Well, I haven't written a Mets article for some time, and it has been for a few reasons. The most relevant, though, is for the simple reason that there is nothing left so say. There is so much negativity with this team that it honestly depresses me to write about them. I have such love for the game and for this team it truly hurts me.
Some may say that I'm a bad fan for not watching the team through the bad times, but honestly it's because I care too much. And also, these aren't bad times, they are embarrassing times. This is not baseball that we are all watching, it's a circus.
Yes, the firing of Willie Randolph was necessary. He wasn't inspiring his dead team. But the organization found a new way to embarrass themselves and more importantly their fans. By firing Willie the way they did, I was, for the first time ever, embarrassed to be a Mets fan. Willie did not deserve that treatment any more than the average guy. No one should be treated like that, and I would like to personally apologize to Willie, for what it's worth.
But as I write this, minutes after turning off the 10-0 mess that has unfolded on my computer screen through my slingbox, the team is a disaster. Even with Manuel protecting his players, something I can guarantee Randolph would not have done, the team cannot seem to focus on a consistent basis. With such inconsistency, it becomes apparent that the team does not have the talent to win.
Every team goes through an inconsistent stretch, like the Phillies this past week. But enough is enough with the Mets. They are old and finished. I feel that the rest of the season rests on the next two weeks. With four against the Yankees this weekend, four against the Cardinals and then a trip here to Philadelphia, I feel the season will simply slip away very quickly. I wish I had more hope to lean on, but this team just does not give me any. It's a shame.
So, once again, I can only hope they pick it up. At least against the Yankees, because I am one of the many who were suckered into buying tickets to the Subway Series by Omar Minaya. His belief that Moises Alou would play most of the season is a joke, almost as funny as his belief that Carlos Delgado is still a power hitter.
So please Mets, focus. You played well against the Angles and in Colorado. But now you can't beat the last place, last in runs scored Mariners. I just don't understand.
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3 months ago
Well, you are not the only fan in baseball to feel this embarrassed. As Mariners fans the only reason why we kept watching the worst team baseball perform at level that you can't even describe using words was to see how much longer our GM and Manager were going to keep their jobs. Once we got our wish we felt a sigh of relief and knew this team could finally head into a positive direction in the next few years used to rebiuld. And we actually thought we could compete with the Angels this year.
Don't worry about the Mets. The Mariners are just having one of those series where something actually goes our way for once this year. Being in last place and last in runs scored has nothing to do with our success this series. We have a lineup that contains veterans that were suppossed to produce this year.
Ichiro Suzuki, Raul Ibanez, Richie Sexson, and Adrian Beltre. They all have proved something in their careers so don't let the 11-0 blowout get to you. You just had to have figured they were going to come through someday and unfortunately for you it was against the Mets. Dickey just had the knuckelball going for him this game after several starts of being brutalized from it. Oh yeah and on game one Felix Hernandez is basicly the best pitcher in the A.L. right now. Our bullpen is also very talented as well so don't be offended by the nice long relief work by them.
So if you think your team has had it bad this year, just look at the Pacific Northwest. We're doomed! I also noticed that you guys as fans are pretty hard on a player if they make the slightest error on the field or strike out. Only Richie Sexson gets that kind of a treatment at Safeco Field if he strikes out and there are way more players for the Mariners who are playing at the level Richie is at. That's only because he's been doing so badly for long time now. As Mariner fan's our hopes and dreams of finally making the playoffs since 2001 were cruched after losing 15 out of 17 games late last year. Just a playoff appearence would have been extrememly acceptable for us fans. So we feel for the Met's fall over late last year as well if thats what you want to call it. Good luck to you guys though for the rest of the year.
from 3 months ago
I agree NY baseball fans are a little more critical, but our demands are simple: Play hard all the time and prove to us that you care about winning. This is a tough place to play because baseball is so popular. The fans take it seriously because we will always have crosstown rivals to contend with. When someone makes an error its usually not a big deal, but the past 1.5 years have been ridden with sub-par focus and play. The errors and extreme lack of production with runners in scoring position by guys who the team depends on just exemplify it. The fans have gotten frustrated to the point where booing is all we have left.
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