Zvon

Yikes. This is ridiculous.

He'll give it up now in the 7th, after having to run out that grounder to end the inning. Isn't that the way it should go? And it'll be a HR. I'm on record.

No-hitter through six. Wow. I'm rootin for the Phils but I don't know if I wanna see a no-no. I did just tell a Phils fan friend yesterday that it would be kool if that happened. Now I dunno. It would be some historical baseball. He can't keep this up. He just can't.

Its not the Mets so I'll go ahead and say it. If Halladay pitches a no-hitter in his first post season appearance I am gonna flip my lid.

This thread is classic. You all hit the mark. Good work guys. YOU GET A BELTBUCKLE! YOU GET A BELTBUCKLE! YOU ALL GET A BELTBUCKLE!!!

metsguyinmichigan wrote: The Davis card is spectacular!!! What he said. Not sure why that card grabs me more than the others. The year? The pose? I dunno. Very kool looking card.

bmfc1 wrote: Gwreck said October 5. Unless I missed something, he wins. lol, very kool. Very smart choice too. Gwreck, I salute you.

Edgy DC wrote: I got it and my wife did. Anybody know the date that McIlvaine replaced Harazin? I'm slightly impressed but it does nothing to change my feelings about ownership. I'll need a video or picture of Jeff Wilpon (maybe all three-I should not hang this all on Jeff) done up as a mime to do that.

The first one I wrote up was this (but i didn't think it worked): Bloomberg: " Now be careful guys. I looks heavy. Don't drop it. You need an extra hand?" R.A.Dicky: " No need to worry Mr. Mayor. I don't even have to use my hands. I got wood."

Anyone else get this E-mail from the Mets? I have to say I was a bit surprised by the admissions made. October 4, 2010 Dear Mets Fans: Thank you for your support during another extremely disappointing season. Like you, all of us at the Mets had high expectations for 2010 and we did not come close to meeting them. Since reaching the National League Championship Series in 2006, we have underperformed. The failure is unacceptable and we share your anguish. As Ownership, we are ultimately responsible and have determined that changes are necessary to produce a winning team for the long term. Earlier this morning, we relieved Omar Minaya of his duties as Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations & General Manager, and advised Jerry Manuel that we are declining to exercise the club's option on his contract as Manager for 2011. We appreciate all that Omar and Jerry have done for the Organization and thank them for their time and effort. Changes like these are never easy, especially when dealing with people you like and respect. We feel a fresh perspective in the leadership of our baseball department will elevate the performance of our club. That person will work with Ownership to hire a new Manager and will be responsible for creating a winning culture. We have a lot of work to do to regain your confidence and support. Thank you for the opportunity to do so. Fred Wilpon Saul Katz Jeff Wilpon

metirish wrote: Bravo Z That's Thole?, I was wondering who it was and would have guessed an execs son, maybe the guy standing next to him, who is he anyway...the exec? It might not be Thole but I thought it looked like him. Let's make believe it is him for now. Dunno who that other guy is but he sure can produce da weed.

Jeff thinks proudly: " Now Mr. Met knows how to wear his socks!" Jerry thinks stupidly:"That Thole kid is not much of a weed producer." Bloomberg thinks deviously: " I wonder if Jerry's ever been hit by a dirtball before. "

Bloomberg: " Okay, lets save this last one so when the seasons over we have a plank for Jerry to walk." Jerry: "HA-ha!"

I'm just very disappointed in him is all. I expected him to be right up there with the best GMs we ever had. There are still some residual results yet to be from his tenure that might shine him in a kinder light in the future.

�The Mets are not without their own history. If you�re a Mets fan you don�t really care about the Yankees� history. You care about your own history.� I could not have put it better. G-Fafif wrote: In the last seven years we've lost Bob Murphy, James Plummer, Karl Ehrhardt, Jane Jarvis, now Bob Mandt. After a half-century, this franchise is getting old. You forgot to mention Shea Stadium. G-Fafif wrote: �I love Shea Stadium,� Mandt confessed. �I liked it more than most people. For some reason the press were never enchanted with Shea Stadium. Again I share his sentiment. When I first read that I thought he was saying he liked the stadium more than he liked most people, and I found that funny.

Centerfield wrote: I know I'm in the minority here, but I was, and remain, fairly positive on Jerry Manuel. He was not a great tactician, in fact, was pretty bad at times. The bunting, bad bullpen management, a few times I remember him inserting a pinch runner a few plays after the fact that made you wonder if he was paying attention at all. Like his predecessor, couldn't figure out Feliciano versus lefties = good, Feliciano versus righties = bad. I did not see, however, that he was any worse at these things than many of his peers. "Bunting=Fundamental Baseball" and "Don't use your closer in a tie game on the road" are philosophies that are not exclusive to Manuel. On the other hand, he did a lot of things well, as compared to others. I will appreciate how he was a breath of fresh air after Willie Randolph. He was confident, personable, and whether he made the right choice or not, seemed to care enough to think things through. He seemed to relate to his players, and his disputes with them seemed few and far in between. Knew how to handle the NY media. Never played victim, never pointed fingers, and was classy to the very end. I never felt he was given the horses to really compete, but did a good job, not great, with what he was given. I'll be happy they dumped Jerry if they bring in Bobby V, or someone who's smarter. If they bring in just another guy, they haven't gained anything. Pretty much what CF said. ty, saved me a lot of typing. I will add further that he seemed to grasp that a certain brand of baseball was needed to excel at Citi Field. The small ball thinking that led to his obsession with using,...I'll go as far as to say, overusing the bunt. He wanted to force this team into a station to station unit, and to some extent this was a good thing, and to another it was a case of wearing blinders that excluded other strategies. It was a case of him playing chess with limited pieces. But he did not use the pieces he had in the most soundly strategical way. He stuck by his guns to the point that when they were empty he looked kind of foolish standing there with empty guns. I think he was kind of immature in his use of the doghouse. I some other of his behaviors as well. I thought him classy, and in a sense he is. Its all in CF's post. But I have heard him say some stuff in the last 48 hours that could only be designed to make sure Omar is fired alongside him, and that eats into my perception of him as classy. He wasn't wrong in what he said. He just didn't have to say it. We all know he was shortchanged on the personal he was given to contend with. I don't think he had to point that out to any of us Met fans. And most of us feel a change in GM is needed as well. On the whole I like(d) Jerry, but I think he was to ridged in his thinking, to set in his strategy, to tunneled in his vision. If he had all the right pieces and none of them fell over he would have looked much better, done much better. But then again, so would have any manager. A great manager excels when he does not have all the pieces he needs, when he is tested by injuries and other misfortunes. Jerry, in this tour of duty as Mets manager, could barely be labeled a good manager. Almost, but that don't cut it. I'd really love to see Bobby V return and manage. Hell, even as GM with Wally on the field. Bobby V as GM would be crazyexcellent. Perez would have been out the door on his ass months ago. What I want to see the most is Jeff Wilpon having nothing to do with either. Whoever you hire, trust them to do thier jobs and know whats best. Stay out of the kitchen Jeff. Stay out of the pots and pans.

metirish wrote: Now I'm tempted to photoshop him being picked up at the plate how he looks now.

Gwreck wrote: I just think that will be the most exciting series and I think the Phils have the upper hand. So people here don't want the Yankees in the series just cause it gives them a chance to possibly win another? Would I be correct in assuming that you don't get to too many Mets games in person? And that you don't live in New York City? Yes and yes(or no). Grew up in Queens. Now I live in South Jersey. Gwreck wrote: Any additional Philadelphia success simply makes their moron fans that much more unbearable, whether the game is at Shea or in Philly. Any additional Yankees success makes their fans that much more unbearable and unfortunately there are millions of them in this area. I live in Phils country. Most of my friends are Phils fans. I just tell em to their face they are assholes. After a few years they take no offense and they avoid the subject of the Phils around me. My best friend growing up in NYC is a huge Yankee fan (he also was when they sucked so I tip my hat to him, he's a real fan). His name is Mike. Mike, you suck. Gwreck wrote: It's not that I don't want these two teams in the World Series; I don't want them to have winning records. For the next 15 years. This is perfectly acceptable too, maybe more so, with the Mets winning 100 and making the big show every year. But we are not there and they are. I make the best of it. Bottom line, I wanna see the best baseball possible.

Valadius wrote: Sorry Z, I don't feel like living through my personal hell for a second straight year. yikes. I'm gonna end up w/a worse rep than Rogers here, lol.

I wouldn't mind the Twins at all, and they could make for some good baseball. I'm afraid if I vote for the Yankees I'm gonna get shit thrown at me but I gotta do what I gotta do. *runs away surpentining and ducking.

themetfairy wrote: Giants. I hate the Braves. I will echo TMF. I like the whole Cox's last year story but he don't take it all the way. He must suffer in the end of this nice sweet story.

bmfc1 wrote: Zvon: I bet you are. lol. I just think that will be the most exciting series and I think the Phils have the upper hand. So people here don't want the Yankees in the series just cause it gives them a chance to possibly win another? I wouldn't mind the Reds, in an underdogish kinda way. But the Phils right now have the best team to rep the N.L., imo. Willets Point wrote: Zvon wrote: Phils. Am I the only one who wants a PhuckinPhilly/NYSkankee WS here? Why do you hate the World Series? I love the WS! I'm almost as big a fan of the WS than I am of the Mets. I might even have to say equally as big since the Mets are usually not in the big show and I sill love watching it. For the historical significance.

Phils. Am I the only one who wants a PhuckinPhilly/NYSkankee WS here?

Edgy DC wrote: And then, coming out about the bullpen needing to be "addressed," after his penners gave him six gorgeous shutout innings on season-getaway day --- until he ended it by throwing Oliver to the wolves --- just makes me weepy. This is just mind boggling. It's like he's going out of his way to be crucified.