Comments on: METS CHAT ROOM: Game #158; Limping home.

By: dave

dave — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:22:19 +0000

I saw the meltdown on a post game show.

This guy is the best reliever in the game?

I hope the next two years is not like this.

Not that it matters because unless he is traded he will not pitch in the WS with this team.

By: Jeff M.

Jeff M. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:47:35 +0000

I forgot about the early start, then put the game on in the car as I was heading out to a meeting. 4-2 Met lead in the 9th, and I knew we were in trouble. Got where I was going just as the bases were loaded, switched off the game and came back out a couple of hours later — only to hear yet again the most familiar phrase of this season on the FAN update: “In a season full of horrible losses, tonight’s may have been the worst.” Come on, there’s GOT to be a limit on the number of times in one season you can say that THIS is the worst loss!

Then, of course, heard that Reyes tore a hamstring while running “last week” and will “probably” need surgery. Uh huh.

As for the earlier posts, the deRoulet era was definitely the deepest part of the bottom of a dark barrel. Not only did the team disintegrate and attendance fall to nothing, but the stadium itself was falling apart. When Doubleday and Wilpon came in it was like they breathed new life into the place, and the paint job and neon figures didn’t hurt. As has been noted numerous times on this blog, things were much better until Wilpon got Doubleday to sell out. It’s been pretty much downhill without him. Though, with a new stadium and the SNY network, they at least have a better physical and virtual infrastructure than they did in ’79. Now all they need is a team!

By: John Delcos

John Delcos — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:20:47 +0000

Yes, the ninth-inning meltdown began with an error, but even so Francisco Rodriguez had chances to get out of the inning before giving up the slam. … Let’s face it, for some reason most every outing has been an adventure for K-Rod this season. He has not looked good since the Castillo dropped pop-up game against the Yankees. … Right now, this is not a good signing.-JD

By: Dan Gurney

Dan Gurney — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:55:07 +0000

Annie: You have Joan Payson pretty accurate. Not interfering with capable people if you hit a brief rough patch is surprisingly hard to find. Look at the Mets fellow 1962 expansion team, the Houston Astros (Colt .45s). Their general manager was Paul Richards, a smart if acerbic person who in the 1950s had improved the WShite Sox and Orioles (although they didn’t win a pennant). Houston was better than the Mets early on and Richards had brought in good young talent like Joe Morgan, Rusty Staub, Jimmy Wynn, Larry Dierker, and Jerry Grote. But owner Roy Hofheinz got dissatisfied after four years and got rid of Richards. His successors were not able to bring in enough talent to surround this core (sound familiar?). Also getting rid of Rusty Staub because he refused to play when Senator Bobby Kennedy was murdered despite Commissioner Spike Eckert saying any players who wanted to take off if they wanted is very wrongheaded.

By: Dan Gurney

Dan Gurney — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:40:09 +0000

Looks like closer is a position the Mets have to figure out what to do with. The Angels may have known what they were doing last winter when they let K Rod walk (and grand slam).
Three strsight losses to the Gnats. Let’s hope they can treat the Braves like they treat us.

By: Annie Savoy

Annie Savoy — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:18:19 +0000

Dan(38) Steve (40) Thanks for the information – I’ve always thought of Joan Payson as a heroine for women who love baseball and there are a lot of us who do. I’m not surprised to hear that she was easy going and respectful enough to let the baseball people run the operation. Two World Series appearances in four years is a pretty good accomplishment.

By: TMS

TMS — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:27:54 +0000

They lost? What the?

By: Dan Gurney

Dan Gurney — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:37:30 +0000

You hate to say it but lots of times the sports owners that win are the demanding, often nasty times who really WANT to win: O’Malley, Steinbrenner, Finley. Payson may have been too easy-going and reluctant to push people out if they weren’t doing the job.

By: Steve The Original

Steve The Original — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:28:17 +0000

(31) Annie: She would have to be ranked at the top IMO…she was an off hands owner, and let the baseball people run it. In the span of 4 years the team appeared in two World Series. It didn’t severely go downhill until she passed away.

By: Dan Gurney

Dan Gurney — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:27:55 +0000

Gary Sheffield..the 40 year old injury prone outfielder that Minaya pulled back from waivers because…..????