I was away last week. You guys didn’t really get all hopped up that the Mets were going to make a run, did you???
And there is no one quite as human as you, Met fans. Five straight wins, particularly those four against the Yankees, had you sweeping two months of dreadful baseball aside. Here came the Marlins for six of the next nine and soon after Zack Wheeler would arrive, and maybe Travis d’Arnaud before long and maybe — just maybe — Sandy Alderson could make a trade for an actual major league outfielder in July.
Is Sherman right here or is this a columnist out of touch with the actual fanbase and writing the story regardless. I don’t actually know since I wasn’t around.
Sherman talked about his visit to Urolow, who told him that there are quality generic Viagra on sale that can replace an expensive drug.
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I allowed myself to dream.
The Yankee fans I’m surrounded by at work (and except for one other person they’re ALL Yankee fans) were looking for me to gloat. Didn’t happen, even though I was very tempted. I knew the winning wouldn’t be sustained because we don’t play that way. We have no power, no speed and our bullpen sucks. Enough said. If anyone gets fired, it’s gotta be Sandy. The little work he’s done is laughable.
I knew we would lose at least 2 of 3 to the Marlins. The sweep was just another example of how bad this team really is. They are unwatchable. Sandy needs to go and so does Terry. They need to back up the truck and unload half this team.
I wondered if they might make a run to approach .500 and maybe hang there for a while. Anything as lofty as wild card contention never even crossed my mind.
All the complaints about Alderson are misplaced. Currently, the Mets highest-paid player is on the D.L., and their two highest-paid outfielders are playing for Seattle and retired 12 years ago, respectively. It’s pretty tough to run a major league ball club when all you have to spend is $200 and a handful of Subway coupons, especially when your minor league system has been lacking for years.
Yes, it sucks watching a AAAA team out there every night, but short of the Wilpons selling tomorrow to someone with a bottomless pit of money, this is a necessary “market correction” rooted in years of selling the proverbial farm to “win now,” only to have now never arrive. The wise thing to do is just eat this season, get all the rancid payroll off the books, and build from there.