This team is better
If you take the last 162 games the Mets have played, they are 79-83, four games worse than they were in Willie Randolph's first year as manager. Mets fans have been stumbling all over the place in search of answers the last few weeks, trying to figure out why this team is struggling so much. It makes no sense at all that a team that is built around the same core that was so dominant in 2006 and very successful through 130 games last season is basically lousy this season.
Maybe the wrong moves were made after the collapse. Maybe they shouldn't of counted on Carlos Delgado bouncing back or Moises Alou, Orlando Hernandez and Pedro Martinez staying healthy. Maybe they shouldn't of resigned Luis Castillo, who clearly was a player on the decline. You can go so many ways about, but truthfully, and I don't know how many Mets fans agree with me, this team is WAY better than this.
I know the old saying is you are as good as your record shows, but I think you'd be foolish to think this team is not good. They are absolutely underachieving, and I think it's quite clear that this team gives up. Last night was a great example as the final 15 hitters were sat down by relievers who I would in no way label "unhittable".
There's a lot wrong with this team, and eventually things are gonna have to be shaken up. Because things can not continue to go the way they are. Bench Castillo, maybe even release Delgado- do something! This formula is only equaling disaster, and it cannot continue.
I know Mets fans are basically saying "can it get any worse than this?" pretty much every day, and are painfully learning it can. So I won't sit here and say tonight's the night, because it's gonna take a lot more than one night.
I am a super-positive fan, the ultimate Mets optimist. I bring myself all the way from Jersey to Shea on more than occasion and spend every inning of this team either in front of a TV or with a radio by my side. And if I have something to do, I have my VCR set, no question. My point is that at a time when I've run out of good things to say about this team, you know it's bad. But, we gotta remember, we do not turn on our team, no matter how tired of things we get. Be there tonight, be in support of Johan and the Mets and let's try to get the ball rolling. I know when 7:10 comes I'll be plugged into Mets baseball, so no body better be jumping ship yet. Because after all, ya gotta believe.
Maybe the wrong moves were made after the collapse. Maybe they shouldn't of counted on Carlos Delgado bouncing back or Moises Alou, Orlando Hernandez and Pedro Martinez staying healthy. Maybe they shouldn't of resigned Luis Castillo, who clearly was a player on the decline. You can go so many ways about, but truthfully, and I don't know how many Mets fans agree with me, this team is WAY better than this.
I know the old saying is you are as good as your record shows, but I think you'd be foolish to think this team is not good. They are absolutely underachieving, and I think it's quite clear that this team gives up. Last night was a great example as the final 15 hitters were sat down by relievers who I would in no way label "unhittable".
There's a lot wrong with this team, and eventually things are gonna have to be shaken up. Because things can not continue to go the way they are. Bench Castillo, maybe even release Delgado- do something! This formula is only equaling disaster, and it cannot continue.
I know Mets fans are basically saying "can it get any worse than this?" pretty much every day, and are painfully learning it can. So I won't sit here and say tonight's the night, because it's gonna take a lot more than one night.
I am a super-positive fan, the ultimate Mets optimist. I bring myself all the way from Jersey to Shea on more than occasion and spend every inning of this team either in front of a TV or with a radio by my side. And if I have something to do, I have my VCR set, no question. My point is that at a time when I've run out of good things to say about this team, you know it's bad. But, we gotta remember, we do not turn on our team, no matter how tired of things we get. Be there tonight, be in support of Johan and the Mets and let's try to get the ball rolling. I know when 7:10 comes I'll be plugged into Mets baseball, so no body better be jumping ship yet. Because after all, ya gotta believe.
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