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Mets Are Unwatchable
It’s that simple.
How can you watch a team that hasn’t scored in 22 innings?
This team is pathetic. Lifeless. Sleepwalking. Whatever adjective you choose the moment the opposition scores a single run you know the game is over.
BMF was struck by the lack of ANY perceptible buzz from the CityField crowd. No one cared. No one expected to win. And there was barely even a reaction to Manny.
This entire organization is ready to be flushed down the toilet.
There’s no need to go into the details of last nite’s game – it’s all too depressing. But my only comment is that Pelf caught a bad break on the bases loaded shattered bat single by Manny. Generally when you saw a guys bat to splinters it’s good news but these days even those plays go against us.
What’s worse is now we’ve got to endure an Oliver Perez start! BMF is placing the over under at 7 for walks BB and 4.2 for IP.
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Can someone please explain to me why every Met injury is shrouded in so much secrecy???
Seriously, why izzit that we don’t have a legitimate timetable on ANY of our players?
I’m trying to decide if the Met medical staff has become gun shy and afraid to say anything after so many past missteps or if they’re simply a bunch of bumbling idiots. Perhaps it’s both.
I have a better gauge of when Billy Wagner will rejoin the club than Reyes, Beltran, Delgado, or Maine.
It’s so typical Mets ain’t it?
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July 8th, 2009 at 4:55 am
doh-re-mi-so-la-de-da . . . .
July 8th, 2009 at 6:35 am
Look at the Dodgers winning with home grown talent and a manager we could have hired. This organization stinks on every level despite the highest payroll in the NL. Omar is clueless and clearly the one to blame for this absolute mess. Nothing good going on at the major league level and nothing good on the farm. No early round draft picks either. What a disaster.
Omar should sit at Theo Epstein’s side and watch how it’s done for a few years and then try to get a job. How could the Wilpons hire a guy who traded Brandon Phillips, Grady Sizemore and Chris Lee for Bartolo Colon???? Then after the team collapses they gave him an extension.
Wait…..maybe the deserve each other?
July 8th, 2009 at 6:41 am
If they’re not going to buy somebody, the LEAST they could do is lower the ticket prices going forward, to see this clearance bin team.
July 8th, 2009 at 7:00 am
There are no surprises here. It was obvious to anyone that injuries would sink this team. Why was that the case? Becasue the team was old and there was no depth. The age of the chemical solution was over on top of all that. The record is clear: Lip is NO fan of Minaya. I called his hand years ago. However, I unduly placd this all on his shoulders. Graduially I came around to see the whole picture and the blame needle is pointed squarely at the owners. Giving Fred and Paris the benefit of many doubts, and assuming thta they could do no worng or did no wrong, they would have fired Minaya long ago, but they didn’t. They keep him around to be the next scapregoat (it’s coming soon) - after next season I would guess as angry sentiment finally comes to roost in Queens. However, the Wilpins are not inocnet litlte lambs in this mess. They should have canned him after the collpase, but thye would admit THEIR wrongdoing. ON top of th efact that he never should hav ebeen hired to begin with, these dudes meddle with the baseball operations. They told him to win now. They told him to do WHATEVER it took to win - except spend one penny more that 140. It’s typical - they would lose TWICE over not going a penny over budget.
This is bad. Things will not get any better - they will get owrse. The whole hyped Minaya Era will be a farce in the history books - this is the Worst Team Fools Could Assemble. Wright YReyes, et al will join the ranks of - METS. Say what you will about the late 1970’s - at least they weren’t supposed to win - at least it wasn’t go to a game or take a family vacation - it was the perfect counter balance to the Yankees - 2 teams perfet fr the times in thei ronw ways. This is bad and the drum is now beating in the ballroom. Such A waste. Truly a new low for a team that mines them.
July 8th, 2009 at 7:19 am
and lest we forget, to the punk owners of this team, winning is defined by hitting their projected sales figures. That’s it. You know, Omar, even if we don’t win, it’s o,k, becasue we still make money. These people are rabid - they’ll support this team no matter whta. We made a great investment. We never wanted or needed to be #1. we bought into people’s hearts.
Get with it guys and gals: so long as you eat the Blue Smoke and pay to get into CitiBank.gov Filed. these rat b–tards laugh. The only message they get is a financial one. This will not change until 42,000 of those seats don’t have arses in them.
In addition, NO ONE wants to work for these 2 - their reputation in BB keeps world class GM tlanet (and managerial talent) at bay.
July 8th, 2009 at 7:19 am
Lippy-What are you typing on….some sort of PDA without a qwerty keypad or spellcheck?
July 8th, 2009 at 7:20 am
Grote - great call as usual - it’s a netbook…I hate it…
July 8th, 2009 at 7:43 am
In a city full of doctors… wtf.
July 8th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Lippy-good to hear you chime in.
Don’t you know if you have a take like this, you can no longer bleed orange and blue?
Coop-I’ll get to you later, in explanation of “unlikeable”, and or “unwatchable”.
July 8th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Anyone who wants to stand up for Omar should have his/her brain examined. OK - three starting everyday players are on the DL - I got that - but that means five are still playing every day. No runs in 22 innings…errors…base running mistakes…mental collapses. This is ridiculous and as The Lip correctly stated there is no help on the way. And don’t give me a line about using prospects to make trades (i.e. Santana). I remember a GM who traded prospects for Gary Carter, Ray Knight, and Bobby Ojeda, and still had Dykstra and Mitchell ready to go. F Omar - he’s ruined our team and he’s a closet Yankee fan.
July 8th, 2009 at 8:45 am
JJ-You are way out of line! I’m not buying Omar is a Yankee fan.
July 8th, 2009 at 9:11 am
sadly, this doesn’t shock or even surprise me. they’ve been building towards this since Spring Training.
July 8th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Today’s question is;
Which Ollie will show up?
Crazy like a Fox Ollie?
or
just plain crazy Ollie?
I.’m hoping for the former, obviously .
I just hope Kirsir Allie goes back on Weight Watchers ala ‘Cheers’ Era
July 8th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Schneider-sucks
Santos-lucky pickup/marginal player
Delgado-should have never had option picked up
Castillo-need I say more
Reyes-immature/needs to get his head out of his a$$
Wright-the would be Captain with the Dave Magadan like season
Church-who the hell knows what to make of him?
Beltran-the non hustling All Star with the glass jaw.
Murphy-needs to be in the minors
Evans-see Murphy
Sheffield-who would have thought this steroid era re-tread would nearly be team MVP?
Tatis-should be playing first……for the LI Ducks
July 8th, 2009 at 9:32 am
continued………
Jerry Manuel-overmatched gangsta manager
Omar-look at the track record-2 chokes-NLCS flop-oversees horribly managed medical staff/injuries
Ollie-13 mill arm -5 cent head
Johan-the only gamer besides Wright and KRod
K-Rod-see Johan
Bullpen-shot by All star break-seasaon over!!!!!!!!!!!!OMAR-STEP DOWN-BE A MAN!!!!!!
July 8th, 2009 at 9:41 am
JJ .. you are right on target … Carter, Knight, Ojeda …
I tried to tune in last night. Was driving home from my son’s Little League game … turned on WFAN … score was 5-0 …. next pitch HR …. PATHETIC
July 8th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Grotefan - looking forward to it!
As for last night’s reaction to Manny, I was there and the reaction was pretty audible. Maybe it wasn’t translated well to TV. He got a RESOUNDING Bronx cheer and when he got thrown out that was when the crowd really stood up and cheered. Apathy - it does a body good. I call it the Philosophy of Kevin McReynolds. Either way we win. If they win - bonus! If they lose, I just drink more. See? Win-win.
July 8th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Joe - ok that line about Tatis playing 1B for the Ducks. Priceless, man. Priceless.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:02 am
I also just noticed the Kirstie Alley line. OMG that is too frickin funny.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:22 am
BlondiesJake - thanks for the heads up.
Steve- I am embarrassed. My apologizes.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Playoffs……….dont’ talk about playoffs………you kiddin’ me-we’ll be lucky to win another game!
July 8th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Being a Mets fan…….I feel like the most unlucky man on the face of the Earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 8th, 2009 at 10:35 am
To put this in terms best understood by the Mets……el stinko de Metropolitos
July 8th, 2009 at 10:39 am
This team has hit rock bottom and started to dig.
I’m still curious about that 3:33 A.M. start time for the Reds game. It definitely seems like the Mets will have an advantage being that they will have been home for a few days and the Reds will be flying in from another city only a few hours before the game.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:39 am
I hate Mike FATcessa, but he was almost right when he said there’s nothing worse than bad, boring baseball. Overpriced, bad, boring baseball is worse.
Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2009 Brooklyn Dodgers, er, NY Mets!
As I’ve been ranting lately on my radio show, WE THE FANS HAVE THE POWER TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE!
Stop going to games.
Stop buying team gear.
Stop watching on tv.
Start complaining here.
Start writing to the team.
Start emailing the team.
Speak with your minds and your wallets. Eventually the Wilpons will get the message we won’t pay for overpriced, bad, boring baseball and be forced to act.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:44 am
Doesn’t it figure that this is the weekend I’m coming in to go to some games?
FUN.
Will rep Go Big Pelf at City on Sun (think he’s supposed to pitch that day), and hopefully he will bounce back & do well.
Fri night I might watch the game at that bar where they supposedly give you a free drink if Wright hits a HR? Or Blondie’s if anyone’s going. I figure everyone must sit there crying into their drinks at this point. Gosh my timing is awesome.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:51 am
fri night i’m going to the bar where they give you the bar if wright hits a HR
July 8th, 2009 at 10:55 am
BJake, I think you need to add “Start picketing outside of the Hospital for Special Surgery” to your list. Michael Jackson’s medical staff is better trained than our guys. Totally agree about our power to fight the power. The question is, what exactly are we fighting for? Firing Omar, younger players, bigger budgets?
I think these guys are just totally demoralized. They don’t have the talent to really compete and they know it. They probably feel like management doesn’t know what its doing and the fans hate them.
Omar plans for the best case scenario, which never happens. He needs to plan for when things go wrong. Maybe not for 2009 level catastrophe, but at least the usual: older players breaking down, younger players not adjusting, injuries, slumps, etc. He sort of does it by bringing in a million bench and bp guys, but one terrific starter would be a lot more helpful than a gaggle of AA wannabees or has beens.
How’s Kirstie’s arm? We may need her in the outfield. Can she catch?
July 8th, 2009 at 11:04 am
There is a bar that gives you a free beer when Wright hits a homerun? If they were really friend friendly they’d give you a beer every time the Mets make a physical or mental error. But then they’d be out of business.
dykstraw” fri night i’m going to the bar where they give you the bar if wright hits a HR” lmao
At least we have someone coming off the DL tonight. Oh wait….it’s oliver Perez.
July 8th, 2009 at 11:04 am
FGMF, Omar and Jerry need to go. A GM who can evaluate talent and a manager not afraid of his players need to be brought in. I’d say let’s get rid of the Wilpons too but that one will take a lot of time and more money than Bernie Madoff stole!
On a not-really-related, but since FGMF mentioned his name, I’ve nicknamed Los Angeles, “The Epicenter of Stupidity!” Only in a fake town like this one where it’s all about style and nothing about substance, does a bankrupt city plan to foot the $2M bill for a basketball team’s championship parade, get blasted by the public because it’s a waste of money, then turn around and block off highways and city streets and pay $4M in services for a procession and then funeral service for a drugged-up pedophile. I NEED A JOB BACK EAST SO I CAN ESCAPE THIS RIDICULOUS PLACE! Anybody need a sports radio host/writer?
July 8th, 2009 at 11:45 am
LA sux.
July 8th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Schmifty, that bar is in Hells Kitchen, it was on Beer Money. I was there and damned if I can remember the name. Corey knows it - CoreyNYC what was the name of that place again? (BTW Schmifty, you might be better off going there to see Jeter hit a HR, you’d get a free drink there too
)
July 8th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Today’s SI cover on the ‘69 Mets has some great photos and is good way to remind you of halcyon days….one of the stories they tell is of a seemingly offensively overmatched Mets club, preparing for the world series. Gil Hodges Jr., looking over the all-star Orioles roster, says to his dad, “How are you possibly going to beat those guys?” His father’s response was “Shhh, I’ve got 25 guys in that room who think they can.” In addition to an infusion of talent coming back off the DL, one thing this club could most use is an infusion of belief in itself. They seem so down out there lately. Not many of the 25 seem to be thinking they can beat anybody right now. A strong outing by Ollie tonight would be a tremendous lift–getting a guy coming off the DL, a guy they had been counting on to come through for them would be huge. If the Mets are to possibly right the ship or to at least be able to compete until their big guys start coming back, I think OP has to do well. He’s been a big game pitcher in the past, so hopefully he can do so tonight.
July 8th, 2009 at 11:56 am
hey omar…it wouldn’t be quitting, it would be “fighting!”
July 8th, 2009 at 11:58 am
This week’s SI has the ‘69 Mets on the cover? Cool. That was a great year for this 7 year old to start watching baseball. Of course it set the bar pretty high for the next 40 years and counting.
July 8th, 2009 at 11:58 am
schmifticoop - it’s landsdowne road on 10th
July 8th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
CRAP !! I’m going tonight
say a prayer .. Ollie is going to be the death of me ..
Lawnsdowne Inn is very cool
July 8th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Thanks coopstraw - Landsdowne was it! I remember reading about it on Metsblog and thought I was going to have to sift through all those old posts to find the name, thanks for saving me from that.
Haha I’m not expecting to get any free drinks off Wright’s power, it was just the identifying factor I could remember about that bar. Figured they might have the game on (if that can be considered a plus… probably not). I’m meeting up with a Mets friend and we had talked about seeing the place. Thanks for the rec as well, MTMF.
July 8th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
First I’d like to say that much like everyone else I am upset with the Wilpons, Omar, the medical staff and the way the team has been preforming on the field.
If one or two players go down for a short period, they should have a backup plan. If just Delgado or Delgado and Beltran went on the DL I think we couldve gotten through. At least better than we have been. We have too many men down, a minor leauge team on the field, and a barren farm system.
What are we to do? Its a good idea in theory to say “Stop going to games” but that’s not a realistic approach. The full/partial/saturday/sunday/midweek season ticketholders aren’t going to just not go after they paid a lot of $$ for the tickets. And selling them on stubhub or ebay won’t do any good because the seats will still be filled! Complaining on sites like this won’t do the job either.
BlondiesJake the only real solution is to write to the team. Not e-mail, actual pen to paper. If we can get people to write a well thought out letter in our dissatisfaction with the product, threaten to not renew our ticket plans for next season, they will listen. Emails, more often than not get deleted. Hand written letters are often read, and the ones which are well thought out, not vicious attacks and properly worded, (ie not calling omar a closet yankee fan) get read by more people, often getting passed higher up in the company.
Win or lose I’ll always be a Met fan and bleed the orange and blue. No matter how bad they are I stay at every game I attend the full 9 innings. With the comedy of errors that is the ‘09 Mets I’ve all but given up on this season. Barring everyone coming off the DL at the top of their game, the realist in me says, show up, root, and hope a change is made somewhere for the better. I will be writing my letter to the powers that be and I encourage you all to do the same and spread the word.
If the season ends on anothe sour note, and they don’t reduce ticket prices next season (reducing them mid season isn’t likely to happen, when the Yanks did it it was with seats that weren’t being sold) I will write again and again and if nothing gets done, I won’t renew my ticket plans. I hope it doesn’t come to that.
And to not end on a down note, maybe the Mets will pull out an amazing trade and put us over the hump. As a great man once said “Ya gotta believe!!”
I always have and always will.
LET’S GO METS!
July 8th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
if the organization doesn’t have people monitoring sites like this and reading people like me making statements like
***I AM NOT BUYING ANY MORE TICKETS FOR 2009 NOR RENEWING MY MINI PLAN IN 2010 NOR SPENDING ANY MORE MONEY ON METS MERCHANDISE***
then it deserves to financially reap what it sows
July 8th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
inquisitive Fan, I don’t disagree that actual letters are probably more effective, but I do think they monitor these sites and read emails. Having said that, yes, this year, kinda screwed, for reasons you explained, but can affect change for next year and years to come.
July 8th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Well I have half a Saturday plan so, I’m still going to go to those games. I just need to figure out a way to sneak 6 to 8 beers into the stadium. Pre 9/11 I was able to sneak in a few beers. If I can then they won’t get any more of my money. I’ll bring a sandwich and pretzels.
If I can’t well then they’ll get my money because it’s unwatchable to be there without beer googles, it’s tolerable. At least I get to see Santana this Saturday.
So SI has the 69 Mets on the cover? Anyone know what the team has planned to celebrate the 40th anniversary? Maybe they should unveil some kind of statue , put it near the apple in the Bullpen entrance or near the fanwalk. That might temporarily curb the venomous fanbase. With that said, they probably won’t, they don’t care.
July 8th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Nice idea to pay tribute to the 69 Mets Joey but my guess is ownership is too busy planning their tribute to the 1955 Dodgers to even give a thought to the 69 Mets. After the 55 Dodgers tribute I’m sure a tribute to Sandy Koufax will take over most of the planning.
July 8th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
I am totally writing a letter on how inappropriate it is to advertise for the DODGERS when they are the visiting team at a METS ballpark. I’ll be sure to post it over here. I agree with Inquisitive Fan - we can do wonders with letter writing. They will know we all care.
July 8th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
nobody cares about letter writing campaigns. this isn’t 1950.
July 8th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Actually, dykstraw, since they love the ‘55 Dodgers, perhaps they will pay attention to all the letters that flow in!
July 8th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
SI article says that most all the surviving 1969 Mets will be in attendance at CitiField on August 22nd, for a special celebration. Hope I can be there for that.
As a fan, I have many complaints with the current club, but I don’t see that I have some sort of absolute right to have a winning club every season. Is the club and management trying to field a winning team? I think the answer is obviously yes. Surely one could argue that the Minaya era has run its course, or argue that the Wilpons have not spent money wisely, or had a great plan for the future of the club. These are all grievances, but I don’t see how they concern me, except in that vicarious way that a fan feels empowered to bitch about his team. So, I don’t really see the value of writing the team to complain about their makeup or on field performance. To what purpose? With what right? I’m just a fan who wants to have a good club to root for. Some years I get lucky and get to see a contender, once in a while a champion, other years things break the wrong way and well, you wind up rooting for an also-ran. Them’s the breaks. I just don’t see how I can complain to management that the team sucks….
If they were trying to suck, if they weren’t spending money or effort trying to field a contender, then perhaps my criticism would be justifiable, but other than that I just don’t see that I can complain because it didn’t work out. Isn’t that what “Wait til next year” is all about. I’m still a Knicks fan, for chrissakes, so this doesn’t seem such a big burden to me, that the Mets are having an off year. Anyway, complain about ticket prices. Complain about concession prices, seating capacity, parking fees, ticket sales fees, whatever, by all means. I have written those letters in the past, and may do so again in the future. But a fan writing in to say, dear mets, your team sucks and i don’t want to spend my hard earned money to watch a bunch of second division players, that doesnt seem a legitimate grievance to me. I mean, what is their response supposed to be? Should they fire Omar on your say-so? Go after a particular player? It’s unlikely that I have standing to make such an argument: that’s above my pay grade. As long as the Mets try to field a winning team, I’ll try to support them as a fan. I’ll leave the rest to them. If I want to vent and complain, I’l come to BMF and have some fun talking baseball.
July 8th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Kirstie Alley rocked on Cheers. You owe me $5 for stealing my line (channeling BJake). LA does blow, and Michael was never convicted. It just cost him $23 million to cover his little (and I do mean little) tracks.
July 8th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
my complaint is that the organization clearly and in foresight did not do enough to ensure that it would field a winning team in the offseason
July 8th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Bill L, my letter campaign has nothing to do with the current make up of the team, just you know THE TEAM THAT HAS BEEN IN FLUSHING SINCE 1962 (ok technically since 1964 but you get the point). It is a TRAVESTY that they are still harboring hard-ons for a team that bolted town over 50 years ago. Get over it Fred.
July 8th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Coop: yes, I thought that’s what you meant. I think yours is a great campaign, one which I would be happy to contribute a letter to. I was referring to “Inquisitive Fan” who said we should be writing to express “our dissatisfaction with the product.”
July 8th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Joe!!
You need to get on the next plane to Hollywood. That is very funny stuff and less funny people get paid a lot out there….
Tx for the comic relief. I’m too worn out to yell at these guys today.
July 8th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
“What are we to do? Its a good idea in theory to say “Stop going to games” but that’s not a realistic approach. The full/partial/saturday/sunday/midweek season ticketholders aren’t going to just not go after they paid a lot of $$ for the tickets. And selling them on stubhub or ebay won’t do any good because the seats will still be filled!”
True for this year only. Fred and LindaJeff deRoulet start feeling the pain next year. Someone correct me if in fact season ticket holders on average committed for multiple years.
“Complaining on sites like this won’t do the job either. ”
Disagree. Those of us who see the situation for what it is (hopless until the deRoulets sell) are going to keep pounding sense into the Holocast deniers / minaya apologists who skulk around here.
July 8th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
“Kirstie Alley rocked on Cheers.”
Uh, no she didn’t. SHE SUCKED.
Shelly Long is to Gil Hodges as Kirstie Alley is to Jerry Manuel. Or Jeff Torborg. Or Art Howe.
July 8th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Sam wished Kirstie sucked on Cheers.
July 24th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Bristal Senior Softball All Stars Release Video Offering Instruction to New York Mets on Fundamentals of the Game
The Bristal All-Stars, softball players in their 70’s and 80’s who play in the Long Island Senior Softball League have released a tutorial video to help the New York Mets improve their fundamentals. The video was produced on June 15th at Baldwin Park, in Baldwin Harbor, Long Island. The video which runs 2:53 can be found on You Tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QCYxzqcBqY