Here’s one man’s grades on everything Mets for 2009.
Howie Rose. A. Thanks for ripping the black jerseys left, right and sideways.
Charlie Samuels. F. The inverse of Howie Rose.
Wayne Hagin. B. Calls a nice enough game but just doesn’t sound like he’s from around here.
Ed Coleman. A. Eddie sounds like he came straight from the bar to call the game. Pull up a stool and do some play by play.
Chris Majkowski: A. His tweets during games are always fun. He’s the radio engineer in case you are wondering.
Tony Bernazard: A+ By losing your mind and getting fired you got everyone to actually take a look at Minaya without fear that you were somehow a racist.
Omar Minaya. F. No depth. No pitching No left fielder. You built it.
Jerry Manuel. D. I like Jerry and he kept the wheels on for a few weeks longer than the Mets deserved, but this September speaks volumes to me.
Razor Shines. F. Try holding two hands up, palms out, about chest high.
Metsblog. A. It would be really easy for these guys to be the John Sterling of Metsdom, but they call it straight and link to crankypants bloggers like me. Plus “the least you know” recaps saved me from watching games since like July 10th.
Adam Rubin: A. Cheap shot Omar.
Bitter Bill. B. Alliteration.
Uniwatch Blog. A. Has something Metsy up there every week.
Osh41. A. Sent him to represent the Mets Police at one of the Two Boots events and he won the trivia contest.
Announcer Guy At Citi Field. C. You are nice enough but you voice the commercials that bombard us.
Citi Field. B-. I was so so excited..but the entire top level is a disaster. Shakes and burgers aren’t enough to make me pay to see 7 players on the field. Can we have a Shea replica sometime around 2040?
Pepsi Prize Patrol. F. Stop throwing the t-shirts to the fatcats in the first three rows and aim a little higher. If we’re not going to be able to see the Left Fielder you could at least give us a shot at a t-shirt
Noise Patrol. F. When I buy the team I may fire you on my way to see Charlie Samuels.
David Howard. F. For his comments on obstructed views.
Keith Hernandez. A. I like the way you barely want to be there and are so obvious about it.
Gary Cohen. A. Solid. Anchor. The game is not about him.
Ron Darling. A. The ying to Keith’s yang. I like when they are both working.
Kevin Burkhardt. B. I like his pieces, but points off for shilling the food a little too often back in April. Probably just following orders.
Tom Seaver. A. Made me feel warm and fuzzy twice this season. That’s two more than anyone else on this list.
Nolan Ryan. A. Was nice to see you.
Jerry Koosman. F. Jail.
Lenny Dykstra. F. Looks like he is heading toward a bad place.
The president of Citibank: F. Why do my tax dollars pay to name a stadium?
Bill Shea. A. Most of us will never forget.
Doc Gooden. B. Doc and I went to games at about the same clip…lots early, none late,.
Omir Santos: B. I have to like someone on this team and he came out of nowhere to get us excited back in April when we had hope.
Dan Murphy: C. Catch the ball in left, dude. He did lead the team in homers. Somehow.
Luis Castillo: B. Has nice stats, but he saves them for years when we don’t need them. I’d still run him out of town.
Alex Cora: A. One of my favorite Mets of the season. Showed up more often than most, and was realistic about when the season was over.
David Wright. B. Showed up every day. Where’s the power dude?
Gary Sheffield: C. Was a really nice story until the Mets inexplicably didn’t trade him at the trade deadline. So Gary decided he was hurt and we get nothing.
Carlos Beltran: Incomplete. Was having a nice year until he got hurt, and at least he came back unlike certain people.
Jeff Francoeur: A. The fans seem to like this guy. I’m a fan and I do too.
Fernando Tatis: F. Was useless all year, and the manager never saw it.
Angel Pagan: C. I like the idea of Pagan, but the game just isn’t there.
Ryan Church: A. We got Francoeur for you somehow. I wish you well and enjoyed your time in NYC.
Brian Schneider. F. Even you know you’re gone.
Jeremy Reed. F. I liked the idea but there’s really no need to have you on the team other than the Mets need to have 25 players.
Jose Reyes. F minus. Come on dude. Really?
Anderson Hernandez: Incomplete. Since you started playing every day I have stopped watching. Sorry. It’s not you, it’s me.
Carlos Delgado: F minus. You might want to put up some numbers in your free agent year. Carlos never wanted to be here anyway or he wouldn’t have signed with Florida when Omar was in full-blown Los Mets mode.
Ramon Castro: I will give you an A for escaping the misery.
Wilson Valdez. F. Hey you know when I write an article and reference the SS whose name I can’t remember? This is him.
Nick Evans. MIA. Did you kick Jerry’s dog? Maybe if he lets you play I can grade you.
Josh Thole. B+ Something to watch in September but everyone needs to remain calm.
Ramon Martinez. F. I had to look him up. There’s someone named Ramon Martinez playing?
Angel Berroa. F. That was a fun week.
Argenis Reyes. F. Not a good year for people named Reyes.
Emil Brown. F. There was someone named Emil Brown on this team.
Andy Green. F. Someone with this name played in 4 games.
Marlon Anderson. F. I got nothing.
Robinson Cancel. F. I enjoyed your at bat.
Pedro Martinez. C. Would have been a useless part but he really wanted to be useless in Queens.
Mike Pelfrey. D. You were supposed to step up. Most games you looked like the opponents were calling you a belly itcher and you’d lose your cool.
Johan Santana. B. Things were going so well until Jerry left you in too long that game against the Nationals, but nobody listens to me.
Livan Hernandez. B. Ate some innings. If only someone would have warmed him up early so he could have not had horrible first innings.
Tim Redding. C. Horrible start but some signs of life at the end. Someone had to pitch, why not you.
John Maine. C. We want you to be Ron Darling not Bobby Jones.
Oliver Perez. F minus minus. What idiot sent you to the WBC?
The WBC. F. Useless and goofed up many player’s seasons.
Nelson Figueroa. A. The Mets treat this guy like garbage and he keeps coming back. Always five seconds from being released, I like that hekeeps coming back.
Bobby Parnell. C. I liked the Bobby Parnell that threw 100 mph in the 7th inning, hated the starter.
Pat Misch. A. I can’t dog him the day after a complete game shutout.
Fernando Nieve. B. Lots of fun for like three starts.
Jon Niese. B. Ouch.
Ken Takahashi. F. Why was he ever on the team? He’s 40.
Sean Green. C. I got nothing for ya.
Brian Stokes. B. I have plenty others to hate.
Billy Wagner. A. Made it back before Reyes.
Tobi Stoner. A. Because Stoner jerseys are fun.
K-Rod. A. Wasn’t your fault, especially in Yankee Stadium.
Pedro Feliciano. A. The senior Met will take the ball every day if you let him.
J.J. Putz. C. Looked good for a month, bad for a month, then left.
Fossum/Dessens/O’Day/Switzer. C. Half-time is over and I’m going back to watching the Chargers and Miami.
Jeff Wilpon: D. Showed up after Omar-gate. Other than that, ownership is a disaster.
Fred Wilpon. D minus. You could be Charles Dolan.
Bernie Madoff. F. Thanks for costing us 2010 too.
Did I miss anyone? Got any names to add?
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GREAT LIST. i give The Mets Police and A+
Excellent report card.
Announcer guy at Citi = Alex Anthony. I don't mind him, but the announcer before him, Roger (who I believe does Islander games now) was better. And then there's Jack Franchetti, who just disappeared after the 1987 season. I'd say he was the best PA announcer ever.
The anniouncer guy at I'm Calling It Shea gets an F. Sounds so minor-league … like a carnival barker for the Madoff Metsies.
MetsBlog gets a B- because they're controlled by SNY. Like Bob Raissman.
And Wayne Hagin. A-. Remember the most loved Original Mets radio and TV announcers came from Tennessee, Oklahoma and Southern California [Nelson, Murphy, Kiner] … Hagin's getting better and is playing off Howie like a pro.
You made some very good points but just too bitter for me. I know they were awful this year and had just a miserable year from ownership down but the reason we become such a laughing stock to Yankee fans and all others around baseball is because we do this to ourselves- we get bitter and vicious and it's never going to help matters. We have to support whomever is in control (even if we don't like him) and keep hope alive or else why the heck are we even fans? This year stunk, no doubt, but why put up a piece like this even with the positive things you pointed out? We make it so wasy for others to mock us, I know you were trying to be funny and such but as a blogger you are voice for the fan and you once again made us look silly and just added fuel to the fire. I guess you have every right to do that but it just saddens me. Lets think about ways to fix this team and give us hope for next year so we can get that magic back. Any true Mets fan would want to focus on the future, not the crappy past. This season is over, there were a lot of bad moments but I was taught to never give up or get down on your team. If we can all find a way to do that then maybe we can help make this something special again.
Sorry for the rambling, I am not saying you didn't do a great job with this post but I just can't stand all those who just want to tear their team apart. It just doesn't seem right even with all the bad times this year.
No matter how much they let us down I will always bleed orange and blue. Lets Go Mets.
I look forward to the day where we can look at the team with nothing but pride. I fear we're far from there now.
As for Metsblog being controlled by SNY – I see no evidence of it. As I said in the piece it would be really easy to do it…so I respect both the site and SNY for keeping an honest voice out there.
I'm with you for finding ways to fix the team, and hopefully you'll check the team out frequently and see that we throw out lots of suggestions out there.
what about F-Mart?
what a weak list
come on this was an awful post and very bitter, it's time to let certain things go and you didn't even give credit where credit is due – johan with a b? come on now? Johan maine a C, sorry that he worked too hard to come back from surgery was out for most of the year and still managed three starts already
are you even a mets fan?
David Wright a B?? Too kind. He was very sloppy all year and waaaay too many strikeouts.
disagree with wilson valdez's and ken takahashi's grades – I'm a HUGE Francisco Rodriguez fan and even I feel like he deserved a B/B+
You forgot about Darren O'day (side arm pitcher) who the Mets gave up on and had a great year for Texas.
who are you to give Jose Reyes an F -? B/c you know for a fact what his injury is or that he's not trying to come back? That's a joke. It's fans like you that make me sick. Jose Reyes is the most important everyday player on this team and it has showed when he was out. Fans get all over this guy for being hurt, seriously? Have you ever been a ballplayer dealing with a serious leg injury when your entire game is based on your legs? I don't think so. Yes we all know about some of his mental lapses over his career but he's still young enough to learn from them. If he ever gets run out of town I will never root for this team again. It's amazing that we finally get a couple of homegrown studs and fans constantly are all over them. Jose Reyes should retire a Met and we should feel lucky to have him in our organization. You should be banned from blogging on this team for this.
Well you were starting to lose me at the "somehow got Francoeur" for Church stuff, seeing as how Church is better at baseball. And then you gave Jose Reyes and F- and I stopped reading. I will give metspolice an F+.
Jeff and Fred Wilpon should be F minus minus.
Murphy was not a LF and the Mets had him play 2B in the Fall league. If they knew he was going to be their starting LF they should have had hime there. I think a C is a little low. I would have to say B considering he really is a rookie, leads the team in HRs, 2Bs, 2nd in RBI's, and tied for 2nd in 3B's. He is also hitting .300 with men in scoring position and .358 w men in scoring position and 2 outs.
MetsBlog controlled by SNY means that if you comment on the blog don't call the ownership SkillSets or Coupons or your comments won't be posted. Matt knows where the exposure and page clicks come from.
Putz is an F – completely sucked before he went down.
Wilpons are an F-
David Wright is a C-
K-Rod is a B
Luis Castillo is a C – he started hitting all his singles when the season was over and his defense and baserunning have been awful
Murphy – C +
Manuel is an F
Omar – F-
Eddie Coleman – F – he is awful and a schill for met ownership
Howie – A – only because he forgot Ken Boswell at the 69 Celebration
Gary Cohen – B – TV has gone to his head
Darling – A+ – best in baseball
Citifield – D – major disappointment