Before the injuries started mounting, before the fielding and mental errors began to grow, the Mets’ front office made another error. This error happened in the offseason and it was made by Omar Minaya. The Mets could have acquired Jason Marquis from the Cubs for practically nothing and didn’t pull the trigger. First, as reported by Dan Graziano in the Star-Ledger, the Mets could...
Read MoreThe story as I remember it, goes something like this: the 1973 Mets were struggling, they weren’t playing up to their potential, when general manager M. Donald Grant called a team meeting. At the end of the meeting Grant told the Mets “I believe in you guys”, at which point pitcher Tug McGraw yelled out “YA GOTTA BELIEVE!”. We all pretty much know what happened in...
Read MoreI know it sounds like bad dialogue out of a comic book or a Michael Bay movie but it is unfortunately true. Omar over the last couple of years seemed to be the “Teflon GM.” The last 2 seasons we have witnessed the Mets collapse and miss going into the playoffs by one game. Omar did not put a team together the past 2 seasons that played baseball in October. The way the season has...
Read MoreHmmm… what next genius move will emanate from Mets’ ownership? Perhaps the promotion of Josh Thole or Wilmer Flores. My God, what farther depths will we sink to this season? If being swept out of Citi by the Yanks weren’t bad enough, today we fans were treated to a greater humiliation (owing to playoff chances and division rivalry) by being swept out of Citizens Bank Park, a 2-0 loss to the...
Read MoreWatching the Mets this past weekend ranked slightly above the on goings with the Kardashian Clan, but below C-Span. Anytime your hometown team averages one run per game, in the bandbox known as Citizen’s Bank Ballpark, it is a frustrating and sleepy endeavor. Regardless of who appears in the daily lineup. Right now the Mets are being overmatched by pitchers eligible for their AARP cards...
Read MoreBuffalo 3, Rochester 7 cf Cory Sullivan 1 for 3, run, BB, .297 lf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 3, run, .300 rf Chip Ambres 0 for 4, K, .229 dh Emil Brown 1 for 4, 2b, RBI, 2 Ks, .297 3b Mike Lamb 1 for 3, 3b, RBI, .228 ss Javier Castillo 1 for 3, 2b, RBI, BB, .282 1b Michel Abreu 0 for 4, .235 c Robinson Cancel 0 for 2, BB, .234 2b Luis Rivera 2 for 3, .324 Brandon Knight 4 IP, 12 H, 6 ER, 4 Ks, 5.36...
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