Well after yesterdays game we can’t say that we haven’t seen it all now !! Can we? I just wonder if I was the only one that predicted the grand slam that K-ROD gave up to lose the game? Does it even matter anymore ??!!?? Okay so it is apparent that the Mets did everything in their power to keep Jose Reyes of the operating room table – makes you wonder if they ever do anything ” proactive” – Nahhh to do something proactive would mean they wouldn’t let half their roster play in the WBC !! No to be proactive would be have brand new inviting stadium that as soon as you walked into it you would know YOUR team played there !!! To be proactive would entailed firing your General Manager after he made the franchise of our favorite team look like the most incompetent boobs this side of the Dolan’s ( okay okay we’ve known that the Wilpons have been incompetent since Fred originally vetoed the idea of trading for Piazza) To paraphrase Jack Nicholson’s Joker in the first Batman movie – ” This team is in need of a enema!!” SO OWNERSHIP SHOULD FLUSH THE G.M. AND HIS SCOUTING DEPARTMENT AND MOST OF THE COACHING STAFF DOWN THE ENVIORMENTALLY FRIENDLY TOILETS AT CITI FIELD !!!
Okay and now for the infamy
Celebrating Birthdays today
Onetime Mets outfielder who later on became a coach for the mother team – the late Chuck Hiller (1934) .
Pitcher Buzz Capra turns 62 (1947)
Starting pitcher Bob Myrick is 57 (1952)Â – He was later traded to the Texas Rangers for pitcher Dock Ellis
Brooklyn’s own Pete Falcone turns 56 Â (1953)Â His cousin is none other than former Mets coach Joe Pignitano.
One of baseballs most dominant closers from the ’80′s -Jeff Reardon is 54Â (1955) To think we traded him away to the Montreal Expos for that piece of crap Ellis Valentine !
One of our most reliable relief pitchers from ’99 – Chuck McElroy is 42 Â (1967)
Scrub pitcher who we traded Jay Payton for – John Thompson is 36  (1973)
Olympic medalist who barely could find the strike zone for us -Brandon Knight turns 34Â (1975)
New York Mets released outfielder Jim Gosger on this day in 1974.
Also on this date in 1974, New York Mets released pitcher Bob “Lefty‘ MillerÂ
New York Mets released pitcher Jon Adkins on October 1, 2007. Adkins was the other player we received in the Heath Bell / Royce Ring for Ben Johnson debacle
And lastly on this day in 2007 , The Mets granted free agency to fireballer Lino Urdetta
Lastly to end on a positive note – AT LEAST WE ARE PLAYING GAMES IN OCTOBER !!! ( somebody PLEASE !!! kill me !! )
6 comments
darknova306
10/1/2009-6:34am at 6:34 am (UTC -4)
I hear you, Rusty. I know it’s tough, but hang in there until Sunday (I know you will). The end of Sunday will truly be the definition of a mercy killing… of the 2009 Mets’ season. Swept by a 100-loss team. Wow. I wonder how long it’ll take me to get past the numbness this season has instilled in me.
prismo
10/1/2009-6:57am at 6:57 am (UTC -4)
A “100 loss team” means a lot less when our own team will end up with nearly 95 losses.
darknova306
10/1/2009-8:02am at 8:02 am (UTC -4)
Agreed. I’m saying that the team we have on the field right now shouldn’t be THIS bad. We really seem like more of a train wreck than the Nats, and that’s saying something right there. Ugh.
trs86
10/1/2009-8:57am at 8:57 am (UTC -4)
Actually one of the most under-performing teams besides the Mets this season HAS been the Nats. Look at their offense, especially before trading Johnson. Their staff was young with potential. Acta drove the team into the ground and actually produced worse fielding and base running than the Mets. We may think, he they are the Nats but they were setup to contend or at least be .500. That is why they went out and spend money on Dunn.
darknova306
10/1/2009-9:41am at 9:41 am (UTC -4)
Yes, but we shouldn’t be getting swept by this horribly underperforming Nats team. This series was truly pathetic.
trs86
10/1/2009-9:54am at 9:54 am (UTC -4)
No doubt, not making excuses. Just saying that right now, even on paper, they are a better team than us.