The Truth About The 8th Place New York Mets And The Media

What an interesting position I find myself in. The Mets Police is arguably the most “negative” of the Mets blogs, and yet I find myself here today as the defender of Omar Minaya and Jeff Wilpon.

To beat my dead horse:

– y’all wanted Tony Bernazard gone. He’s gone.
– Omar messed up. He apologized.
– Jeff Wilpon got killed on WFAN for being invisible. So he showed up two days in a row.
– now Wilpon is being blamed in some columns for fanning the flames.
– Omar is going to apologize again. The first apology wasn’t good enough for some. The second will result in more stories about prolonging the story. Ironic. Fills columns (and blog space) though.

Which is it? Should Jeff never be seen or should he be the leader?

Here’s what I’m noticing today. Omar went after a reporter. Now the brotherhood of reporters are going after Omar. You guys are doing the same thing you accused Omar of. Omar when after your guy, so now you’re going after him. A week ago when the Mets fell 10+ back where were all the Omar Must Go stories?

Next topic: WFAN fan-blindness.

FAN…the “fan.” Why is it that if any Mets fan calls in and mentions that the Rotunda bothers them, or that their view may be obstructed, or that there’s not enough Mets atmosphere at the park – the host immediately hangs up on the fan as if they are some crazy person? Where’s the advocate for the regular fan – oh, I guess that somehow has fallen all the way to me. It’s a lot easier to enjoy Citi Field when your seat section starts with a 1 not a 4, and the food is free.

Bloggers and the crazy people who read blogs are the super die-hards….the one’s who actually buy the 15 game packages. Watch your fanbase before your fanbase gives up.

Next topic: Mike Vaccaro gets it.

Good stuff in the Post:

The Mets have long counted on the fealty of fans who either go back to Ebbets Field and the Polo Grounds and inherited them in 1962, or were born to the children of Brooklyn and Manhattan and took over those loyalties by rote.

But this is 2009, and the cost of rooting for a baseball team is too great to embrace a mindless allegiance. Mets fans have learned to live with — even to embrace — the notion of being the underdog in a city that co-stars the Yankees. But they have been served by an ownership that opened a ballpark stripped of any semblance of the team’s history and operates a franchise that too often has the look and feel of an open mike night at the Comedy Store.

That can’t go on forever. Mets fans won’t tolerate it. And they deserve better, especially at these prices.

Next topic: Mets win four in a row.

Somehow I can imagine the Joe Torre Yankees going through some firestorm, and the columnists writing about how smart Joe is for keeping the heat off his players and keeping the focus on his sub-par team, and see how much better they are playing since the reporters got distracted! I guess Jerry hasn’t earned the street-cred yet. I think the man deserves some credit for keeping the Berroa-Sullivan-Nieve Mets at least half-way together. As cynical as I am I found myself daydreaming about a Wild Card run last night and then I remembered….

Next topic: The reality of the standings

Winning four in a row is great, but before you start quoting games back to me, stay focused on teams back. The real number is 7, which is the number of teams you need to pass to get the Wild Card. You can win all the games you want, but you need lots and lots of help. Then there are all the days that you really can’t make up ground (when Atlanta plays Florida someone is going to get a win.) That being said, winning is better than losing.

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