Ike Davis Is Suffering In The Hands Of Manuel And Hojo

I’m not looking to throw more gasoline on the fire, but has anyone noticed the similarities between Ike Davis and Jeff Francoeur at the plate for the last two months? We expected Ike Davis to go into a slide, just about every rookie does. But what bugs me about Ike’s slide is the lunging and the wild swings. All players have slumps, but the current version of Ike Davis looks nothing...

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K-Rod, The Offense and Other Mets Thoughts

There are so many avenues I could take with the K-Rod issue.  Not only has it been an embarrassment for the organization, the players, the city and the fans, but now it has an impact on the field as well.  One could argue that the season is over anyway, but even if it is, does that mean we shouldn’t still try to salvage what’s left and end the season with some dignity and pride?...

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The Silver Lining In All Of This

The Mets are 10 games behind Atlanta and below .500. They have an upcoming schedule at Houston – which is playing better since the Roy Oswalt trade – and Pittsburgh – which always plays them tough. This is their last chance to make up some ground and bring interest into September. Frankly, while I doubt they’ll make a real run, there could be some interesting ball ahead. Their pitching,...

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Let’s Go Mets – In A New Direction

At the moment, the Mets have NO leader – last we heard from the Wilpons, Fred said he had a meeting with University of Michigan Alums  and Jeffy gave you 18 words of boilerplate. Omar, is Omar – he’s been involved with the NL East since the Toronto Days, a nice man, very charming and polite, but hasn’t reached the computer age yet. Jerry Manuel is also a nice man –...

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Omar Does Not Deserve A Vote Of Confidence From The Mets

About 2 weeks ago principal owner Fred Wilpon was asked about Omar Minaya’s job status after the 2010 season.  Clueless Fred responded by saying: “Is the sun coming up tomorrow?” I cannot understand where this vote of confidence is coming from.  Omar Minaya has been the General Manager since the end of the 2004 season.  In that time Omar has built a team that went to the...

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8/16 Minor League Report!

AAA International League: Buffalo 5/12/0, Pawtucket 3/6/0 rf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 4, .339 2b Justin Turner 2 for 4, run, 2 RBI (37), .306 lf Lucas Duda 2 for 5, run, HR (17), 2 RBI (52), 2 Ks, .320 >>lf Jorge Padilla 1b Nick Evans 1 for 5, run, 2b (8), 2 Ks, .313 cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 0 for 4, 3 Ks, .250 (12 Ks in 44 ABs in AAA, .273 K rate) dh Val Pascucci 1 for 3, BB, K, .270 3b Mike...

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