According to a poll on Mets Hot Stove Live on SNY, 77% of viewers still believe the Mets are the team to beat. Personally, I believe the Mets do still have the best team. Top to bottom, the lineup is a force to be reckoned with. The pitching is another story. Was 2007 just a fluke, for both the Phillies and the Mets? Um, yes. Quite frankly, I think it was a fluke year for the Braves as well, and...
Read MoreWith Spring Training just a few weeks away, it is finally time to put the past behind us and focus on the future. The 2007 season is six months of our lives that we will never get back. But the 2008 season is one through which we still have to live. So what do the Mets have to do in 2008 to make us once again, “believe“?Pitching, pitching, pitching. Technically the off-season is...
Read MoreHappy (almost) New Year fellow Mets fans! I hope you all had a great Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa or a mix of all three. As usual, gifts were plentiful under the tree but sadly scarce at Shea stadium. Since fresh topics are about as rare as Christmas hams this time of year, I figured I’d just jot down some random thoughts on the Amazins’ possible 2008 rotation. Most of...
Read MoreWith the Christmas holiday mere days away, the Mets remain without the frontline starting pitcher they so desperately require. Frustration is beginning to sink deep within all of the Amazin’s faithful followers. Without a defined ace toeing the rubber, or one who has the potential to become just that, the Mets outlook for 2008 is looking gloomier as each day passes.Omar Minaya has...
Read MoreLast night at 2:30 am the New York Mets reached an agreement with the Minnesota Twins for ace lefty Johan Santana. The Twins reportedly will receive the Mets minor league affiliate in New Orleans, Jose Reyes, David Wright, and Al Harazins’ soul in this blockbuster deal. The Mets have reached an impasse in discussions for Orioles stud Erik Bedard, as the package of Billy Wagner, Mike...
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