I’ll start off the day-after post with a fun fact: Brett Favre threw more TD’s yesterday (6) than the Mets lineup had hits (4). Wow. (Side note: coming soon, jetstailgate.com….. just kidding)
I was surprised to see a lot of the Mets blogs take this loss pretty lightly. There seemed to be a lot of “focus on the positives” and “thanks for the memories” type sentiment. I don’t buy this. I was glad to see Metstradamus take a more angered approach to the collapse, mostly directed at the bullpen. I really don’t accept the idea that fans should be thankful that the Mets made it interesting this season after starting off so poorly. I look at the 2008 season from start to finish. In spring training, the Mets looked like a championship team. They added the best lefty in the game, Johan Santana, and projected to have a lineup among the 3 or 4 best in the NL. How could this squad miss the playoffs? They did miss the playoffs, and therefore the 2008 Mets, with the highest payroll in the NL, were a disappointment.
I plan to look forward to next season, and not dwell on 2008. Assessing what went wrong (the bullpen) and what went right (the offense and generally the starting pitching) is of importance. Determining which players will be back and those that will be sent packing is the task at hand for Omar Minaya. Check back here for my thoughts on this topic, as well as postseason awards analysis, playoff predictions and Mets top 10 lists.
Additionally, I kind of feel bad for batting Scott Schoeneweis leadoff in my Mets 25th Hour post, as he had a tough week. His wife gave birth to a premature baby this week, and Scott was basically in tears following yesterday’s game. My thoughts go out to Scott and his family.
Monday, September 29, 2008
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Can you please write an article bashing the Shea faithful for booing Al Lieter at yesterdays ceremonies. I didn't actually see it happen but I heard about it from a few sources. That's pretty ridiculous if you ask me even if he did get pissed at Kazmir for changing the music in the weight room.
Also this trade Wright shit is pissing me off. People need to relax. I do hope he gets traded though, to the yankees for Melky and Ian Kennedy. Then Arod moves to short and Jeter to second. In this fantasy of mine Cano gets traded to Seattle for Bedard.
Apparently the fans booed Leiter initially when he was announced, but eventually broke into loud applause. I think it was a way of saying "hey man why are you a YANKEES announcer?" while simultaneously showing appreciation for his 7 great years in Flushing.
David Wright, Jose Reyes, and Carlos Beltran are not going anywhere (unless the package is so ridiculously good that it can't be turned down). I read a column by some moron today who suggested Wright be traded. What an overreaction. The guy had a poor season in the "clutch" or whatnot, but he is one of the top 10 or so players in the game. Columns like those are just a way to increase readership and get people talking.
It got me thinking though - what would John Sterling's call on D-Wright's homers be? I'm guessing it would be along the lines of "DAVID HAS THE WRIGHT STUFF!" or something equally corny.
In all fairness, Leiter is most likely a Yankees announcer because Omar the Wilpons totally f'd him in the a by not signing him to a one year deal when he even agreed to take a significant paycut. Al Leiter loved being a met and I think even a little booing is totally out of line.
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