Comeback Nice, But a Loss is Still a Loss

A girl's either pregnant, or she's not. And so it goes with the New York Mets. While some will point to the team coming back from an early 6-run deficit only to lose 6-5 as a sign of heart, against a team like the Arizona Diamondbacks, I can't call this a moral victory. I call it a loss. Another bad loss.

Nelson Figueroa? At this point, I'd rather have Nelson Doubleday out there. Elmer Dessens on this team? I'd rather have Elmer Fudd. And Jerry Manuel managing? I'd rather have Jerry Lewis.

But, no... I'm not going to blame any one player for losing 3 of 4 to the D-Backs. No... for me, this is all on Omar Minaya, who - after bumbling a simple press conference - went on to do absolutely nothing while his counterparts from other teams wheeled and dealed until the trading deadline. We've said it once and we'll say it again:

Only the
Mets would
Allow this guy to
Run a ballclub.

There were pitchers out there available to be had, and Omar sat on his butt and did nothing. There were hitters out there that other teams got for a song, and Omar sat on his butt and did nothing. There are public speaking courses out there available for purchase, and Omar sits on his butt and does nothing.

And don't tell me that Omar has something working in the back of his mind that no one knows about and he's going to pounce on a great deal when everyone least expects it. That's something a smart GM may do - and in Omar's case, I don't buy it. I think he's just a bad GM. He's a GM that needs to be fired immediately, as all baseball executives know what a joke this guy has become.

The players saw him take action against Bastardazard, and it gave the team a short-lived jolt. The Mets won 5 straight, and I believe the team was looking for their GM to make some kind of move... make some kind of statement to show them that either help was on the way or that the team had a plan for the future. What did they get? total inaction. It's hard to watch other teams strengthen themselves without giving up a ton of talent, while your GM's playing checkers with the chess players.

No wonder the team's down and losing to the likes of Arizona. Why should the players play hard when Mets management seems content to sit around and tolerate incompetence. After all, everyone gets paid anyway, right?

We need to get rid of Omar so everyone from the fans to the GMs to the players start to take this team seriously again. You saw the press conference. Can there be another solution?