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Perfect Time for a Break
Congragulations to the 2008 World Series Champions Phillidelphia Phillies.
Boy, I am glad that the World Series is over. I really think I am ready for a break (I will still be blogging though!), there has just been so much going through my head lately.
But this is like a good hard punch in the stomache. First, the Phillies knock us right out of our shoes two years in a row, and then they go on a win the World Series. It was bad enough that they made it that far, but to go and ruin the Rays season also stinks.
It seems like it was a quiet win though, I guess because it was, with the low ratings, late games, bad calls, rain suspension and everything, this really was the worst World Series I can recall. So at least not as many people will remember it and stab it in our faces as Mets fans.
In other news (Real news? Other than the World Series? Really! Not Speculation! Oh joy, call the grandparents, this just HAS to go into our album!), the Marlins have traded Mike Jacobs to the Royals for pitching prospect Leo Nunez. I don’t know much about Nunez, but I know the Marlins have a bad bullpen to say the least, however I don’t know who will play first base now. Could they move Jorge Cantu there? All that I know is Jacobs is gone, we don’t have to pitch to him again, and he will no longer hurt his former team, especially Mike Pelfrey.
Also, the Brewers have announced there new manager will be Ken Macha. I am kind of dissapointed, because I wanted to play against Willy Randolph again.
Nothing New in Metsland
How strange. Lots of talk about activity in the offseason and yet no major news has even mentioned in the past few days about the Mets. I sure hope it won’t be like this all winter. We have too many needs to be addressed to not do anything all winter. I don’t know what I am expecting to be said now, with the ALCS and NLCS in full swing but in 3 weeks free agency starts so I wish they would talk a bit more about who they plan to acquire. There are so many rumors, so many possibilities, I just think the Mets should let their fans know what they plan to do. I know it is October and we have the postseason to enjoy, but only 1-2 games daily (and they aren’t Met games) just isn’t enough motivation to get through the day and turn on ESPN to see what happened. Some days there aren’t game at all. This is boring.
It looks like I’ll have to settle for this if I want baseball this winter.
What’s On My Mind
Why is Mets pitcher Ambiorix Burgos wearing a White Sox cap?
Why isn’t Argenis Reyes in Fall Ball? Is he playing Winter Ball in Venezuela or something?
What will the Mets do if Tony Bernazard becomes GM of the Mariners?
This song is stuck in my head!
This is it backwards equally as good.
It is the funniest when you play them both at the same time.
*sigh* I sure have too much free time now that the Mets are finished.
It’s Over
It’s Over. Done. Finished. No more baseball. Mets lose. Brewers win.
It sucks. It sucks it sucks it sucks. I hate the bullpen. I hate it. They blew the lead like 35 times and we could have clinched it in the second week in September and we could have lead the Phillies by 10 games and we could have done something great for Shea in its last year. But we didn’t. 162 games. The bullpen can’t save 2 more of them. This is not a major league bullpen. It isn’t. Now it is too late. You boys let us all down. You know it. We are sick of it. And Billy Wagner, don’t feel bad, it isn’t on you. It is on guys like Aaron Heilman and Scott Schoenweis and Duaner Sanchez and Joe Smith and on and on and on. They all suck. 2 games. 2 more games is all they needed to save. They couldn’t. i don’t care how big a lead you had last year, as far as I’m concerned, THIS was the biggest collapse in the history of baseball.
But you know what? It wouldn’t matter if they saved 2 more games. I think that if the neccesary number of wins was lower, the Mets would have won less. They play to get back in the race. Not to win 95 games. I blame everything on the bullpen. Sure, the offense and starters and defense and offense had their days, but they are allowed. The bullpen passed their limit by about 20. Insane.
Goodbye 2008. Goodbye Shea. I’ll miss you. I’ll miss everything about this year. Except the bullpen.
My Last Trip to Shea
I went to last night’s game. That is all I have to say. It was a lousy night. Pitiful, really. The Mets left too many guys on base, and I the Marlins half inning to bat took extremely long. Citi Field is ugly, and I am not looking forward to it. Of course, if it means better playing lets move there tonight. MLB is so cheap. They have to have an advertisement on EVERYTHING. You can’t even look up at the JumboTron anymore to check whose batting without seeing an Aquafina sign. The Greatest Moments at Shea pennants they handed out as a promotion of course had to say Nikon. The Shea Stadium tins they handed out at the game against the Braves 2 weeks ago had to say Subway. Everything. Even the stadium. Citi Field. So ugly. It sucks. The Mets aren’t making the playoffs this year (although Santana’s complete game could change it, we need some luck). We were losing so bad last night my section started cheering Lets Go Cubs as we watched the scoreboard. Watched the Brewers take a 5-1 lead. It is hard being a Mets fan. Cubs fans I give yuo lots of credit, waiting 100 years. But this is different. Losing every night and still being in the race pisses me off. We deserve it. But at the same time we don’t. How many times have I said we could have clinched it? There is no point in blogging anymore. Same thing every night. I want to bruy my head in the ground and sleep until next year, then I want to crash a truck full of lit TNT into Citi Field and save Shea. We need to win. Please make the playoffs. Please. I am begging of you.
Hoping the Phillies Lose Doesn’t Help
Okay. 4 games left. Crunch time. For real. Remember my post from September 15? I was breaking down a Mets fan’s thoughts throughout the season, and I thought 2 weeks left was a big deal? Apparently it wasn’t. But now is. For real. EVERY GAME MATTERS. The Phillies’ magic number is down to 3 games, and the Mets are tied with the Brewers for the wild card. We need to win. Even if the Phillies and Brewers both lose. We need to win. Last night was a prime example. I am not going to nag about how Daniel Murphy got a leadoff triple and the Mets couldn’t drive him in, you all know, you want to forget about it. But what I am saying is, we lost, and the Phillies lost. Okay, so the Phillies lost, we didn’t lose any ground. But thats the thing. 4 games left. Every day we lose, even if the Phillies do too, their magic number decreases by one. Same with the Brewers. Obviously, they have the same magic number as the Mets right now for the wild card, but if we are both going to lose a game, we need to gain ground first. It will happen every day. And forget about magic numbers. Tonight the Phillies have off. If they Mets lose they will be 2 games out, with their chances of winning the division at 2-6 (the Phils MN would be 2, with 6 combined games left). 2-6. Okay. A 33% chance, not THAT bad. But what is the probability of that 33% actually kicking in? Doesn’t make sense what I just said, right? I mean, how likely is it that the Phillies will lose 3 games, and the Mets will win 3? And what is the probability that those chances will kick in? More math against us. Just means we have have to win tonight. And tomorrow. And Saturday. Unless the Phillies and Brewers both lose. Wait, but then what are the chances of - ??? Just means they have to win. But on the bright side, we do have a better chance than the Brewers, as they don’t have the possibilities of a division title. But does that boost the Mets chances again? Oh nevermind! Just fight out a W tonight, Pedro!
And on a less confusing note, the Mets have reportedly signed GM Omar Minaya to a 4 year extension. I know I have said he should get fired, but I think this is a good move, regardless of whether or not the Mets make the playoffs. I think they should have waited, but this is a good move. Even though the ballboy can pitch better than the bullpen right now. Minaya is a good GM. Think about it. Not just anybody would’ve pulled the trigger for Johan Santana, and look how great that deal worked for us. Minaya has also notably acquired Carlos Delgado, Ryan Church, Brian Scnheider, Carlos Beltran, and Billy Wagner. Okay, so all the relief pitchers he signs are duds. Does that make him a bad GM? No. Whose fault is it? The fault of the pitching scouts. And that is a FACT.
I Don’t Understand; Wakefield the Answer?
Side Note: The Astros have made their amazing run without Carlos Lee, mistake in my last entry. Now I am rooting for them twice as much! Especially since Milwaukee had the nerves to fire Ned Yost at this point in the season. Give him some confidence people! One bad stretch does not deserve a firing!
Anyway, down to business. I was at the Mets game yesterday, and they were winning the entire game by a score of 4-2. Then, before the ninth inning, a bunch of fans left to go to the last ever Mr. Met Dash (its where all the little kids get to run the bases after the game) at Shea Stadium. Well let me tell you, they certainly picked a great time to leave. The Braves scored 5 runs off the Mets bullpen (by the way its called the bullpen for one plain and simple reason: its bull****), and I left after the Norton homer. I just couldn’t take it anymore. I fail to understand, however, how in the world are the Mets still in first place? Look at how many games they’ve blown. More than 20 blown saves. They should have clinched it before the Angles did. Every time you have a bullpen meltdown, you go, it could all come down to this game once September comes, this loss could mean no playoffs, we might miss it by one game because of this loss, its August already we gotta pick up the slack, 6 weeks left this could be a crucial loss, 2 weeks left this is unacceptable, whats next? Darn if only we won that last game this is just like last year. So many times. I am sick of it. You are sick of it. A bullpen like this and we should’ve already been hoping to be at most a spoiler. But Mets have shown extraordianry ressiliance this year to bounce back from a heartbreaking loss. Heck, the surgeon is a billionare by now from all those heartsaving surgeries. Why are you guys doing this to us? Either win the division already or drop out. You are too much like Ralph Nader.
No matter who the Mets throw out in the late innings, no relief pitcher seems to work. Sure, you can sign K-Rod but then the set-up men will blow it. You can pick up CC Sabathia and have him throw complete games all the time but he will only play every fifth day. There seems to be no solution. To that, I say, there is one option. Risky, but why not? Sign Tim Wakefield. His contract is up this year and he shouldn’t be asking for that much. Make him a reliever. Insead of mixing and matching, have him come in every day (of course give him a break now and then, more like 3 or 4 games in a row, and only when you are winning) and let him pitch 2 or 3 innings. If he can pitch 6 or 7 every 5 days, lower the workload and raise his apperances. He is just about the only knuckleballer in the bigs (save R.A, Dickey of the Mariners, but his floater isn’t nearly as good), and being in the American league for the past few years, not many guys in the NL will be able to hit him. He can come in and shut down hitters, and you will no longer need to rely on Duaner Sanchez or Aaron Heilman. You can carry less pitchers and have more hitters off the bench.
But even if the Mets don’t get a bullpen soultion, don’t fire Omar Minaya. He has done a great job finding hitters, and making coaching moves. Instead, fire the Mets pitching scouts. If they still think that Heilman is fine and they can take a vacation to Barbados, they don’t deserve to be working in such a fine class that is New York, especially since the Mets have so much money.
This Year’s Rockies
Have you been paying attention to the Wild
Card standings? Guess who is in second place tied with the
Phillies. That’s right. The Astros. A club who was just a few
games over .500 2 weeks ago has now won 12 of their last 13.
They are now just 3.5 games out of the Wild Card, tied with
the Phillies, and they are seeming to be the 2008 version of
the Colorado Rockies. They have a shot at the playoffs, and I
am rooting for them. I don’t know about you, but I would
rather face Berkman, Lee, Wigginton and Oswalt come the NLDS
than Fielder, Braun, Hart, Weeks, Hardy, Sabathia, and
Sheets.
Mets Need to Make a Really Big Move
Over the past few days the Mets have made quite a few moves, placing Marlon Anderson and John Maine on the DL and calling up Dan Murphy and Eddie Kunz. Looking at possible waiver acquisitions like Rich Aurilia, and also scouting out Free Agent Freddy Garcia. The Mets did a lot of things over the weeked in order to improve the club and make a stretch for October. But they did forget one little detail. Getting swept by the Houston Astros is against the rules.
The Mets are not hesitating to call up prospects from the minors, and they are certainly being very bold in that they have no idea how these guys will perform. But you know what? It doesn’t matter how well Nick Evans or Dan Murphy hits, it doesn’t matter how well Eddie Kunz or Jon Niese pitches. It doesn’t matter who you call up from the minors at all. What the Mets need is veteran production. Guys like Brian Schenider need to start hitting. Sure, they were doing great in that 10 game winning streak, but then the All-Star break came and went and they cooled down. The Mets have now lost 5 of their last 6 games. Carlos Beltran seriously needs to pick up the slack. He needs to carry the team on his shoulders. Beltran is a leader on this ballclub, and needs to play like one. Remember back in ’05, Beltran’s first year as a Met? He hit 16 homers. Then he hit something like 25 and then last year the team record, 42. Now he is having a slump year. What will happen next year? Another 25 homer season? Carlos Beltran is way too inconsistant, and he is overrated. Don’t get me wrong, I really like Beltran, but he is just too expensive for this kind of production. I say he needs to be traded. Just think of the players the Mets could rake in, they could get a pitcher or a proven vet, maybe a even a mini-star in his prime, like Jason Bay, and it wouldn’t even cost them any prospects.
This teams needs a change. A really big change. And if they have any hope of making the postseason, that change needs to come now. Minaya made a gigantic mistake not trading at the deadline, now he will need to take advantage of the waiver wire. And let me say this. If the Mets make another collapse like last year, and they don’t make the postseason, Omar Minaya won’t have another chance to win it all. Lets just say he couldn’t take the heat of the kitchen but stuck around for one more cookie anyway.
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