24
2012
Snooki and Building As Opposed To Buying and Selling
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Perfect day for a rant…
You just know things are disintegrating fast when the biggest highlight in a Mets game was watching Jersey Shore’s Snooki getting booed every time she appeared on the giant scoreboard. I still don’t know why exactly the Mets are always pushing her on us and making such a huge deal about her whenever she attends a game. I doubt she even knows who Super Joe is or the the name of the player who scored the winning run when that ball got by Buckner. So come on Snooki, do you know?
So we’re not buyers? I have such great timing with my posts this year. I really don’t want to say I told you so, but I told you so. Remember what I said, they are not buyers, they are not sellers, they are Harvard Lawyers trying to run a baseball team. Lawyer-Speak is easy to spot once you understand that’s the only way they know how to communicate. Lets not go through this all over again in 2013 and 2014, okay? Goal number one is turning a profit, not turning out a championship team.
Do you guys go crazy when some fans say you can’t fix all the holes the Mets have on this team? I know I do. Of all the Mets cop-outs I hear, that’s the one that drives me up a wall the most. The old “name one player who come here and fix this mess” syndrome. Another one of those laughable cop-outs.
I really enjoy listening to Bobby Ojeda’s analysis after every game. That’s one person on SNY who clearly gets it. “Why does Sandy Alderson keep using terms like buying and selling? I have a new word for him – building” That’s exactly right. Building – as in beginning to address all the “holes” now so we have less of them next season. Most of you are probably sick of how often I bring up Justin Upton on MMO ever since the D’backs made it known he’s very available. Why do I harp on him so much? Well wouldn’t it be nice to take a deep breath after this season and look ahead to 2013 and be able to say, “well at least we are set at right field and third base”, that’s why. Alderson has been here going on two years and we are still fielding a team that save David Wright wouldn’t be everyday players on the top ten teams in game. Go out there and build Sandy… Stop using words like revamping, you’re not really good at it anyway. Build, damn it, BUILD… Other players I like and that are under contract past this season include Josh Johnson, Josh Willingham and Hunter Pence.
Today’s Trivia Question
What team’s baseball fans acknowledges that their team has a myriad of needs right now, but are unwilling to fix any of them?
Today’s Bonus Trivia Question
What team’s fans clings to all their prospects, no matter how good or bad, and overvalues them more than any other?
The first five people to answer correctly will win an autographed photo of Snooki….
SNOOKI: Who Loves Ya, Baby…
About the Author: Joe DeCaro
I'm a lifelong Mets fan who loves writing and talking about the Amazins' 24/7. From the Miracle in 1969 to the magic of 1986, and even the near misses in '73 and '00, I've experienced it all - the highs and the lows. I started Mets Merized Online in 2005 to feed my addiction. Follow me on Twitter @metsmerized.
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1. Maybe Snooki is a secret 20 million buck investor.
2. I like the rants best when a guy like Ichiro is traded and they rant….”Do you really think Ichiro would have put the Mets over the top”. like that’s the only deal that could have been made.
Good one, Amazin. I bet she is! And dont forget this one: Can Ichiro close or play second base? Imagine #LOLMets laughing at #27Rings. Wow.
K Sandy. I give up. I know we’re a very mediocre team. I know that no one is going to feel sorry for us. And when teams play us, they feel like it’s a Christmas present. Everyone wants to play the shittiest team and get healthy.
Can you at least build a productive team that will get better in 2013, 2014 and beyond. How did the Nationals find a Bryce Harper, who at 19, is already tearing it up. Do we have anyone classified as gifted in single, double, triple A and, if so, what are you doing to develop him/them into future stars.
Get with it Sandy. Earn your paycheck, for God sake. I’ve been a fan since ’62. I’ve been through many lows and a few highs. No matter what, I love this team. Build the fans a team that we will be proud of, that will fill the house that will take no guff from anyone. I loved the confidence of ’86. We want that back. We deserve it.
Harper? They found him on the cover of SI when he was about 15, then were the worst team in all of MLB for a couple years in a row to have the privilege of drafting him.
Lmao these oldie fans are really out of whack aren’t they? If you want a Bryce Harper.. you have to lose like 100 games this year. You want that or the other? Fans want to win this year AND get a Bryce Harper. Best of both worlds hah
I’d answer your trivia questions, but I don’t want the picture….
The Nats didn’t find Harper…he fell into their lap because they were so bad for a lot of years. We Are not as bad as they were so we are never are in position to get the #1 pick two years in a row when these can’t miss guys come along, although we are working on it.
Hey heybbatter ,aybe the Mets could never get a Harper but hey heybatter how did the Angels, never a bad bad team get a Trout? Trout’s 20. If he were a Mewt he’d be in St Lucie because he wasn’t ready, whatever the f that means to lord alderson.
And the Nats are more than Harper. They abour keeping a Desmpnd in the lineup while he figures it and they are about keeping an Espinosa in the lineup while he figures it out. The Mets have no plan and no thought process. a met kid struggles and he rots on the oine Kirk or gets sent down to pout Duda or Beato. Do they replace them with kids for the furte. SURE Hairson and Acosta is the Alderson vision of the future. Stinky and cheap.
The Angels got Trout with the pick they got from the Mets for signing Rodriguez.
So, ya, there’s your process.
Hey donal…. keep out…. Have jessup do Sandy’s bidding vice you. At least jessup shows intelligence in his lost ways. And loser, the point is Trout wasn’t a # 1 pick. If he were he couldn’t have been gotten with a top pick from another team, but keep spewing out your wothless nothings. Lord Sandy is a loser and you a blind cult worshipper. Want to know what happens to cults and their blind followers. they go down … See State College PA. Ask sandy or jessup what that is.
Amazin your constant need to compare the Mets and Alderson to Penn State only further proves your reasons for coming to this site are to fill blogs up with non-sensible garbage.
If you want to state an opinion, one that I dunno actually has merit or value go ahead. We don’t have to agree but ALL you do here is reply specific to other posters and your views of THEM and not the Mets or situations the Mets are dealing with.
It’s getting old.
At this point i am worn out joe D, been ranting all day about how much sandy alderson Sucks, it’s amazing to find people still have faith in that GM..
Snooki. Ugh.
I read an article about Snooki getting booed earlier today and SOMEHOW, people are calling Met fans “classless” for “booing a pregnant woman”. This is Snooki, dumbasses! The same Snooki who went “Ewwwww” at her own child, so spare me the “classless” BS. Jersey Shore in general is a disgrace! She’s a stupid broad who has no business whatsoever for reproducing. She’s embarrassing to me to represent the Mets as much as that slob Chris Christie.
Snooki ain’t no Pearl Bailey!
I cant stand Snooki and she is the type of celebrity the Mets should be distancing themselves from not embracing. I agree with your other stuff to a point. He’s building but he is going after pieces in the minor for a run in 2016 or something. He has this extra long range vision and I dont know if he even can think 2013 or 2014. I read here yesterday that we didnt even sign half of our picks. I dont know if that was just someone making stuff up in the comments or if it’s true. I dont really follow the draft, but if there is any truth to that but that doesnt sound good at all.
Fun fact, I knew snooki before she was ever on tv. She’s an act.
BTW Re: Upton, DBacks President said
“”I would be completely shocked if anything were to happen in-season,” Hall told ESPN.com. “You have a better chance of moving a star-caliber player like Justin in the offseason, when teams know exactly where they finished and where they’re heading, and they can get more creative.
“We’ll field all proposals and conversations. You never know. But I would be surprised if anything happens in the offseason, either.”
“We’re in no hurry to move this guy — nor do we think we need to,” Hall said. “Everybody in this organization is open for discussion and conversation, including Justin Upton. If people call, we’re going to listen. We’ve had a lot of people call, and we’ve said, ‘No thank you’ to all of them. That hasn’t changed.”
If you guys were excited when you heard SNOOKI was going to be at a Mets game courtesy of this dysfunctional organization….
Then get your hair gel and sun tan spray out because next up in Citi Field is DJ Pauly D from jersey shore….lmao cant make this stuff up..
http://twitter.com/AdamRubinESPN/status/227569422150283266
Facepalm. Who’s next? Justin Bieber?
I’m at the point of believing the Mets are better by subtratcting pieces. Duda, didn’;t really impress me, I hope he enjoys Buffalo. Sandy should just cut Bay loose as a sign of goodwill to the fans. Bay stinks, and he will as long as he’s here. Ike never played a full season. This winter Snady and his pals need to sit down and wonder if Ike is truly the answer. Torres was an awful addition, I would have prefered Pagan. All said, I don’t think the Mets are very far away from being good, but it’s time for Sandy to roll up his sleeves and do some hard work.
Re: Ike. He’s been in the League 2+ years. He finished out his first year fine once given the chance after a failed experiment with first basemen in April, then suffered a major injury last year. That’s it. Don’t start with the “never played a full season” garbage unless it’s been MULTIPLE injuries, not 1. Otherwise, let’s also say that Bryce Harper and Steven Strasburg should be on Washington’s trade block since THEY’VE never completed a full season, either.
That’s the only thing I wanted to point out in regards to your comment. The rest, I can see.
Upton will not be traded in season at least, but yes he’s something to look at. The Mets have many needs. The problem with in season moves is that contenders, of which there are many this season due to increased parity and an extra wild card spot, are attempting to improve for a stretch run. Prices for additions are high, and it’s not a time to be buying towards building for the future unless you have a star to sell off high, like Beltran last year. The Mets have no one that fits the bill this year unless you would want to trade Wright. Dickey also, but due to age how much would he really bring back.
If you want to get things, you have to give up some pieces. Which is why you hear names like Murphy mentioned when people want to make trades. You have to give up something useful to get back something worthwhile. It’s the nature of the beast.
The offseason is where the work really begins. Tejada and Wright are the only everyday players who you can say deserve to be penciled in for 2013. Murphy has a great bat, but his diminished power numbers and lack of a defensive position hurt his value, especially on a team that doesn’t have power elsewhere and is in the National League. I like Murphy, and he has improved defensively, but does that make him an everyday 2nd basemen? I can’t honestly say yes with conviction. Ike has a pathetic batting average and isn’t producing power as was hoped. Also, I don’t see the great defense that so many people lauded. Is he the long term answer there? Again, I can’t say yes with conviction. So, where do we go from here?
Free agency can offer some solutions, but who knows the true financial state of this team? I would hope that it will improve with the court decision from the beginning of the season, but the only way to really tell will be once the season ends and the team gets to work. We obviously need a few pieces in the bullpen, a starter or two, a whole new outfield, a catcher, and first base and second base are open as far as I am concerned as well. Not saying we can’t consider players we have in house, but thought needs to be put into the positions as well.
Another thing this team needs to do is stop platooning everybody, mostly the young guys. The only way to find out if they are true pieces for the future is if they can produce everyday, no matter if a righty or lefty is pitching. I’m not saying you can’t have platoons. But let’s see if Spin, Kirk, Murphy can hack it on an everyday basis. Right now, I don’t know at all. And frankly, it’s infuriating.
In regards to first base, that’s also Duda’s natural position. Maybe if he’s more comfortable somewhere defensively his offense will benefit, might be something to consider moving forward depending our the Ike outlook is.
Either way, I’m getting away from the original point. Yes, the team is not one or two moves away from being a lock for anything. Yes, improvements can be made to start on some of the perceived deficiencies in the team. However, I don’t feel that now is an optimal time to address them due to the climate of the league. Though obviously I would hope they are taking a chance and looking into available opportunities at all times and judging the pros and cons of any offer they intend to make based on the long term goals of sustainability and success.