metirish

Jesus but it's been an eventful night for Bay....a four base error on Pence gets Bay all around the bases on what should have been a routine pop out.

Gary Cohen opens the pre game with " it's been nine months since he last played in a game for the Mets ", that just makes it sound even worse for some reason.

Madness, am I reading this correctly, this deal takes effect in 2016 for $19 million. Sure he's a good player but wtf would a team do this deal?

I mean it sucks on so many levels bunting but Jesus you have Thole up there and I trust him to work the count and get a hit even , on this team I want Thole or Murphy up there with a bat looking for a hit......

"something new every night with this team and mistakes, my God" keith Hernandez this is how I remember the dead days of the Howe era.

oh my fucking God ...what is this shit?

for fucks sake

You know what's hilarious too?, during this miserable time for the org last nights game featured several segments of some of the best nights this org has had.....Astros/Mets 86.......yes please distract us from the current team.

G-Fafif wrote: In this guy's defense, he's a great hard news reporter. Remember when he was reassigned from Spring Training to cover a major front page story? Blah blah blah blah rain blah blah blah tsunami blah blah Japan blah blah earthquakes devastated the country. Blah blah, potential nuclear meltdown. We really don't know what else to tell you about this one. But we will try: Granted, he did betray a bit of impatience on the second day of the tragedy and had to be sent back to St. Lucie. ha!

Just because the team you are covering sucks doesn't mean you should suck too. I'm sure it's no fun being the beat writer for a dead last team but it's your job dammit , surely he can do better than this and whoever approves an article like this can do better as well.

Good that he chewed Murphy out , he deserved it.

soupcan wrote: Was there last night. I highly doubt that the announced attendance of 27,000 was anything close to the amount of people that were there. The entire triangle-shaped right centerfield section was empty. No lines for any concession stand. The people that were there were surprisingly vocal though, doing the 'ooooh' and 'aaaah' thing for every routine flyball off the bat. This season is not going to suck anymore, it is well in the midst of complete and utter suckitude. judging for the TV it looked utterly miserable there.....no concession lines is a good thing but you'd rather have long lines and a good team.

G-Fafif wrote: That GQ photo shoot remains The Best Thing That Ever Happened. true , love it ......

G-Fafif wrote: metirish wrote: Rumor has it that Beltran is passing Wright gift certificates to send the players looking for eating recommendations his way. "No need to tip the waiters or nothin'. Just tell 'em to give it all directly to me."

G-Fafif wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: It's not Turner I have a problem with, by any means. It's that this sort of thing reeks-- REEKS-- of Omar on a not-good day. I assumed Emaus (Emaus -- assume; almost an anagram) was getting the benny of the doubt because of the Ricciardi connection. Good to know. sort of, that this management group is cold and calculating even when it comes to their potential pets. It was a quick hook. They must have seen something they really didn't like...besides the kid bobbling that double play ball last Thursday. I just heard form a Mets person I know that has intimate knowledge of the ongoing situation regarding the Mets clubhouse that Emaus was caught lifting some clothes from Jose Reyes.

Rumor has it that Beltran is passing Wright gift certificates to send the players looking for eating recommendations his way.

"So yeah Brad , sometimes I'll even wear an ascot with this ensemble "

G-Fafif wrote: Rule V considerations take a holiday on this one? Don't they have to offer him back to Toronto? per Rubin He must go through Rule 5 waivers before being offered back to the Toronto Blue Jays for $25,000 -- half the claiming price. At that point, the Mets could trade for Emaus, if interested, and place him in the minors.

Probably is hasty but I get the impression that Collins is like that , this is a guy that uses starters in relief to help get a win in the middle of April and put Emaus on notice a few days ago in regards to his lack of hitting.

smg58 wrote: If you had sufficient confidence in Emaus to hand him the starting job out of spring training, then two weeks should not have been enough time to change your mind. normally I would agree here but this fella whose name I have already forgotten looked way over matched.

A team that are as bad if not worse than our beloveds?

I've no problem with DFAin Emaus , he couldn't hit and looked rather shaky in the field.

Turner, the red headed fella?

Waldstein has a good article on the downward trend in Mets tix As Mets Falter, Everyone Can Sit in the Cheap Seats By DAVID WALDSTEIN Published: April 18, 2011 For the third season in a row, the Mets are not looking like a good team. A miserable 2010 was followed by a winter of frugality that has not inspired a lot of ticket purchasers, which is bad for the embattled owners of the team. But for the average fan, who does not often get the opportunity to sit in premium box seats in a new ballpark, the Mets� misery is a windfall. Care to sit directly behind home plate on Tuesday night at Citi Field, close enough to hear Jose Reyes dig his spikes into the dirt of the batter�s box? As of Monday afternoon, thousands of tickets for the game were available on StubHub, the ticket exchange Web site, including 33 directly behind home plate for $69 and service charges. Face value for those tickets is $134. If you would prefer to sit in Metropolitan Box 121, between third base and home plate, $28 (and fees) would secure a seat there. Tickets in that area range in price from $80 to $134, according to the Mets� Web site. In fact, if you�re not picky about where you sit or who is playing, you can get into the ballpark for as little as $3 a seat. Generally, slow Mets ticket sales are not likely to be helped by a homestand that features two teams that, like the Mets, entered Monday in last place in their division: the Houston Astros (5-11) and the Arizona Diamondbacks (6-8). Even during a week of school vacations, these games could be the least marketable for the Mets all season. Still, it is a sign of trouble for the Mets, because the value of their product is shrinking by the game. �Those are breathtaking drops in value,� said Marc Ganis, the president of SportsCorp, a sports marketing consultant. �That has to be alarming for the Mets. And those tickets aren�t even sold yet. That�s frightening.� Ganis said that Web sites like StubHub generally reflected the actual value of tickets on the open market. Fansnap.com, a clearinghouse that aggregates available tickets from various Web sites, offered $68 tickets to Tuesday�s game at Citi Field for $12, and had some upper-deck seats available for as little as $3. �That has to be a scary proposition for the owner of a team,� Ganis said, �because it�s a major indicator of the future problems.� Ganis said the Mets were actually an aberration because attendance in baseball has been rising in recent years. �Bud Selig and his people have done an excellent job because the overall numbers are up, even with the Mets� numbers dragging them down,� Ganis said. The Mets are averaging 30,738 fans after six home dates , which places them 13th out of 30 teams. Last season, they averaged 32,401 in 79 dates, which placed them 12th. Their overall attendance in 2010, 2,559,738, reflected a 19 percent drop from the year before, when they drew 3,154,270 in Citi Field�s first season. The decrease was the largest in baseball over that period. Not surprisingly, the Mets lost $50 million last year, and they expect to lose a significant amount again this year. An increase in ticket sales would be a much-needed boost for the Mets, who had to borrow $25 million from Major League Baseball last fall and are seeking a buyer for a portion of the team. Unfortunately, the Mets have internally projected that their attendance will be lower this year than last year, mostly because attendance figures often reflect what happened the year before, and because there is a perception that the team will not perform better on the field. In 2010, the Mets finished with a 79-83 record, 18 games out of first place in the National League East and 12 games back in the N.L. wild-card standings. But they had moments of promise; they were competitive in the first half of the season, going 18-8 in June, and headed into the All-Star break a game back in the wild-card race at 48-40. That optimism quickly disappeared after a 2-9 West Coast trip, and by the end of the season, the drop in attendance was staggering. In the off-season, the Mets replaced roughly half of their roster, adding 12 new players for the modest expenditure of $10.8 million. No big stars were added, though, tempering fans� hopes for a turnaround. Now the team comes home to play in front of what are likely to be sparse crowds at Citi Field. Even after the Mets ended a seven-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday, it was only their second win in 12 games. That is close to the worst possible start for a franchise that yearned for a quick start to the season. But for fans looking for a bargain, it is an opportunity. Too bad they cannot buy their beer on StubHub as well. Adam Kepler contributed reporting.

seawolf17 wrote: I wish I lived closer and/or didn't have a family. thanks pops