yanks probably negates any good will we will ever have for him. It’s best for him to wade quietly into history along with the Bobby Bonilla’s and Vince Coleman’s of Met history.
THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN HERE….NO FURTHER!!
You got that right Captain baldy with the English accent that has the French sounding name. I have a feeling all the off-season hand wringing about Castillo and Perez and all on field Met issues are being dealt with dare I say – FAIRLY – by Alderson. But without a doubt, the line in the sand is being drawn.
Sure he could have listened to the many voices out there calling for the heads of those infamous Mets but he waited and apparently wanted to see for himself. Basically he gave them the rope and they obliged.
Of all the player moves Alderson has made so far, these moves could very well define him in the eyes of the fan base. He’s not deaf to our calls but he shouldn’t flick his finger into the wind and go where the breeze from all the hot air takes him.
We have about 2 weeks left to go in Spring Training and theoretically we don’t have a clear cut second baseman. I’m fine with that. Have them battle it out and compete for the job, as they have so far. Believe me, we aren’t going to collapse because we don’t have a Dan Uggla manning second. Relax.
As for Ollie Perez, what can we say that hasn’t been already? After imploding as a starter this Spring, Collins moved him to the pen, as a situational lefty. A 12 million dollar situational lefty? Who the hell do we think we are, the Yankees?
As of right now, the official word hasn’t been given by Alderson to release Perez. But if I were you I’d keep an eye on TMZ today, Ollie Perez would be the perfect replacement for Charlie Sheen, both overpaid underperforming, with serious control issues.
Maybe Perez could tryout for Major League III, he has years of practice pretending to be a Major Leaguer.
About the Author: Joe Spector
I'm just your regular Joe. Staff writer @ Metsmerizedonline.com. Happily married and a father to a baby girl. I attended my first Met game at the ripe old age of 3 where my father scored a foul ball and had it signed by Lee Mazzilli, Joe Torre and Joe Pignataro. It was my Holy Grail - 'till I buried it in the backyard. I have my own website where you can read my drivel at your leisure @ www.thespectorsector.net
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It doesn’t matter how smoothly (or not) Alderson handled their releases. Those two bozos took up precious spring playing time from real canidates on a team with no realstic shot at playoff contention. Stealing potential shine from younger players who may have had a real future on the club. Thats bad baseball.
Thats assuming the competitions were real. Young and Capuano just had prove they were healthy enough to start a game. The 4th and 5th rotation spots were theirs to lose.
LOOGY I guess was kind of open, but how much time did Ollie really eat up out of that one? I think Byrdak had it locked up by the time he was cast to the ‘pen.
I agree. I believe having Ollie & Castillo out there performing the way they did, is what made the decision easier. Did Castillo take at-bats away from the other candidates, yes but Alderson gave his word that both men would have a chance to earn spots on the team.
Alderson needed the evidence to justify his decisions to ownership. He got it. I’m all for Sandy’s fairness to the players and his decisions.
Well my sympathy for a human being struggling is not proportional to his salary.
Sorry but Omar decided to pay him 6 Mil and there are a 1000 players making league minimum (which is 10 times the average salary of a US citizen) who are much worse!
As for Sandy giving them enough rope well thats true about Perez but you can hardly say that about Castillo.
He was as good as anyone we had competing for the 2B spot. The decision to cut him had nothing to do with money because it didn’t save any. In fact you can say it cost us money to pay his replacement.
But the truth is it wasn’t really Sandy’s decision. Castillo asked to be cut so he could find another job. And while I don’t think he got a fair shake in ST as he was being held to a much higher standard than the guys who were kept it worked out for him because lets face facts even emergency backups get WS rings at the end of the year and he has a shot at that!
I am Happy that the Ollie Soap Opera is now over as I really am sick of hearing all the fans complain but I know that practice is not going to end with Ollie.
Just waiting for all the JOY some of you are feeling to fade before a brand new Daily Hit list and Bitchinglist is compiled by you guys so you can start cranking out daily HEADROLL edicts again.
It’s a sad way to follow a team.
But maybe you will all surprise me, MAYBE you will start to root for the players that wear the UNI without any bias or prejudice.
MAYBE we can get on with what we have forgotten to do the last three years…
SUPPORT THE TEAM, BE the 10TH Player and inspire them to do great things with our support.
Cause in the end you can aquire a team full of Hall of Famers to fill every position but if everyone who goes to the game sits quietly or boos they will lose just as many games as we have the last three years!
Lets get on with being Fans again. There are already enough Critics without needing us!
The only way that’s going to happen is if we ever decide to start getting our players best years instead of their worst ones.
“I am Happy that the Ollie Soap Opera is now over as I really am sick of hearing all the fans complain but I know that practice is not going to end with Ollie.
Just waiting for all the JOY some of you are feeling to fade before a brand new Daily Hit list and Bitchinglist is compiled by you guys so you can start cranking out daily HEADROLL edicts again.”
#blamebeltran and others are still hash tags on Twitter.
Just check some of the ignorant comments around here made about David Wright?
When did Mets fans stop being optimistic.
I think it started in 1962!
even in 69 the mantra was Ya Gotta Believe! lol
Metsie, that was ’73.
The direct quote yes but the sentiment was anything could happen and did!
Metsie, you have a good case even without resorting to ‘class envy’ approach.
By the way, where are the 1000 players making league minimum?
I may have exagerrated that 1000 number just a bit! LOL
As for the way I look at Salary, what you make is based more on what you have done not so much what you will do.
You can buy the most expensive pencil in the world but it probably won’t write any better than the cheapo.
you pay because you hope that what he did is still achievable and if not at least LESS is usually still better than someone who has never done as much.
I just wish we would ALL (and that includes me) spend as much time being FANS as we do being critics.
What is wrong with you people? Instead of just being thrilled that Castillo and now Perez are gone, you are complaining that the organization took so long? I too wanted to see them gone last year but `18 million dollars is a lot of money and as it seems that money may be our biggest problem. If it was your money wouldn’t you have given these two guys a shot in the spring?
Regardless, they both are now gone…time to move forward!
Let’s go Mets!
Who will be the next player whom the fans will hate to see in a New York Mets uniform?…Beltran, Wright, Reyes, etc., etc……once we start losing one of them will be the choice of the fans to start degrading and we as fans will never recognize that this team that management has put together this year is way below mediocrity, and we are just bound to have a losing season…
If I had to guess based on who I am worried about if another repeat of last year occurs. I’d say Jason Bay.
#blambeltran