Some opportunities for Jim Duquette begin to open up.

[Mex17]

Phillies:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2186589

Orioles:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2186744

He deserves a second chance after being made to be the scapegoat for Wilpon's wrongheaded thinking (which was enabled by Goldis) at the 2004 trade deadline.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I don't think he was made the scapegoat for those deals.

[Valadius]

Orioles job looks to be off the table, Flanagan "promoted".

[Mex17]

Edgy DC wrote: I don't think he was made the scapegoat for those deals.

http://mets.scout.com/2/278781.html

[Guest Edgy DC]

That article clearly gives Duquette a pass and makes Wilpon and Goldis the scapegoats for the deal.

[Mex17]

Edgy DC wrote: That article clearly gives Duquette a pass and makes Wilpon and Goldis the scapegoats for the deal.

It certainly does, and I have to think that Duquette, as it states in the article, could not have possibly changed philosophies so quickly.

Wilpon, on the other hand, was the one who was chirping about "Meaningful Games in September" and making statements on the radio that spring like "We're not rebuilding. . .we've rebuilt."

But Duquette was the one who fell on his sword after the fallout because Wilpon has the power to make a guy like Duquette fall on said sword.

So the article, assuming that it is accurate, paints Wilpon/Goldis as the culprits but Wilpon pins it on Duquette (who, if you believe Healy, opposed the whole thing) after the fact.

An EXTREMELY raw deal if true.

[Frayed Knot]

That's also a mostly opinion article.
Don't confuse it's conclusions of heros and villians as if a statement of absolute truth.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Not to invite a fatwah here but can anyone come up with an "Al Goldis is the Antichrist" angle from a non-dubious source?

[Guest KC]

Re-quoting "meaningful games" and the such is tired and old. The things
that some Mets fans cling to and lick is just sad.

[seawolf17]

="KC"]The things that some Mets fans cling to and lick is just sad.

Boy, is that ever true!

[Guest Edgy DC]

] cling to and lick

Says Jerry Cram.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I don't think the guy licking the puddle is getting maximum protection from that batting helmet.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The guy running that outstanding White Sox staff, pitching coach Don Cooper, played under Goldis for New York Tech. According to this recent Newsday article, he swears by the Tech program then and now.

[Valadius]

Is that... poo?

[seawolf17]

I have no idea what it is, and I don't think I want to know. There's a lot more to the story, apparently; when I saw Kase's post, I googled "mets lick," and that's the photo essay that came up. It was too bizarre not to post.

[Guest KC]

I guess I should point out for 411 that I am the founding father of Wound
Lickers Anonymous. You've probably seen some of our bumper stickers:

One Game At a Time
Another Friend of KC's
You Will be Amazed
Share Your Crapiness

[Centerfield]

Seawolf. Just noticed the profile pic. LOL.

[seawolf17]

And once again, CF, my least favorite part of the new forum rears its ugly head, as nobody will get your comment once I post four more times.