Like the Mets, I have decided to take some time off from writing. While my sabbatical was approximately a week, the Mets have taken about the last 162 games off (their record is 79-83 over that span, to be exact). Therefore, although I hoped that they would awake from their year-long slumber after their weekend sweep of the Yankees 8 days ago, it looks like this team needs to adopt Barack Obama’s theme of change this season. However, I do not believe this change should be limited to the manger’s office (although Willie deserves his fair shame of blame) as the Mets as an organization has basically performed like s**t from the owners box all the way down to the General Manger’s office.
While the Mets look good on paper– I thought they’d at least make it to the NLCS– they have played mostly uninspired baseball this season. When you are being paid millions of dollars to play a game it would be natural to expect that you always try your best to win. Players such as Derek Jeter may be overrated (please, no hate mail), he always plays to win the game. Whether it is legging out an infield single or getting hot chicks, Mr. Jeter always produces. However, instead of Derek Jeter leading our team we have players like Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado, who if they are not playing well add about as much character to your team as the inflatable dolls in the White Sox’s clubhouse. Sure David Wright tries to lead his team, but it is obvious to me that no one on the roster really gives two craps about what he says. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard Wright plead with his teammates to show some more fire and then they go out and lose 6-1 to the Nationals or something. It’s obvious that Willie Randolph, who makes Cleveland from Family Guy seem like an A-type personality (By the way, did you hear he is getting his own show?), is not the right manger for this team. However, the main culprit in all of this is Omar Minaya.
Mets fans should be calling for Minaya’s scalp considering he put this whole bag of s**t together. Yes, Mets fans, he was the genius who anointed Mosies Alou as the starting Left Fielder, a guy who hasn’t played a hundred games in like 10 years. And then to makes matters even worse, he didn’t see fit to get a fourth outfielder to sub in for said injury-prone outfielder. Now, with Ryan Church still stuck in the fog of his post-concussion syndrome, the Mets only have Carlos Beltran as a legitimate, major league-type player in the outfield (it just so happens that when the Mets have needed him the most, he has had a off year at the plate). Oh yeah, and how could I forget– he gave 25 million dollars to a second baseman who is clearly on the downside of his career and whose reputation as a good defender is grossly overstated (See the easy groundout he misplayed before Mike Pelfrey’s impulsion in Atlanta?). All of this is further compounded by the Mets’ shaky bullpen. I do not even remember the last time one of the supposed bullpen “stalwarts,” Duaner Sanchez, has pitched in a game, or the last time Aaron Heilman has not given up a game-winning hit.
Not only are the Mets not a championship team, but it’s pretty obvious they also lack championship talent. I would have trashed them more but I there is only so much I can write at one time. Just like most Met fans, I hate this team and do not see myself really liking it again for the remainder of the season. The only thing I would like from this team is change.
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