Terry Collins alone will make watching the Mets fun and exciting.

I also look forward to watching Bobby Ojeda on the post games of what will be a 95 loss season. That will be so much fun too.

The kicker will be when we hear this:

“After a season in which the Mets failed to meet our expectations of winning, the team has decided to part ways with Terry Collins and he will not be retained in any role with the Mets.”

LOL

Pretty cool.

Make a profit in a small market with NO COMPETITION is better than a large market that draws fewere than a small market team does isn’t it?

I have followed this team since 1969, seen the highs, 1969/1986 WS, and the low, trade and dissection of Mets when Seaver was traded, so I go into the season hoping for a better season than the year before and possible break out season from youngsters in system.
The only problem is that other than Wheeler, who else is on the horizon because their is no one coming through system that anyone can say will be an asset, how long do we wait for Reese Havens to finally click?

I am looking forward to pitchers and catchers reporting despite the strange looks from family members, they know I live and breath Mets all year long so looking forward to ST and maybe the emergence of a possible star or player that will help in 2013.

Either way, despite the lack of moves by SA, he nor the Wilpons will not deny my pleasure of watching as many games as possible plus purchasing MLB package despite the cost and possible bad play.

This is my team and I will watch despite ownership, SA, ESPN, and all the negative comments from those who wish to punish Wilpons by not going to games or buying product related to Mets; that is a personal issue for each individual to decide but this Met fan will try to attend as many ST games as possible, bonus for living in Florida, and will cheer David, Johan, Ike, Niese, Harvey, Gee and all the others.

Lets Go Mets in 2013!

I fully believe that Sandy is not here past his contract, and IMO will leave after the 2013 season. But no way the Mets go out and hire a big name, hi powered GM to have real power. Or even go get a young, radical, gunslinger type and turn him loose.

I already bet that JP was extended to be Jeffy’s right hand man (IOW, fall guy). Which most likely will make you yearn to have Sandy back.

He had already ‘been there, done that’. Had probably a cushy job at MLB. What would make him want to come here to take over what was going to be a headache for probably his entire contract? I have to think his first words to Bud where ‘what’s in it for me’. And you have to wonder just what that ‘it’ is. It certainly wasn’t the anticipation of taking a strong team and make it a dynasty….

I believe Selig’s deal with the Wilpons isn’t the only pie he’s got his fingers in. In the world of baseball, he’s a pretty powerful guy. You know what they say about power…..

We get a real GM? LOL sorry I just couldn’t resist that one….

Has it ever occurred to anyone (I know it has to me) that Sandy is helping to build Seligula’s legacy as comissioner and to achieve the goal Seligula could never do by himself but was the MAIN REASON he was named commisioner?

To get a BIG MARKET TEAM to enact SPENDING CONTROL!
Seligula was named Comissioner because he was the candidate the small market teams wanted to get the things like Slot Guidelines, Unfair over spending by the rich teams under control and to try and get revenue sharing from the players and other big market franchises so they could cut thier costs and never have to take money out of thier own pocket to field a team!

And he got a lot of it done with the exception of getting Big Market teams from spending a third more than the average and four times more than the lowest spending team.

If Seligula had retired in 1994 his tenure as comissioner would have been a failure by those who put him there, considerng the reasons he was put there in the first place….

So it’s not all that unreasonable that he forced the Wilpons to put Sandy in charge of a team which lives in the biggest market and compete with the one team who has ignored ANY attempt to reel in thier payroll.

And as a result of the most recent CBA he just THIS YEAR managed to get the players to limit rookie money expenditures and toughen up the Luxury tax to the point where the Yankees are considering it now too.

And by this time next year the Mets (A NYC FRANCHISE!) could be one of the lowest spending teams in the league! Once Santana and Bay are done they are in the 60Mil range which would put them in the bottom ten of spenders.

Seligula will stick that feather in his cap, Call it Macaroni and then Retire claiming MISSION ACCOMPLISHED and oh By the way Here is Sandy the guy who invented managing a team on a shoestring….he is taking over, I’m going to Disneyland!

We’ve already seen Harvey make his debut and for his 10 or so starts last season he was actually better than the hype. I’m looking forward to seeing if he can cut down on that pitch count and go deeper into games w/o sacrificing much in the way of the high K count.

The rest are just prospects, there’s no denying that.
The book on Wheeler is he projects to have a tad bit better stuff than Harvey. Crossing my fingers….
D’Arnaud? I don’t think we’re looking at the next Piazza at the plate but I’m hoping his bat is as solid as his defense projects to be.