Nothing extra in defeat – NYPOST.com THIS TEAM OF NON-LIMELIGHT SEEKERS IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING AS I CAN’T HELP; BUT BELIEVE FRED WILPON HAS GOTTEN EXACTLY WHAT HE ASKED FOR; ATHLETICLY BLESSED MILQUETOASTS AFTER HIS ENDLESS BEMOANINGS OVER THE NEG HEALINES OFTEN FOLLOWING THE TEAM OF THE 80s, ONCE DOUBLEDAY BECAME EMBROILED IN HIS OWN MESS @ THE PUBLISHING EMPIRE, FRED WASTED NO TIME IN SEEING TO THE DISMANTLING OF THE FORMER WORLD CHAMOS REPLACING THE COMBO CF WIOLSON/DYKSTRA WITH THE WILPON MODEL SUPER MILQUTOAST, “TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL, I NEVER SWEAT KEVIN McREYNOLDS A MODEL PLAYER I CAN’T HELP BUT BEIEVE FRED FOUND IRRESSISTABLE. VERY TALENTED, VERY QUIET, VERY RESPECTFUL & CIRCUMSPECT aka “WALLPAPER” A BLENDER INTO THE BACKGROUND AS OPPOSED TO A SEEKER OF THE SPOTLIGHT THAT WERE STRAWBERRY,BACKMAN,DYKSTRA,MITCHELL,GOODEN,McDOWELL THE DAVID WRIGHT MODEL BEFORE DAVID WRIGHT WAS EVER DREAMED ABOUT. AS IT’S FAIRLY OBVIOUS WITH REYES DEBUTING JUST 1Y AHEAD OF WRIGHT, THERE WAS NO HESITATION AS TO WHICH ONE FRED WOULD ANNOINT AS HIS ‘JETER’ NOT THE EXCITING, FLAMBOYANT LATINO WITH STYLE TO SPARE; BUT THE WHITE MIDDLE CLASS AVERAGE LOOKING, COULD RIDE THE SYUBWAY, WRIGHT. SIMILARLY, PREFERRING QUIET TO OUTLANDISH, FRED AUTHORIZED THE ALLOCATION OF MILLIONS TO BELTRAN, ANOTHER UNDERSTATEMENT ‘OFF THE FIELD OF PLAY’

AS A LIFER MET FAN, IT’S NEARY UNBEARABLE TO WATCH SO MANY OBVIOUSLY TALENTED PLAYERS ACTIVELY TRYING TO AVOID STEPPING ONTO CENTER STAGE. THIS MANIFESTED ITSELF IN 2006, GAME 6 AS WELL AS EVERY SINGLE “SPECIALTY” GAME BE IT JULY FOURTH WITH PATRIOTIC CAPS, NEGRO LEAGUE DEDICATION NIGHTS WITH THROWBACK “NY CUBANS” UNIS OR ANY OTHER NIGHT WHEN THE TRAPPINGS INDICATE A SPECIAL OCCASION. I KNOW THAT IT’S A GAME FOR THE RH COLUMN(LOSS); LAST NIGHT WAS ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTION; BUT AT LEAST FRED GOT HIS “PERFECTLY IMPERFECT”RESULT AS THEY DIDN’T LOSE ON 9/11 NOR DID THEY WIN ON 9/11, THEY AVOIDED THE SPOTLIGHTS SCREAMING FOR A DIFFERENCE MAKING HERO TO ASSUME THE PIAZZA MANTLE OF GREATNESS AS THEY SQUANDERED ENOUGH OPORTUNITIES NEEDING ONLY A BALL PUT INTO PLAY(BASES LOADED ZERO/ONE OUT) UNTIL THEY PUSHED THE FINAL RESULT INTO 9/12 BEYOND MIDNIGHT.
VALENTINE ELUDED TO QUESTIONING, “THE CHEMISTRY” OF THIS TEAM,CHOOSING TO ONLY ISSUE A QUESTIONING STASTEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO; “OTHERS QUESTION” OR “THERE ARE THOSE WHO QUESTION” TO WHICH I CLEARLY SAY IN BASEBALL THAT’S HOGWASH ON OFFENSE, CHEMISTRY OF THE KIND THAT LEADS TO A COORDINATED EFFORT BY MORE THAN INDIVIDUAL PLAYER IN BASEBALL IS, IMO FOOTBALL,BASKETBALL,SOCCER ORIENTED, NO IN BASEBALL CHEMISTRY IS PRIMARILY CONFINED TO DEFENSE, WHEREBY ONE PLAYER CAN TARGET HIS EFFORTS ON A PLAY TO OVERCOME A TEAMMATES DEFICIENCIES; BUT ON OFFENSE AT THAT BASS LOADED INSTANCE IT’S INDIVIDUAL EFFORT, PREPARATION,CONCENTRATION & RESULTS THAT SCREAM THE LOUDEST. TWICE LAST NIGHT, SUCCESSIVE KEY FAILURES BE IT REYES,WRIGHT,PAGAN, DUDA, BAY(AS THEY ALL STUMBLED TO ELUDE “THE MOMENT”: IN EMULATION OF BELTRAN, ’06. WAS PARADED BEFORE PIAZZA,VENTURA,ZIELE, ALL OF WHOM LIKELY WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP MUCH TO BE IN THOSE DIFFERENCE MAKING, HERO MAKING OPORTUNITIES JUST ONCE MORE WHEN IIT MATTERED MOST.
THAT MY FRIEND IS THE SINGLE MOST FRUSTRATING ASPECT(FLAW ON THIS RIOSTER) BEING A MET FAN OVER THE PAST 6 YRS COMMENMCING EWITH THAT WAINRIGHT PITCH TO BELTRAN’S BACK FOOT THROUGH 2 LOST LATE DIVISION LEADS(aka COLLAPSES) THROUGH INCAPACITY TO TUGGING UP BOOTSTRAPS IN TIMES OF NEED DUE TO DEVASTATING INJURY TOTALS. NO, THERE’S NO NEED TO VERIFY CHEMISICAL FORMULAS IN THE LINEUP; MERELY CHECK FOR “LIGHT SENSITIVITY” AS TOO MANY PREFER THE SHADOWS TO THE SPOTLIGHT TOO OFTEN.

FORTUNATELY, I CHOSE TO BAIL IN FRUSTRATION AFTER THE BOTTOM OF THE 10th COMPLETELY MISSING THE DEVASTATION OF THE 11th, I SLEPT VERY WELL THANKS TO THE HEROICS OF THE JETS & THE PROMISE THAT IS CAM NEWTON FOR THE CATS

I’VE OFTEN FELT THAT FRED WILPON WOULD PREFER LOSING IN A DIGNIFIED MANNER ALA BKLYN DODGERS OF THE 50s TO WINNING BRASHLY & DOMINANTLY AS IT APPEARS HE PREFERS HIS SELF IMAGE BEING REFLECTED BY HIS ROSTER.