I Am Excited About the Mets 2011 Season ...

[seawolf17]

Edgy DC wrote: (and really, where does that xenophobic report get off indicting Jesus Feliciano but giving Francoeur --- who consumed at-bats like Pac-Man --- a pass?)

Yeah, no kidding. They obviously didn't realize that Barajas is from the US.

[Ceetar]

left off Tejada as well.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Gwreck wrote: Ten Reasons the Mets Aren't that Bad

Schoenfield's the same writer who speculated that the Phils might struggle to even make the playoffs this year, supported by totaling up expected WAR gains and losses. The duller tools in the Phils fanbase probably think of him as Jayson Stark North at this point.

[G-Fafif]

Several hours before Roy Halladay emerges, I'm simply in a good Mets mood. Not good enough to be all consumed by whether they'll be 4-2 or 3-3 later, but much better than recent seasons' undercurrent of "fine if they win, but if they lose, at least they might fire/release/trade somebody".

The calm after the storm, perhaps.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Even in a todays-worst-case scenario, 3-3 on the road ain't 2-4. I got CAHNfidence.

[Fman99]

...because it's baseball. Duh.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Could you imagine if they started 1-4 or 0-5? The tabloids would have special pullout sections on the antatomy of the disaster.

[TransMonk]

Horror In Full Force!

[G-Fafif]

Edgy DC wrote: Could you imagine if they started 1-4 or 0-5? The tabloids would have special pullout sections on the antatomy of the disaster.

It's happened before...

METS ZERO IN ON CLUB MARK Now 0-5 after dropping yet another one to Braves BY ADAM RUBIN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Sunday, April 10, 2005 ATLANTA - The New Mets will be introduced at Shea tomorrow, one-by-one jogging from the dugout to the first-base line. And what promised a week ago to be a glorious homecoming filled with cheer after an extreme winter makeover now may turn ugly, after fans' renewed emotional investment in the downtrodden club has been rewarded with more misery. Aaron Heilman took the mound for the Mets last night trying to stop the bleeding. The Mets might as well have sent out the front-office executive who allowed the franchise to use its 2001 first-round pick to select him. Heilman, subbing for the injured Kris Benson, served up a mammoth second-inning grand slam to Brian Jordan as the Braves beat the Mets, 6-3, at Turner Field. So much for Heilman's reworked mechanics, which involved returning to the three-quarters-style delivery that allowed him to go undefeated his senior year of college. The Mets dropped to 0-5, the franchise's worst start in 42 years and third-worst start all-time, closing in on No. 1 (0-9, 1962) and No. 2 (0-8, 1963). They are baseball's only winless team. They haven't led since Braden Looper blew an Opening Day save. And all that stands between them and a winless road trip is Pedro Martinez, who must best John Smoltz this afternoon to snap the skid. Oh, and Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens await the Mets when they arrive home. Heilman remains one of the biggest symbols of the Mets' nosedive since the organization's 2000 World Series appearance. He's polite, quiet and intellectual, an avid reader. He has degrees in management information systems and philosophy from Notre Dame and a crossword puzzle always nearby. He also was the best available arm to promote in the system for last night's start, which underscores how barren the Mets' highest level of the minors has become. Triple-A Norfolk's starting lineup for a doubleheader game yesterday included only one prospect, center fielder Angel Pagan. Otherwise the Tides are serving as a holding pen for other organization's castoffs. Jose Santiago, who would have made the start instead of Heilman had Mike Cameron not landed on the disabled list, was knocked out in the third inning of Norfolk's other doubleheader game after surrendering four runs and eight hits. The Mets haven't been willing to rush prospects like 20-year-old Yusmeiro Petit, who made only his third Double-A start yesterday, but they might have to rethink that philosophy for as long as Benson is sidelined with a strained pectoral muscle.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Certainly has, but not while dovetailing with an already prevailing trend of the organization being a punching bag for their financial condition.

[G-Fafif]

Benefits of the doubt rarely last longer than 0-1 in these parts.