You Can't Lose Them All
The Happy Recap: Mets 18, Cubs 5
After losing in Atlanta to the Braves in humiliating fashion like they always seem to do, then dropping the first two games in Chicago against the Cubs, the Mets bats finally came alive highlighted by Ruben Tejada, who hit his first Major League home run and had 5 rbis on the day, proving once and for all, no matter how bad you are, you just can't lose them all.
THE GOOD: Let's just concentrate on this game for the good, because there really isn't that much else. On our last post, we called for low expectations from this team, and they've certainly obliged. But yesterday, the team scored 5 runs in 3 different innings in a game that David Wright didn't even play in. Angel Pagan drove in 3 runs. Luis Hernandez went 3-for-7 and is really looking to be a bright spot at second base. Carlos Beltran's getting better day after day and perhaps we can look forward to a monster season from him, next year. Ike Davis had a four-hit game, which hopefully gives him some needed confidence, as the league has slowly been exposing him at the plate, making him look more and more like Daniel Murphy each day. Josh Thole has earned the title "Mets catcher in the future" and continues to impress - especially when your competition is Hank White, Rod Barajas, and the ever-offensive Brian Schneider from last year. (Remember when we had Mike Piazza... Todd Hundley... Gary Carter... Jerry Grote?)
And of course Ruben Tejada. 2-for-4, a home run, 5 rbis, and still hitting under .200.
THE BAD: Until yesterday's game, every game has been Jeff Francoeur Appreciation Night, as his ex-teammates continued to honor the recently traded rightfielder by swinging at first pitch non-strikes, never working the count, and generally displaying no discipline at the plate whatsoever. Upon hearing the news that the Mets put up 18 runs against Chicago, loyal Met fan Hunter Greenwood's first question was: did they win? And when that's the response, you know things are bad.
The Cubs have Starlin Castro as their young phenom to build their team around. He's hitting .317 and impressing just about everyone on offense and defense and will probably win the Rookie of the Year award. The Mets have .059 hitting Lucas Duda. The Cubs played 22-homerun hitting and perennial All-Star Aramis Ramirez at third base. The Mets have career minor leaguer and .146 hitting Mike Hessman, who really should never get another at-bat in the major leagues. The Cubs have hot-headed Carlos Zambrano, who makes a ton of money for doing nothing and actually beat the Mets the other night. The Mets have Ollie Perez, who makes a ton of money and can't even see action in an 18-5 laugher in a mop-up roll.
The Cubs are bad, yet they still outclass the Mets. Here's another example:
The Cubs realized they had a manager who has clearly seen the game pass him by and politely asked him to "retire" (folks, has there ever been a manager who's stock has fallen more than Lou Pinella, now considered a laughing-stock after some brilliant seasons early on in his managerial career). Not surprisingly, since the woefully inept Pinella's left, the Cubs have been 8-3 before yesterday. Likewise, when Baltimore realized their manager was a stiff, they replaced him with Buck Showalter and the team's gone 17-12 since (and Baltimore at the time was vying for worst record in baseball - ever!). The Mets however, recognize they have a problem, but continue to let Jerry Manuel manage.
"Oh, I know I have cancer, but I'm waiting for next year before I get treatment". Ridiculous, yet that's exactly the team's approach. Once again, we've said it over and over: it's not so much the fact the Mets are bad that have the fans fuming. It's the continual rewarding of incompetence from just about every level of the organization that makes this team so hard to root for.
THE UGLY: Few things are uglier than when a multimillion dollar organization has been hit so hard that they need to fly their high-ranking executives in coach - which apparently is the case with Omar Minaya and the Mets. No wonder the Mets hands are tied and haven't made any deals to help this team after the All-Star break when everyone else was at least trying to do something.
MLB needs to force the Wilpons to sell this team. They are not financially capable of running this team. Period.
Rumors have swirled about the Wilpon's getting hit hard by the Bernie Madoff ponzi scam, but they're not the only ones to give into greed. It's becoming increasing clear that they should just admit what happened, then sell the team before it gets listed in some bankruptcy procedure that's probably right around the corner as far as we know. At least then the fans can get back to rooting for a team with some financial where-with-all before the Mets turn into the Pittsburgh Pirates. Oh,wait... the Pittsburgh Pirates MAKE money!
After losing in Atlanta to the Braves in humiliating fashion like they always seem to do, then dropping the first two games in Chicago against the Cubs, the Mets bats finally came alive highlighted by Ruben Tejada, who hit his first Major League home run and had 5 rbis on the day, proving once and for all, no matter how bad you are, you just can't lose them all.
THE GOOD: Let's just concentrate on this game for the good, because there really isn't that much else. On our last post, we called for low expectations from this team, and they've certainly obliged. But yesterday, the team scored 5 runs in 3 different innings in a game that David Wright didn't even play in. Angel Pagan drove in 3 runs. Luis Hernandez went 3-for-7 and is really looking to be a bright spot at second base. Carlos Beltran's getting better day after day and perhaps we can look forward to a monster season from him, next year. Ike Davis had a four-hit game, which hopefully gives him some needed confidence, as the league has slowly been exposing him at the plate, making him look more and more like Daniel Murphy each day. Josh Thole has earned the title "Mets catcher in the future" and continues to impress - especially when your competition is Hank White, Rod Barajas, and the ever-offensive Brian Schneider from last year. (Remember when we had Mike Piazza... Todd Hundley... Gary Carter... Jerry Grote?)And of course Ruben Tejada. 2-for-4, a home run, 5 rbis, and still hitting under .200.
THE BAD: Until yesterday's game, every game has been Jeff Francoeur Appreciation Night, as his ex-teammates continued to honor the recently traded rightfielder by swinging at first pitch non-strikes, never working the count, and generally displaying no discipline at the plate whatsoever. Upon hearing the news that the Mets put up 18 runs against Chicago, loyal Met fan Hunter Greenwood's first question was: did they win? And when that's the response, you know things are bad.
The Cubs have Starlin Castro as their young phenom to build their team around. He's hitting .317 and impressing just about everyone on offense and defense and will probably win the Rookie of the Year award. The Mets have .059 hitting Lucas Duda. The Cubs played 22-homerun hitting and perennial All-Star Aramis Ramirez at third base. The Mets have career minor leaguer and .146 hitting Mike Hessman, who really should never get another at-bat in the major leagues. The Cubs have hot-headed Carlos Zambrano, who makes a ton of money for doing nothing and actually beat the Mets the other night. The Mets have Ollie Perez, who makes a ton of money and can't even see action in an 18-5 laugher in a mop-up roll.
The Cubs are bad, yet they still outclass the Mets. Here's another example:
The Cubs realized they had a manager who has clearly seen the game pass him by and politely asked him to "retire" (folks, has there ever been a manager who's stock has fallen more than Lou Pinella, now considered a laughing-stock after some brilliant seasons early on in his managerial career). Not surprisingly, since the woefully inept Pinella's left, the Cubs have been 8-3 before yesterday. Likewise, when Baltimore realized their manager was a stiff, they replaced him with Buck Showalter and the team's gone 17-12 since (and Baltimore at the time was vying for worst record in baseball - ever!). The Mets however, recognize they have a problem, but continue to let Jerry Manuel manage.
"Oh, I know I have cancer, but I'm waiting for next year before I get treatment". Ridiculous, yet that's exactly the team's approach. Once again, we've said it over and over: it's not so much the fact the Mets are bad that have the fans fuming. It's the continual rewarding of incompetence from just about every level of the organization that makes this team so hard to root for.
THE UGLY: Few things are uglier than when a multimillion dollar organization has been hit so hard that they need to fly their high-ranking executives in coach - which apparently is the case with Omar Minaya and the Mets. No wonder the Mets hands are tied and haven't made any deals to help this team after the All-Star break when everyone else was at least trying to do something.
MLB needs to force the Wilpons to sell this team. They are not financially capable of running this team. Period.
Rumors have swirled about the Wilpon's getting hit hard by the Bernie Madoff ponzi scam, but they're not the only ones to give into greed. It's becoming increasing clear that they should just admit what happened, then sell the team before it gets listed in some bankruptcy procedure that's probably right around the corner as far as we know. At least then the fans can get back to rooting for a team with some financial where-with-all before the Mets turn into the Pittsburgh Pirates. Oh,wait... the Pittsburgh Pirates MAKE money!
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