Like u, I only care about this team’s accomplishments. I prefer to focus on the future, not dwell on the dissatisfaction with the past.

Baby, While 3 div titles in 32 yrs certainly appears paltrty compared to our nearest perspective, NYY,ATL(90s) you may want to do a little investigating as to the 29 other franchises to see how many exceed that total, very few
it also depends on when u stake your perspective from, for instance for ALL their division title streaks through the 90s over their entire 100 yr history the Braves be it from Boston,Milwalkee or Atlanta has an interesting 1WS title per 10 yr(1 per city affiliation) rate going for them.
As a point of fact as supposedly the WS TITLE is actually the Holy Grail of baseball and not division titles(no divisions prior to ’69)
As to WS titles the arguement is much clearer. As I stated our current tortoise like rate is 1WS Title every 25 yrs. Paltry, we think; however there are actually MLB franchises that exist today who have yet to acqquire their very first title. There are also francises which have come & gone with empty WS trophy cases. Some of these are original teams from the 1800s, some are, like us expansion rats.
Franchises with ZEMPTY WS Triophy cases:
BROOKLYN TOBINS
COLORADO ROCKIES
HOUSTON COLT 45s/HOUSTON ASTROS(our womb partner birthed alongside us
KC ATHLETICS
MILWALKEE BREWERS
MONTREAL EXPOS
SEATTLE MARINERS
TB RAYS/DEVIL RAYS
TEXAS RANGERS
SD PADRES
SEATTLE PILOTS
ST LOUIS BROWNS
WADHINGTON NATIONALS
Certainly a franchises ability to compile a crowded case relies upon their org, birth date. Only since 1961 have we the consideration for newborns aka expansion teams in the interest of fairness, perhaps these toddlers should be categorized & measuresd as a special subset. Primarily because the 2 League Leaders(NYY/27.STL/10) in WS trophies already had established dominating, preeminent status prior to 1961. That subset of toddlers would include
1961 – LAA,TX
1962 – HOU,NYM
1969 – PILOTS,BREWS,GNATS,PADS
1977 – MARINERS,JAYS
1993 – ROCKS,FISH
1998 – SNAKES,RAYS
ALL OF WHICH HAVE HAD BETWEEN 13 & 50 YEARS OF WS POTENTIAL TITLES OF WHICH ONLY FL & TOR HAVE EXCEEDED THE NYM RATE OF 2 IN 49 YRS WITH FL HAVING AN EXCELLENT RATE OF 2 IN 18 YRS, as we ALL know about that first purchase by Huyzenger(SP?).
Baby, my point isn’t to create complacency; but to focus on why what seems crappy from a neighbor of NYY perspective, certainly isn’t. Al, with all due respect to Sinatra, Minelli & their songewriters. As a longtime transplanted elsewhere Brooklyn citizen, I’ll tell u that NY is certainly special as a baseball-centric environement; however that breeds angsgt not deservance, checck your NY ego at the door, exactly why is it we SHOULD be better than the 29 bretheren in the industry. Certainly we don’;t play native NY players or hire NY native fronrofficers.
Al you mentioned bliss & ignorance. I choose to find my bliss, by way of facts sans desires & emptions re. my baseball universe.

In closing, this thought, of the teams that actually hoisted a WS trophy(21 in all) 9 have set a pace better than our 1 in 25, 11 lag behind us.
The 9 betters:
NYY,STL,As(PHL/KC/OAK),BOS,GIANTS(NY/SF),DODGERS(BK,LA)REDS,TOR,FL.
The 11 laggers:
BALT,CHW,CHC,MIN(WASH/MIN),BRVS(BOS/MILW/ATL),CLV,PHL,AZ,KC,DET,LAA.
also keeping in mind those 10 current franchises with empty cases
matematical net we are #10 out of 30 current franchises regarding our WS Trophy pace. As fans, we always believe it should be better; however(obviously) we’re not lonely & arguably we are one of the best expansion franchises.

Your pal,
Bayonne

I’ll buy you a few beers next time meet.

Your pal,
Des

That’s my thought. This is the work of Omar.

You’d have to go back to Cashen to find a Mets GM that’s worth anything.

Emaus got the job because of one thing. Alderson’s philosophy….and it blew up in flames big time. He chose his philosophy over other players ability and it cost the team games.

EMAUS DIDN’T JUST SUCK ON THE FIELD, BUT HE COULDN’T HIT THE BROADSIDE OF A BARN. He’s like Kevin Costner is Bull Durham. A career minor leaguer.

And maybe it wasn’t a very good selection but there are some points that should be noted when we look at the decision and how it was made.

Emaus was drafted Rule5 at the Winter Meetings. Sandy had been hired just about a week maybe two before that meeting and draft. He was still assembling his staff at the time and so did not really have the benefit of a very good scouting and evaluation sessions to determine who to draft and resign. Most teams get together with their scouting and eval departments right after the WS to discuss the offseason plan, Rule 5 draft and general evaluations of the players they have.

Sandy did not have that luxury because of how long it took to hire him and when he should have been having those evaluation discussion he was still busy trying to compile the rest of his staff.

Takahashi had to extend his deadline because of this and I am sure they didn’t get a full look at what was available in Rule5 either.

While drafting Emaus was a bust it was a cheap 25k bust. and If Beato continues to show the promise he has shown so far you have to say a 50/50 success rate in a Rule 5 draft is pretty decent.

So this really should not be considered as a Sandy blunder. Doesn’t mean there won’t be one or two in the future but I think the rushed and disorganized state of the FO before the Meetings had more to do with the failures of aquisitions this off

You really must have lived under a rock for the last 6 years.

Jacobs
Catalanotto
Kelvim Escobar 1.25M and NEVER put on the uniform
Moto
Alou
Julio Franco
Tatis (who had a great first year but when tanked completely 2nd year refused to release him)
Gary Mathews Jr
Castillo (more contract then anything else)
Perez
JJ Putz – damaged goods before he even got here
Alex Cora
Sean Green
Scott Schoenweiss

This is just the tip of the ice berg…………..

Did you forget that when the bullpen was blowing leads at an alarmning rate in 08 he sat on his hands at the deadline and did absoutely squat?

boy Bayonne is so smart…………….or as most call it selective memory

As a GM, you’d be fired in two weeks. You’ve been wrong on Mike Jacobs, Ruben Tejada, Daniel Murphy, Brad Emaus (defensively good but you just knock him as a total failure) . . . . (the list goes on, and on, and on). You need a little humility to take the place of your lack of baseball insight.

Baby, something along those lines, certainly should put more peace in your heart. TRY IT! U MAY JUST SLEEP BETTER.