No, I didn’t fall into a hole on my way back from the B-Mets series in New Britain last weekend. Although driving all those miles just to see them drop a three game series to a second division club, was a tad deflating. Friday night – a 4-0 loss with not much happening for the Mets. Saturday night – a heart-breaking 3-2 loss where the winning run scored for New Britain on a...
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The Mets farm system is looking a little better these days. Where as a few years ago there were hardly any, the system now boasts a number of real prospects. Although he continues to come under intense fire for the present state of the major league roster, GM Sandy Alderson has managed to improve the quality and depth of the Mets minor-league system. He has added legitimate position-player...
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A recent MMO post by Mike Simon got me to thinking. It was an excellent piece from Sunday that broke down the failures of the organization on the big league level this season. It detailed the contributions by Mets front office personnel to the Mets becoming what I feel is one of the worst-run organizations in baseball. Combine that with a big league roster fraught with underperforming and wildly...
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There are three distinct types of Met fan. Which fan type are you? Inquiring minds (and people with too much time on their hands) want to know. Kindly leave the category that best describes you in the comment section of this piece. Through more than 50 something years, the hybrid Mets fans of today have evolved. What they have become is a class system, something that I feel is a microcosm of...
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Meet the Mets, the 2014 Mets. However it does beg the question….who are these guys? If you haven’t submerged yourself in the player world of the Mets’ minor league system, gotten a subscription to Baseball America and MILB TV for the last several years at least, then you are scratching your head at some of the names and faces that are now your 2014 New York Mets. Jacob deGrom,...
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