Gothamist: Mets Let Playoffs Slip Away For 2nd Year in a Row

NannyState

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:36:31 -0500

^Looks like all the rats in the old Veterans Stadium in Philly didn't go with the rubble.

PhillyGirl

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:43:37 -0500

I can't wait for all you Mets fans to make your annual trip to Citizens Bank Park next spring...maybe after choking two years in a row, your level of obnoxiousness will be slightly diminished (although I doubt it).

NannyState

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:40:57 -0500

Another spectacular Mets crash and burn! By now, you'd think Shea Stadium would have come down of its own accord.

berniegoetz

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:13:47 -0500

Jerry was being way to academic with the pitching matchups. For a guy who supposedly "manages from the gut" he should have left Stokes in. Too much is made of mathematical "lefty vs. righty" matchups and too little is made of the fact that EVERY time the Mets make a call to the bullpen it's a huge roll of the dice. If a kid is finding his groove or settling in, LEAVE HIM IN regardless of which way the next batter swings. I didn't stay for the ceremony; it was taking them forever to set up all of those stupid cardboard photos in the outfield and the crowd around where I was sitting was pretty much ready to start demolishing the place right then and there anyway. I think Jerry clicked with the players and would not mind seeing him back next year. I think they should totally empty the bullpen, though, with the exception of Stokes, Smith and Parnell. I doubt they will resign Pedro, Perez, Delgado, Alou or Orlando Hernandez so picking up another quality starter would be good and maybe a few hungry position players with a few notches already on their belt. Minaya turned Shea into a geriatric ward and the vibe of the new stadium should be the opposite -- young, hungry and exciting.

leonwestbrook

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:36:22 -0500

Omar wasn't resigned YET, but they should fire him and manual and start all over.

thelexiphane

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:04:39 -0500

Noooooooooo! They're not lovable losers anymore. They're becoming A-List losers. NYC, why do you do you insist on breaking my heard-hearted hardball heart?

TJ

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:30:47 -0500

At least give Ryan Church credit for *almost* hitting a home run to tie it up.

Kevin Walsh

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:24:40 -0500

Of course I feared and I think the whole park feared what would happen when Schoenweiss came in. The second pitch went over the wall. The Florida staff handcuffed the Mets offense the last 3 days. Whether that is grinding the bats I don't know. A different approach must be taken the next year and most of the bullpen must go. The Marlins took a LOT of time celebrating. The postgame ceremony was quite moving. Short and sweet. About 50 ex-Mets came in and rimmed the infield and one by one, they touched home plate for the last time. Piazza and Seaver were the last two introduced, and they touched home last and walked out the centerfield fence together. Some moisture appeared in the tearducts. I heard a rumor McCartney would show, but he didn't. www.forgotten-ny.com

whitecastlerock

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:22:12 -0500

The brutal collapse of this team, coupled with the commentary of gloating, annoying trolls, brings out the worst in us...

Mr Mel

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:03:59 -0500

Classy comments.

whitecastlerock

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:53:30 -0500

@gimme, seriously just fuck off already.

fruitstand

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:28:15 -0500

Ryan Church can eat a dick

blablanyc

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:12:34 -0500

I can't believe the Mets renewed Minaya's contract before the season was over. What a-holes.

blablanyc

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:11:25 -0500

Fire Minaya.

gimme

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:44:11 -0500

mets = a team for losers, and for losers who live in queens

Snoopy

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:04:10 -0500

Truely Amazin'

Art Stewel

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:59:10 -0500

Hahaha! Yesterday the Mets manager referred to a player's strong performance that day as being 'Gangsta'. What a scmuck. Everyone should know that gangsterism has one end result - always - which is losing. He's a loser, so are los Metsos, so are people who paid money to go there today, or will pay money to follow a baseball team managed by a thug manager at the new stadium. Ain't no thing, but a chicken wing, Jerry.

adam3345

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:58:20 -0500

It's just better to be a Phillies fan.. Fuck the Mets.