Author: Joe D

Mets Need To Get Subway Serious Now!

The 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...

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Willie Should Concentrate On Winning Today Not Tomorrow

Willie 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...

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Do You Trust Heilman In A Close Game?

Willie 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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All The Right Moves – Thank You Billy Wagner!

The Mets have announced that RHP Nelson Figueroa and reliever Jorge Sosa have been designated for assignment. Claudio Vargas has been called up from New Orleans and reliever Matt Wise has been activated from the Disabled List.They have also placed outfielder Angel Pagan on the 15-day disabled list with an injured shoulder and called up Fernando Tatis who was tearing it up in New Orleans.Maybe it...

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If There’s A Bustle In Your Hedgerow, Don’t Be Alarmed Now

"It’s just a spring clean for the May queen. Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run There’s still time to change the road you’re on. And it makes me wonder."With apologies to Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, I have to disagree because I am a little alarmed. The Mets really do have two paths they can go down… and it does makes me wonder…...

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