The cool winter air brought the Evil Empire a glaring, once in a lifetime opportunity. A chance was at the forefront to acquire arguably the greatest starting pitcher to come along in the last decade was balked at by general manager Brian Cashman. Weeks later, the Mets decided to part with a large collection of promising youth to land Johan Santana.Friday evening when the Mets travel across town...
Read MoreThe Mets are floundering. They are a team that intimidates nobody. They are laughed at, joked about, pushed around, and chanted at by even the worst teams in the league. How can they possibly believe they can win a division title under these circumstances? Yesterday, another great pitching performance was squandered and wasted by an offense that is mediocre at best and inept, inadequate...
Read MoreWillie has it all wrong… He needs to wake up and smell the coffee…Yesterday, his excuse for bringing in Aaron Heilman, a move that cost the Mets a win, was that he wanted to get a couple of innings out of him, so the bullpen would be rested for the weekend.What’s he thinking?Why not worry about winning the game at hand first? Isn’t that the way it oughta’ be?To make...
Read MoreI have to. I just have to. I couldn’t sleep all night thinking about the mess that happened last night. True, with few minor exceptions, the Mets bats were not awake until the latter part of the game, but the end result would have been enough to win or at least force extra innings and have a shot at winning had Heilman not loused things up again. I blame Heilman for not...
Read MoreWillie Randolph inherited the wrath of the fans tonight when he came out to take the ball from Aaron Heilman who had just allowed four Nationals to cross the plate and take the lead in the seventh inning.The boos were twice as loud and twice as thunderous than the ones that greeted Heilman as he walked back to the dugout.For some reason Willie keeps sending Heilman out in close games, only to...
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