Steve “The Human Rain Delay” Trachsel was a guy who drove Mets fans nuts. Rumor has it, he has quit the game, but some fans claim he’s just between pitches.

Yes, it happens. But I (along with many other Mets fans probably including you) really thought that the Mets were a team of destiny after Chavez’ catch. That loss gutted me.

I was commenting on the multitude of blown saves and BP meltdowns in ’07 and ’08. Wasn’t even remotely talking about that 8th inning debacle by Heilman in ’06.

As for you saying she turned it into a Sandy vs Omar debate? I seriously think you are letting this stuff get to your head. I think you are paranoid and now think that every comment is about the same two things. I wonder if we went to your house if there would be all kinds of newspaper articles with words circled in red pasted all over your walls? Seriously, many of us come here to debate much more than this idiotic debate over Sandy vs Omar. Hell, how can you even debate the topic until Sandy is no longer here?

That is exactly what you are saying. Mets had plenty of opportunities to win games in both of those collapses with their bats as well.

SRT is looking to blame Omar for those collapses when it was the play on the field and regardless of the bullpen both collapses the players had chances to win those games and left runners on base in many key spots in BOTH collapses. And when Omar did not replace Wagner when he went down I agreed with it AT THE TIME because I felt any reliever they had then should have been able to close out games and unfortunately that did not happen. So if i was to look back NOW and say Wagner should have been replaced than I would be 2nd guessing – which is what srt is EXACTLY doing anyway.

So regardless if I answered with what happened in 06, the same applies to 07 &08 in that the players themselves had chances to close both of those deals and did not. Look at the individual performances and we can argue who to blame on the field.

But it was not the Wilpons or Omar who blew those collapses. If you think so than you are copping out and second guessing.

I have no idea why a handful of posters here have to turn every single post into an ‘Omar vs. Sandy’ debate.

As Kay pointed out, I was referring to ’07 and ’08 and someone pings me on one pitch by Heilman in ’06 post season.

Fun times….

You are my kind of fan!

Yes I can top that! Harry Chiti because “you gotta have a catcher otherwise you got alot of passed balls!”

Who was/is your least favorite Met of all-time?

Now do you hear me bitchin’ about how Rocky cost us the division that year? I also lived through the magnificent Mets of 1976 – 1983…… Do you hear me whinning? During that time Jerry Koosman, the greatest lefty pitcher in Mets history lost 20 games in one season!! 20 games with an ERA around 3.50!

I saw the Mets when Pedro Bourbon, Pat Zachary, and Randy Nieman were the team’s aces! I lived through Ron Hodges, Doug Flynn and the automatic double play machine known as Joe Torre! Saint Joe was also the team’s manager a little later. He was one of the worst manager’s in team history – of course things changed later for him when he managed Jeter and Rivera, etc…

Do you guys have any idea what it was like to root for a team whose big name player was LEE MAZZILLI????????

Trust me, all this will pass!!! Being a Mets fan builds character!!! In 10 years you’ll all be fondly remembering the 06,07,08 Mets as the good ‘ole days!!!