Mets Injuries Mount: Nieves to DL, Met Fans to Gastroenterologists
I know - Gastroenterologists is a big word, but unless you're employing "The Secret", how else can you describe the sick-to-your-stomach feeling you get by watching this team?
The Mets fell to the Braves yesterday (on national TV no less) by a score of 7-1. They dropped 3 of 4 in Atlanta (nothing new there... when the Braves were good, they beat the Mets. When the Braves are bad, they still beat the Mets) and if you take away the Mets 4-run explosion in the ninth inning of Saturday's game, the team totaled 5 runs in the entire 4 game series! It keeps getting worse and worse. The latest Met injury sees Fernando Nieve on the DL with a strained right quadriceps.
Now 9 games behind the red-hot Phillies, the Mets' season is hopelessly over at this point. Please don't remind me of the '69 squad that was 10 games back in August. That team had great pitching and pretty good defense. This team has Johan Santana - and that's it.
The Mets must decide now if they want to be sellers or buyers. The problem is they have nothing to sell and no reason to buy. Blame it on the minor league system that has turned out 2 everyday players over the past 20 years. And of those two, Reyes is still on the disabled list and Wright can't hit for power or in the clutch anymore.
Come to think of it, if I ran my business the way the Mets run theirs, I'd be OUT of business!
The Mets medical staff? FIRE THEM! The Mets minor league scouting system? FIRE THEM ALL! Howard Johnson as the hitting instructor?!?! Besides homeruns and meaningless RBIs, he wasn't a very good hitter himself in the majors. FIRE HIM! Razor Shines at third? FIRE HIM! Jerry Manuel, a manager the entire league knows is incompetent? FIRE HIM! And Omar Minaya? FIRE HIM too!
Let's clean house. And perhaps we can start at the top level and hope the Wilpon's REALLY got screwed by Madoff. By losing millions upon millions of dollars in his ponzi scheme (allegedly), perhaps they'll realize they can't afford ownership of this team any more and sell the Mets to some real baseball people, so us fans don't have to wait another 20 plus years for a championship.
The Mets fell to the Braves yesterday (on national TV no less) by a score of 7-1. They dropped 3 of 4 in Atlanta (nothing new there... when the Braves were good, they beat the Mets. When the Braves are bad, they still beat the Mets) and if you take away the Mets 4-run explosion in the ninth inning of Saturday's game, the team totaled 5 runs in the entire 4 game series! It keeps getting worse and worse. The latest Met injury sees Fernando Nieve on the DL with a strained right quadriceps.
Now 9 games behind the red-hot Phillies, the Mets' season is hopelessly over at this point. Please don't remind me of the '69 squad that was 10 games back in August. That team had great pitching and pretty good defense. This team has Johan Santana - and that's it.
The Mets must decide now if they want to be sellers or buyers. The problem is they have nothing to sell and no reason to buy. Blame it on the minor league system that has turned out 2 everyday players over the past 20 years. And of those two, Reyes is still on the disabled list and Wright can't hit for power or in the clutch anymore.Come to think of it, if I ran my business the way the Mets run theirs, I'd be OUT of business!
The Mets medical staff? FIRE THEM! The Mets minor league scouting system? FIRE THEM ALL! Howard Johnson as the hitting instructor?!?! Besides homeruns and meaningless RBIs, he wasn't a very good hitter himself in the majors. FIRE HIM! Razor Shines at third? FIRE HIM! Jerry Manuel, a manager the entire league knows is incompetent? FIRE HIM! And Omar Minaya? FIRE HIM too!
Let's clean house. And perhaps we can start at the top level and hope the Wilpon's REALLY got screwed by Madoff. By losing millions upon millions of dollars in his ponzi scheme (allegedly), perhaps they'll realize they can't afford ownership of this team any more and sell the Mets to some real baseball people, so us fans don't have to wait another 20 plus years for a championship.
Labels: clean house, fire truck, Madoff, secret, Wilpons
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