Last night on twitter I declared that I was turning the game off because I was bored.
I expected folks to tell me that I was not a real fan or something, but nope….everyone agreed that was the right call.
The Mets are becoming unwatchable.
There is nothing to tune in for.
The best player is having his worst season. The only guy with any pizzazz is out for the year (and still hasn’t mastered pizzazz vs annoying.)
Last night’s booth was professional. Nothing wrong with it. But it was yet another Keith Hernandez-less telecast, so no spark. Keith brings the fun with his disdain for even being there. There are nights where the only thing getting me through are Keith’s sighs.
I’m finding the Mets are becoming a burden. Oh man, the game is on and I have to watch? Many years I will feel that way around August 20th before rallying and savoring the few games left.
This…this is something else.
This isn’t frustration about losing…it’s boring.
It’s homework.
I will still tune in, but I’m not enjoying it. How are you guys feeling about this wonderful product?
At least we had meaningful games in May.
The Mets are on television? what channel?
PerfectPitchMLB metspolice I stopped following the Mets a couple of years ago bc it just became too heartbreaking (aka boring).
PerfectPitchMLB Yes, very sad. Remember the subway poster “NYC has 6 professional sports teams…and the Mets”. Sigh, and ouch…
eygems I remember that ad too. 🙁
That’s why I prefer the Josh & Howie show on Keith’s days off.
I believe you have summed it up perfectly!
I guess we watch every game because we hope for a different outcome. “Maybe this time Zach figures it out, maybe this is the at bat that David will break out, maybe this time Duda drives in the runner from second.” Most of the time they are not competitive and as a result boring. Nothing ever changes.
Its hard to watch. I actually have an excuse NOT to watch, I live on the west coast and the games start when I’m still at work and yet I DVR them (I have the baseball package plus SNY) and watch them when I get home. I’m just a glutton for punishment I guess. But this current Mets product has to change and change quickly or I will not waste my hard earned money any more.
It’s impossible to watch at this point. The Wilpon/Alderson/Collins parade of stiffs has more than run its course.
Come on…the TV booth is about the only thing we DON’T suck at! We’ve got the best in the business regardless of who is working on a given night (though I will admit I am partial to Keith and I sometimes miss Gary Thorne). But really, anybody catch a Skankee TV game recently? I also live in an area where I get Phillies games. They both infinitely suck . Sorry David Cone, but I’d rather listen to Joan Rivers. And even though it’s TV, the concept of “dead air” still applies. On those rare occasions when I lower myself to watching a Skankee game, I find myself constantly checking my mute button. And as for radio, Howie and Josh or John and She with the pretentiously spelled first name? It’s no contest, unless you’re looking to laugh AT someone rather than with them, in which case it’s John and Suz hands down.
As for the product on the field, that’s another story.
metspolice this is so accurate I can’t it’s literally worse than homework
The actual play-by-play via Cohen, Darling, Hernandez is great. And Burkhardt in the job usually given to bimbos on a Fox Sports regional baseball ‘cast is done above and beyond by Burkhardt. But the rest of it, the promos, and anything else on SportsNet New York and WPIX is minor-league.
metspolice I’ve decided to focus on the World Cup. That should bring close to NFL training camp. Right?
And I thought I was the only one who heard Keith’s sighs! Once can only imagine Gary and Ronnie laughing and smiling as long as the camera isn’t on them. There IS a way to make these telecasts more bearable, though. If you’ll remember, a number of years ago, they opened the phones for fans to call in during the telecasts and the broadcast crew would converse with the callers. Why not do it again, except this time, use the internet technology available such as Skype video calls which could also include video conferencing calls with groups of fans at a time. It would make for a riveting telecast, especially if all comments were allowed as long as they were clean. They could also have giveaways, trivia contests, etc.
On a similar note, I don’t understand why Skype or even Google audio chat isn’t used more often by radio talk shows, as the clarity is far superior to the horrible cellphone connections and landlines. Why is it that the most frequent callers to the local sportstalk stations quite often have the worst sounding cellphone audio clarity?
metspolice Perfectly sums up our current state. If not for joshlewinstuff and Howie they would be unlistenable, too. Our six most ….
metspolice exciting players are Gary, Keith, Ron, Josh, Howie and Kevin.
.BitterBillNYDN thx! the broadcasts are excellent in execution, what they cover is a star-less snoozefest. No show-biz
metspolice right. You can’t make chicken salad out of, well, you know