Centerfield

This is exactly the issue. It doesn’t matter who they bring in. If the flawed philosophy persists nothing will change. And nothing suggests they are ready to examine that flawed philosophy. In fact, everything we’ve heard suggests doubling down.

The sweep doesn’t have me upset. I’m not counting the hours until the next game to get the bad taste out. There’s a point in every lost season where I accept it’s a lost season and the results don’t matter. I guess I’ve hit it this week. I can’t think of a time it hit before Memorial Day, but then again I can’t remember ever seeing an offense this bad. I don’t see how anyone is allowed to keep their job.

There’s nothing to be lost by challenging. This has happened a few times this trip. It’s a sign of bad coaching.

It doesn’t even matter if it’s a strike. You have to try on anything close.

There is no chance it was accidental. That would be incompetent to an incredible level. I think you’re right. They were trying it out and seeing what happened.

Not that it matters much. But why wouldn’t you PH Morabito for Melendez here.

You can’t give the Marlins back to back walks. Everyone playing tight.

The Mets go 0 for 4 in the inning.

Reach on error! Our best hope!

This offense is terrible.

Ok. No more wasting my Saturday with this garbage team. Off to dinner.

That’s why you don’t play in with two runners on.

Ewing is too passive at the plate.

Mets offense looking like it did last night.

Max Meyer has good numbers.

I fully understand that there was sentiment driving the retirement of 14 and 37. My point is that this type of sentiment is precisely what should be disregarded when retiring numbers. Being heartbroken over losing NL baseball then seeing your childhood hero back in town is a terrible reason to retire a number. Being a legendary manager for a different team then giving a new team “identity” is silly. There are no rules for retiring numbers. But if you want the honor to mean something, and not be ridiculed like the Rays retiring Boggs number, you have to set the criteria first, then apply them objectively. There is no set of objective criteria that would justify Stengel or Hodges. And that’s why I say the Mets botched the number retirements from the beginning. I didn’t realize it was the Wilpons that decided to retire Koosman. If so then they set the wheels in motion for further diluting the honor to the point it is now. I mean Willie Mays? What are we even doing. And with each undeserving honoree, it’s used as justification to bring the bar even lower. “Well if you’re going to retire 14, you have to retire 24”. ”if 24 is retired, you have to retire 8” Lenny Dykstra is a world champion and has more WAR with the Mets than Carter. Retire 4. There’s no championship in 86 without Sid. Retire 50. Did we forget who the WS MVP was? Tell Soto to get a new number.

Way too much of this type of game this season.

We’re so fucking stupid.

Challenge! It’s the 9 inning.

I’ve seen two baserunners. Both were immediately eliminated. I’ve been watching since the second inning.

This offense is putrid.

I will never understand pulling a starter who is cruising like Perez.

0.00 ERA for Tong. I’ve seen enough. We have our new ace.

We’re back to April offense the last few days.

This team can’t hit.