Two Years

[Edgy MD]

Two years ago, the Mets sorta kinda inked Jason Bay.

Strangely, our reactions --- perhaps tempered by Omar-era disappointments --- were as much about the way the news broke as the news itself. A lot of waiting for the other shoe to fall. Seems like a lot of shoes have come and still more may follow.

"mets news at 2pm: Fatcessa" http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/13000/f1_t13018.shtml

"Olney on Bay and Mets" http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/13000/f1_t13025.shtml

"Bay Reactions": http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/13000/f1_t13031.shtml

"Bay physical today": http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/13000/f1_t13049.shtml

"Jason Bay, Laff Riot": http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/13000/f1_t13050.shtml

[Ceetar]

geeze, what was I doing two years ago that I wasn't here blabbing about this?

I remember the initial reaction being mostly positive though.

[G-Fafif]

Ceetar wrote: geeze, what was I doing two years ago that I wasn't here blabbing about this?.

You were here, babbling about this.

Apologies to Dave Gallagher. Jason Bay's no him.

[G-Fafif]

Edgy DC wrote: "mets news at 2pm: Fatcessa" http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/13000/f1_t13018.shtml "Olney on Bay and Mets" http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/13000/f1_t13025.shtml "Bay Reactions": http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/13000/f1_t13031.shtml "Bay physical today": http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/13000/f1_t13049.shtml "Jason Bay, Laff Riot": http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/13000/f1_t13050.shtml

C'mon, "Memories of Jason Bay"!

[nymr83]

I wanted Matt Holliday and all I got was Jason BOOOOOay... You could see the bad direction the Mets were taking even then.

[Ceetar]

G-Fafif wrote: Ceetar wrote: geeze, what was I doing two years ago that I wasn't here blabbing about this?. You were here, babbling about this. Apologies to Dave Gallagher. Jason Bay's no him.

Apparently I've been begging for 'one more pitcher' for a while.

Checked my own blog. Didn't write about Bay. my next post is about Rick DiPietro and hoping for a healthier blue and orange 2010. yeah..that worked.

[Edgy MD]

Nymr83 wrote: I wanted Matt Holliday and all I got was Jason BOOOOOay... You could see the bad direction the Mets were taking even then.

"Even then"? Sheesh, I think that was the end of the bad steps, rather than the first hint. After that, it was all over but the reckoning.

I mean, in the subsequent weeks, they would still make some lower-profile but still ill-advised maneuvers like trading for Gary Matthews and signing Frank Catalonotto, but Omar was pretty much done after Bayday. The real digging work was in what came before --- Alou, Castillo, Wagner, K-Rod, Putz, Santana, Castillo, Perez, etc.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I still think Pearlman's analysis was a bunch of horseapples.

Mind you, I'm also half-expecting a 2012 announcement that Bayrut's been suffering from a down-low case of "Flushing secret dengue."

[ashie62]

I'm sticking with the Indian Burial Ground theory.