Casual non-poll

[Guest Edgy DC]

My feeling is that they're going to rip the team anyhow. They won 71 games while the Yankees won the championship. Ripping them is easy sport.

I imagine dozens of humilating things happened off the field to the Yankees, and dozens more that can be spun as embarassing if they were as easy a target. But bashing the Yankees wasn't as profitible as bashing the Mets this year.

[RealityChuck]

Uncharitable over-reactions to stuff by Met fans embarass me more than the management ever has.

[Ceetar]

Uncharitable over-reactions to stuff by Met fans embarass me more than the management ever has.

[Guest attgig]

And oddly enough, except for how they announced it, the Beltran situation mimics A-Rods situation last year pretty closely. (Except Beltran isn't a cheater.)

Complaints about how poorly the Mets have released info is one thing, but it's hardly fair to hold up the Yankees as some prime example. Early last year was a completely and utter media disaster for the Yankees. Hello...Torre's book, Robert's book, steroids, temporary hip surgery that may need a more permenant one, Jeter's range (compares to Reyes missing a step after surgery a bit) who's gonna play the outfield, does Nady need another Tommy John how is Posada's shoulder can he throw and on and on and on and on..[/quote:12aaqyxa]


except for the part about them winning the world series....

[Ceetar]

well yes..of course, the season hasn't started yet. Turns out the quality of your PR dept and how you put out messages and information and the stories people write about you don't translate to wins and losses.

Behind C.C. the Yankees had A.J. who many felt could be Pavano part 2, end up injured or not pitch well, Pettitte, who may not last the entire season as he was getting older, the Joba Reliever/Starter/Reliever/Starter/Reliever/Starter/Reliever/Starter/ Rules mess and ..Hughes? Or am I missing someone..oh, right, Wang, the injury mess that ultimately did bomb.

All i'm saying is, the season has yet to be played and there _are_ enough upside players on the Mets for them to have the chance at a title.

[Centerfield]

They're not being ripped because they lost lots of games. They're being ripped because they called out their star centerfielder for insubordination, when in fact, it was their own internal communication that broke down. They're being mocked because they failed to recognize this before going public with their accusations...accusations that do little good, even if true.

They may be an easy target, but that doesn't mean they should get a pass for their idiocy.

I know full well the odds of winning a World Series. Failing to win a World Series is not my beef with them. I would like them to stop acting like a bunch of dumb fucks.

[Benjamin Grimm]

That's not too much to ask.

Beltran clearly has lost faith with the Mets doctors. I once had a doctor that I lost faith with, and went to someone else. The need to have confidence and trust in your doctor is not insignificant. The Mets should understand and respect this.

Apparently the Mets wanted to do more of the "wait and see" which worked out so poorly last year. Beltran lost half a season with that approach, and he didn't want to have that happen again. I'm glad he got the surgery. It's rather see him miss four weeks of the season by being proactive, against the chance of him missing twelve or more weeks by "waiting and seeing."

[Ceetar]

I was responding to RealityChuck about the Yankee parallels. I agree It'd be nice if they'd stop with the stupidness. I don't really care much though, as long as they get a pitcher and do the baseball thing. Manuel manages and releases information in a horrible, disasterous method too and people just laugh at him, so I guess it's no surprise they didn't fire him. He fits right in.

[G-Fafif]

What also makes this annoying-aggravating (to respond to the original question), is that it occurred on a media day, so instead of the story being Pelfrey losing 20 pounds, Maine being healthy, Wright being confident, etc., the story was Beltran.[/quote:1stuouii]

The Mets do lead the league in unfortunate irony.

Aggravating: an excellent word for these types of situations.