The Mets Way of Life

Orange and Blue Circus

2008-06-19T03:48:21Z

Tuesday's disaster is no way has gotten behind the New York Mets.

When you hoped the crazy day of the organization could just have reached its end with the 5pm press conference, last night's loss to the Angels started with Jerry Manuel and his superstar player, Jose Reyes, getting into an on-field disagreement on the first play of the game. From there, the newest era of Mets baseball looked just as bleak as the old, with sloppy play and unenthusiastic offense.

Then you wake up today and you see the New York papers labeling the Mets as a "disgrace" or a "joke". The New York Post even went as far as placing a clown nose on Fred and Jeff Wilpon and Omar Minaya.

While now the news is more than a day old, there's still a very bad feeling among the Mets. I feel more and more will begin to come out regarding the front office of this team, mainly regarding Jeff Wilpon and Tony Bernazard. And I think it'll be a good bet that nothing good comes.

Omar had his spin on how this was "his" decision, and he sold it well, but it's still hard to buy. I do believe he made the final call, but I also believe he was sat down in a room on Sunday at some point during the double header, and in a room of four with him, the Wilpons and Bernazard, I think it was three against one. Now I don't think he was told he must fire Willie, but I think he was starting to get the hint he was the only supporter.

But let's be real, if you needed a real example on what the problem is regarding this team, last night's game was perfect. Willie Randolph not having enough "fire" wasn't the issue for the poor play. A change was obviously needed, but it's a change within the players. There's gotta be some guy on that 25-man roster that stands up and makes it clear that people have to start getting the job done. Then, and only then, will this team succeed.

You can change manager, coaches, whatever... they can't help out this mess of a mentality the ball club has.

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Mets Fire Willie Randolph

2008-06-17T19:20:53Z

Well about 12 hours after it all happened, I'm finally able to bring myself to comment of the end of the disastrous saga that was ongoing with the Mets.

Around 3:15 EST this morning, Omar Minaya played "grim reaper" giving news to Willie Randolph, Rick Peterson and Tom Nieto that they were no longer part of the organization.

Now I'll try to break this down mainly on Willie's part. I find it a little ridiculous that he had to go all the way out to California and be told once he got back to the hotel after a game which the team won. Also I find it a little bizarre that now after winning three of four, and with the loss being in a game the team fought back, that he's getting the axe.

All this craziness started back in May when the team started slipping with the series against the Nationals, followed by an awful series with the Braves and a tough time in Colorado. After bouncing back following the original meeting with the Wilpons, the Mets once again stumbled in San Diego, with the bullpen losing three of the four games.

With returning home, it could be argued that Mets could've won all six games. The bullpen blew the first game, Wagner blew the second loss and then in the first game on Sunday's doubleheader they left a ton of runners on base in a comeback that came up short.

It's unfortunate that Willie lost his job for his players fully underachieving. I feel that with all that happened last September, the majority of this team quit on Willie. I'm not gonna sit here and call out certain guys, but there was too much of senseless baseball going on from a team that uses to show a lot of energy.

Willie leaves with a 302-253 record, including the best season record since 1986. Much criticism came to Willie that he wasn't "lighting a fire" under this team, but I feel Willie was very good in reaching out to his players, I just think this team absolutely gave up on him as their guy.

Jerry Manuel will take over on an interim basis. Manuel was AL Manager of the Year in 2000 while with the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox also had the best record in baseball that season. It's hard to think that there will be anything different with handling this team with Manuel running things, as he's always seemed a lot like Willie. We'll see, only time will tell.

I feel bad for Willie, I really do. But Willie is gonna be okay. After some time home with family, he'll start feeling better about himself, especially with getting away from this mess. But Mets fans, I don't know if I can say we'll be okay. This organization has baffled me so many times in my lifetime, and I'm only 20. I thought we were passed these poor handled moves from the front office, but it's clear that's not the case. I'm not saying this season is over, but there's still a cloud around this team. It's hard for me to say we're past the worst from the 25 guys who wear the uniform.

What a Disaster

2008-06-13T08:01:59Z

While 2007 was "the choke", 2008 has so far been "the mess".

Every game seems to be a new form of torture provided by the Mets. After being on a roll and winning seven of nine, the Mets have dropped six of seven. And when you really think about it, they should be on a four-game winning streak. But what this season has been about is finding ways to lose.

I'm a total loss as a fan. I try to find ways of being optimistic, but it's hard. Every day I'm basically saying "it can't get any worse from here", but it does. After Thursday's loss, me and every other Mets fan were saying that was the worst one yet. I feel like we've said that about a dozen times this season.

Thankfully Wednesday's game turned out to be a win with Beltran's homer, but it still felt awful. I'm typically the guy always pumped, jumping up and down screaming, when there's a walk-off. But on Wednesday, after losing Pelfrey's gem and ending up in the 13th inning, it was a dejected victory.

I don't blame Willie, and I really may be one of the final few who actually support the guy. I really just feel bad for him. This team is only proving to be more and more inept the deeper into the season we go.

And early this season, there were definitely things that happened during games that frustrated the fans, but this team wasn't completely dropping dead from every bad thing that went on. Now, since that four-game series against the Nationals at Shea, if something goes wrong, this team is basically shot dead. There's no fight. I don't know how many times I have to say this.

So with 29 games until the All-Star break, and 97 games remaining on the season, it's time to try the "shake it up" effect. You can't really do it by cutting players, because they just don't have anything to fill in more holes. And I really don't think it's firing Willie and promoting say Jerry Manual. I feel that way for two reason; 1) it doesn't change anything and 2) I don't think anyone on the current staff could be a good manager. So my thought? Fire the staff. Do what was done in 1999 again. Fire them from Rick Peterson and down. You can't say they've been helping. And by doing this, you're making it clear to players that they need to turn it around, and you're sending a message to your manager. I'd basically clean out the staff today and tell Willie he has until the All-Star break to at least start turning this around.

I want to see the Mets go 21-8 before the break. This team hasn't been on an extended streak in about two years now. A very loud message needs to be sent through the Mets organization, because right now nobody seems to get it.

It's time for a change. You'd be foolish to think things can be kept the way they are, considering the way things are now is currently a failed operation. Failure doesn't work anywhere, especially New York.

Driving Home into a Brick Wall

2008-06-09T07:48:39Z

Yikes. And I mean yikes. The move forward seemed to be taking place. But what happened? The San Diego Padres, the team who had the worst NL record when this series began, just swept four games right away from the Mets. Damn.

The first three games of this series it felt like a the New York Mets version of a Twilight Zone episode. 2-1, 2-1, 2-1. One game ended with a walk-off HBP, in an inning that featured three walks to load up the bases. And then another came on a walk-off homer in a ballpark that's very hard to hit home runs. The Sunday's game, 8-6, was a very tough defeat.

The ex-Met Tony Clark was the source of Sunday evening's nightmare. With Billy Wagner coming in for a four out save, after seeming to be squeezed on a strike three call, Clark crushed a home run all the way to dead center. Ball game. Ouch.

Gary Cohen said it best after the game, "what the heck is going on here?"

So all that good has basically been wiped away. Entering with the second game of the series vs. the Marlins at Shea, the Mets were three games under. Now with all the play that was being labeled as "newly inspiring" from this group, has gone to waste, they're two games under .500.

Maybe they just need to get off the West Coast. It is kinda crazy that this is three times in a row now they're road trips have ended up in the rockies or even more west. But all they're coming home to is a three games series with the pitchers being Brandon Webb, Micah Owings and Danny Harren. That's like a mean joke. The Mets will counter with John Maine, Mike Pelfrey and Johan Santana.

It is very early Monday morning right now, about 4am on the East Coast (yes, it's a shame that I'm awake), but expect much of the talk to be regarding Willie Randolph's job once you get to Boomer and Carton and then Benigno and Roberts on the FAN. Luckily my early glancings at the Daily News don't seem to have much mention of Willie. I know I've said before it's not his fault, but more than ever this weekend was not his fault. He put his team in situations to win the game four days in a row, and they didn't win once.

Wednesday afternoon we were saying what a difference a week makes. Well, what a difference a weekend makes.

This isn't a matter of something major needing to happen, there's no major overhaul necessary at the moment. All that has to happen is this team needs to figure out ways to win ball games.

Since I've Been Gone

2008-06-06T07:58:02Z

Well unfortunately I've had a bit of a lay off here, things have gotten a bit hectic. But as I've been gone the Mets have had a seemingly good road trip, although the record only shows 2-2 thus far. The good news is with three remaining, Johan Santana and Pedro Martinez will be on the mound for two.

I was at Sunday night's game against the Dodgers, my first game since the debacle of May 20. Let me tell you, this was a team on a mission that night. I made a note in my Sunday morning post that I felt Santana would throw a tremendous game, and indeed he did, going 7-2/3 only allowing five hits and one run. But as a whole there was just a certain level on intensity that the Mets were bringing that we haven't seen outside of that home stand,

The road trip started off poorly, with an extremely underwhelming performance from Oliver Perez. Perez got just one out and was tagged for six runs. It was ugly, definitely the ugliest. And now Perez has been mostly terrible starts all season. Outside of a few good ones, he's been bad. And if he hasn't been bad the whole way through, he's been bad for at least one inning before making his exit. Something has to be straightened out with him, and it has to happen soon.

Tuesday and Wednesday we finally got to celebrate St. Pedro's Day followed by the Maine Event. To no surprise the two guys who are winners helped the Mets to a win. It was great seeing Pedro out there on Tuesday, seeming very healthy. He even stretched himself out by throwing 109 pitches and even hitting 92 on the gun. Excellent job by Pedro and it seems like he'll be a weapon as long as he stays healthy. Then John Maine did his thing again, seeming to be totally in control, despite one tough error behind him. Maine's been great. In his Mets career, their record is 38-25 when he takes the mound. Outstanding, and surprisingly that the best winning percentage the Mets have for any pitcher in their history.

My final note will be Jose Reyes. The man has been hot. Even though they lost tonight, the only run of the game was a total Jose Reyes run. His inspiring play has definitely lead to a newly inspired Mets team. Have to be happy about that, Mets fans.

Well Johan will be on the mound tonight, wayyyy late. I guess it still kinda feels like post-night of a tough loss against the Pads. I trust that the Johan will get us back on track.

Now We're Playing Baseball!

2008-06-01T11:43:23Z

Mets fans have been waiting a long time this season for the Mets to start playing with some intensity. Well after all the issues have been put behind, the Mets have won four of five, and have shown the comeback ability as of late.

Twice so far on this home stand they've done something which they only did once all year so far, and that's come back when trailing after six innings. And then the only game they lost (Friday against the Dodgers) was a night they came back two separate times, only to have Aaron Heilman give the game up after a bad call at first base. Even with the loss this team clearly did not put themselves down.

Saturday seemed like it may have been another one of those days. The first run for the Dodgers scored on a dropped catch by Jose Reyes. Chad Billinglsey then shut down the Mets offense for seven innings. And so many times this year when a starter has shut down the Mets and we've passed that six inning point, they just seemed to turn off the light switch. Not this time. With Jonathan Broxton on in relief, the Mets started it again. David Wright lead it off with a double and then Carlos Beltran belted a two-run homer to tie it. Just like that the Mets were back and this game seemed to be theres. The Beltran homer was great, because Carlos has been coming up a bit shy in the big spots, as has everyone. But it was good for Beltran to come through with one swing. It continued with Carlos Delgado getting a single and then being pinch run for with Nick Evans. Sacrifice bunt, intentional walk, Fernando Tatis single- the Mets are now up 3-2. Then obviously Enter Sandman and exit Dodgers. Great win.

That was a huge one for the Mets to get yesterday because now you have Johan Santana taking the mound tonight trying to cap off a great home stand which he started back on Tuesday. The Mets get to send their ace out there trying to finish the Shea stop at 5-2, and create some serious momentum going out to San Francisco with the one and only Pedro Martinez waiting to take the mound on Tuesday.

It's good timing for the Mets to get hot right now. Yes, they're headed out west, but it's against two very weak teams in the Giants and Padres. No Tim Lincecum for the Giants (he pitches today) and no Jake Peavy or Chris Young for the Padres (both on the DL).

Tonight I have a very good feeling for Johan Santana. National game, a chance for his team to gain some serious heat, and of course being on the mound in front of what should be a rockin' crowd at Shea. He should be ready to rock. I will be part of that rockin' crowd, as I have myself another Sunday game. I always like the Sunday night games once the weather is nice out. There's usually a very good atmosphere in the stadium, especially when your team is winning. And coming off the past few victories the Mets have had, I expect a tremendous group out at Shea.

Let's Go Mets!

All Wright Now

2008-05-30T06:39:42Z

David Wright powered the Mets to a 8 to 4 victory over the Dodgers last night. His two home runs and four RBI lead the Mets way to their third consecutive victory, the first time they've hit a winning streak of three since April 26 through 29. Claudio Vargas earned his second win of the season.

Wright got the Mets going in the third with his first of two two-run homers. Then in the fourth when the inning seemed to be over, catcher interference was called on Russell Martin and the inning extended with only two outs. From there, Jose Reyes got a single, followed by a Luis Castillo double that allowed two runs to score after a throwing error, only followed by Wright second homer.

Vargas hit a little rough patch after the big inning, only allowing the Dodgers to get back into a little. Not much came from it, as Endy Chavez and Brian Schneider provided back to back daggers with RBI singles in the seventh, make it an 8 to 4 ball game which didn't change from there.

The most alarming thing from last night's game is that all eight runs came with two outs. Try to wrap your head around that Mets fans. This team, who seems incredibly inept with runners on and two outs, found their way to get eight across in those situations. Great job.

People can comment on how David Wright isn't "feeling", but one-third into the season he has 11 home runs and 40 RBI. I'll take it.

If anyone was watching the game on SNY as I was, you saw they totally cut to commercial before the catcher interference call was made in the fourth, which forced the Reyes at-bat to be missed. Bad job by SNY cutting to commercial before team's even really leave the field. They also made a little mistake on Sunday during the game on CW11.

But really a great victory. Things feel a lot better than they did on Monday. You have to feel good about things as a Mets fan right now, as things seem to be on the up side. Just stay inspired and keep it going, boys.

We Needed That

2008-05-29T16:27:32Z

Last night's 7 to 6 victory over the Marlins was exactly what the Mets have been looking for since this season started. From top to bottom it was pretty much a perfectly scripted game. I think the only flaw you can point out for the Mets was Oliver Perez giving up three home runs.

Now while Duaner Sanchez got the win despite practically being the loser, this win goes to the bullpen. What a tremendous job by Scott Schoeneweis, Aaron Heilman, Billy Wagner and Sanchez. They sat down 18 of the 19 they had to face, the only one being the homer given up by Sanchez. And they did this entirely being in control, combining for nine strikeouts.

Then of course the extra bounce the Mets seemed to have in their step yet again proved to lead to a win. Once the Mets fell behind in the sixth for some reason I felt this was the night we had our big comeback. The only other comeback came against the Nationals on April 17, and it was really nothing that big. But last night had the feel of a big one. While sitting there in the ninth with Endy Chavez up and behind in the count, there was just a feel that Endy would do something. Who would've thought that something was a game tying home run. And then it was really fitting that in the 12th inning the game was in the hands of Fernando Tatis, the guy trying to resurrect his career. Once again behind in the count, he ripped it down the line scoring David Wright and Carlos Beltran to get the walk-off win. We knew this team had it in them, but it's good to finally see some resiliency.

That's the attitude they need. For the first time in a while I can say this team looks like they believe in themselves. Now there's two games, time to make something big out of it.

YEA BABY!

2008-05-29T02:52:24Z

In my post following Monday's loss, I had the following to say:

"all this team needs is a big, dramatic, comeback win"

And man, did we wait a long time for one like this.

There was a certain energy coming from this team once again tonight and it started off well with a Luis Castillo homerun. The reserves did well again and Jose Reyes hit another homerun as the Mets had the lead. However, Oliver Perez fell apart after his great start, surrendering three homeruns and the Mets were once again trailing after six innings. And we all know the stat, 1-19. Well in the ninth inning against the Marlins closer Kevin Gregg, Endy Chavez turned on one to tie it up. Fast forward to the 12th inning as Duaner Sanchez, who looked awesome, just had Amezega kinda get lucky and tie the game up with a homerun. So can we do it? David Wright walks. Beltran singles. After an Easley strike out, the unlikely hero, Fernando Tatis won the game with a double into the left field corner. What a game.

A really awesome game, and I had a great feeling the whole time about this one, and I have no idea why. Great job by the bullpen, great job by the offense finally showing some guts and some fight, and great way to not quit.

You gotta love it, this is what we need. I feel good right now, all of us should feel good right now, and based on that celebration, I know the Mets feel damn good right now.

WOOO! METS WIN!

Let's Keep it Rolling

2008-05-28T22:35:05Z

The Mets look to take the final game of this three game series against the NL East leading Marlins. With another lefty going for the Marlins, Scott Olson, Willie Randolph will send out the same lineup that found the Mets a victory last night. So yes, Carlos Delgado is once again on the bench.

It's a big night for Oliver Perez who needs to be on top of his game. It's a must for him to pitch the way he did against the Yankees on that Sunday night. Everyone within the Mets would be able to let out a big sigh of relief with a victory tonight, because the focus has to get back onto winning series.

The Mets need to focus on the task at hand, which is tonight's game. That means no thinking "hey we played great last night". Worry about Scott Olson and the Marlins tonight and just take care of business.

This is worth a note, as Jay Horwitz, the Mets PR guy, is wearing his orange suit jacket. He was talked into wearing the jacket last night and the Mets won, so maybe we've found our good luck charm.

Let's get it done tonight, Ollie. Enjoy the game everyone.

LET'S GO METS!

Early Afternoon Notes

2008-05-28T17:25:44Z

Well it's nice to be waking up the night after a victory. It's been a rarity lately. So with the heat being off the Mets for at least a few more hours, I have a few notes to pass along on this Wednesday.

Pedro Martinez will make a rehab start in Single-A Port St. Lucie tonight. If all goes well Pedro expects to rejoin the Mets in San Francisco in order to start Tuesday night.

If you missed it, Matt Wise is back on the 15-day DL, leading to Carlos Muniz getting the call once again. There was some speculation that Aaron Heilman may be sent down to Triple-A, but with Wise on the DL that seems unlikely now.

Ryan Church fortunately has no brain damage, as results came back negative from his visit with a neurologist yesterday. However it is still unknown as to when Church will be OK to play.

Marlon Anderson, who was placed on the 15-day DL over the weekend after injuring his hamstring, turns out to have a torn hamstring. Anderson says he can walk now but cannot run.

The Mets currently aren't getting much love on the NL All-Star ballot, as no Met is in the lead at their respective position as of today. I have a good feeling this is because of the large amount of frustrated fans in the first two months of the season. Maybe things will change.

This team is better

2008-05-27T20:37:46Z

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.

Same Old Song

2008-05-27T02:19:33Z

A day you thought would've been perfect for the Mets to start a turnaround turned out to be just a typical day in the 2008 story. The Mets lost 7 to 3 the night after Willie Randolph received a temporary vote of confidence from the front office.

What can you say at this point? It started out awful with the Jose Reyes error, ultimately leading to two runs in the first. But then it seemed like the Mets woke up. Reyes homered and they added a few more hits after that and we had a tied game. The in the second Reyes homered again and all of a sudden the Mets were in the lead. From there, all you had to do was drop in your seat and say "here we go again".

Mike Pelfrey struggled with two outs in the fourth and once you blinked the Marlins were up 6 to 3. The Mets got the tying run to the play in the fifth with two on and none out, but from there the next 15 hitters were sat down and the game simply came to an end, once again on the losing side.

I'm out of comments. I know that all this team needs is a big, dramatic, comeback win, but I knew it wasn't gonna happen tonight. They only have one win when trailing after six innings. Pathetic.

Then things got even worse once the fans started chanting "Fire Willie" and strongly booing Carlos Delgado. It was an overall ugly night at Shea Stadium, and it seems like nothing has changed in the last week now.

Things are going bad, and I don't know how they can be fixed. This isn't Willie's fault, and if you've watched any of these last eight games closely, you know it's not Willie's fault. These guys taking the field need to take a good, long look at themselves and need to realize they need to start playing at a different. Then, and only then, will this team turn things around.

It's been painful, Mets fans, but just hang on. After all, that's why we're fans.

Let's See a Pulse

2008-05-26T22:37:50Z

Maybe, just maybe, the dramatic episode has come to a close. The meeting is over and Willie Randolph is still the manager of the New York Mets.

Now what's next?

Well for starters it's the Florida Marlins followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers on a seven-game home stand. Tonight will be Mike Pelfrey against Ricky Nolasco, a guy who's career ERA is over 10 against the Mets. With all that's happened in the last 10 days, if this team can't be inspired tonight, then I don't what would do the trick.

Let me take you back to exactly 10 days ago. The Mets were about to send Claudio Vargas to the mound in his Mets debut against the Nationals. At this point, it was still very possible for the Mets to go 5-2 on that home stand, and you were just hoping Vargas could do a decent job. It was wasted, only to be capped off with Aaron Heilman having a disturbing outing that night. Since then everything has seemingly gone down hill, when that night it really wasn't that bad. Now maybe today, 10 days later, with the press conference complete, we can move forward and away. Because as easily as a bad stretch comes, a good stretch can come. And if the next 10 days are a complete 180 from the last 10, then I think the Orange and Blue life is a little better.

I have a good feeling that this team will come out playing well tonight. I would hope they feel a bit of a burden is off their back now that Willie's job status seems clear for now, but they still need to get the burden of not playing well off their back.

I just hope the fans come out in support of their team and in support of their manager tonight. Times have been bad, but maybe we should all try and move forward right now. I'm listening to Willie Randolph on WFAN right now and he seems very upbeat and very optimistic. That's the type of inspiring play I want to see from the Mets tonight.

LET'S GO METS!

Judgement Day Awaits Willie

2008-05-26T03:42:22Z

The Mets are headed back home with things having gotten a whole lot worse since they left back on the 15th (remember the 1-0 loss?). A dreadful 3-6 road trip, which started out 2-0, ended dropping two out of three to the Colorado Rockies, who hold the second worst record in the league, and practically fielded a Triple-A lineup this afternoon. The Mets will take the field tomorrow night at Shea Stadium at 23-25. But more importantly, the Mets may take the field without Willie Randolph, as a morning meeting with the Wilpons awaits him.

The week started with his comments, while maybe a little stupid, not really an issue in my mind (which is why I haven't commented on it). The team in no way helped out their manager after that, dropping four disgusting games to the Braves and then playing a pathetic series against the Rockies.

Thankfully the Mets pulled out a win on Saturday, because this series was as ugly as the Braves. Friday's 13-inning loss had a lot of sting to it. I don't blame Billy Wagner, he was gonna give one up eventually, it was just bad timing. But man, this team had so many opportunities that night and took advantage of none. And then today was basically the script I've seen too many times, which is John Maine's doing fine and the moment he gets the grounder he needs for a double play, it gets right by the one and only Jose Reyes. Unbelievable.

I don't wanna say what will happen. It's a hell of a thing to predict a manager's firing on Memorial Day. But if it happens, I won't be surprised. I'm not saying it's the right or wrong move, but I won't be surprised if this is the case come around 3 PM tomorrow.

I really think Willie has shown to be a good manager, I just feel that everything is falling around him. He may pay the price, and it'll be a shame. Now some may say I'm crazy for thinking he's done good things here, but he really has. Think back to 2006, when Pedro, El Duque and Cliff Floyd all went down with injuries and then Steve Trachsel was unprepared for the postseason. Willie still made things work, and give him a ton of credit for rolling the dice with Maine and Ollie and finding away to make this team stay upbeat at that time. But now it's like he's lost everyone but Wright and Wagner, and I'll include Ryan Church and Brian Schneider, but they've only been here seven weeks. It's troubling as a fan to watch a team with so much talent just practically give up.

I don't know what tomorrow holds. I hope Willie doesn't get fired, but I also hope the front office finds away to fix this. Something has to be done, because obviously things cannot continue the way they are.

I wish I could elaborate more, but after this road trip I am mentally shot as a Mets fan. Tomorrow morning I'll have some good things, especially after everything will Willie and the Wilpons goes down.

Happy Memorial Day.