This season was a failure.
(OK calm the hell down and notice the title of this article and go read this one and then come back.)
If you look at it, the failure begins with Steve Cohen’s seeming unwillingness to call Ohtani’s agent. What kind of WannaBeGeorgeSteinbrenner doesn’t even TRY to get Ohtani. Well, Ohtani is in the World Series and the Mets aren’t.
The Mets won the THIRD Wild Card. What are you going to do, hang a “NLDS Championship” banner at Citi Field? That’s kind of lame. Just let it be a nice unexpected summer, but it doesn’t deserve to make the wall.
How do I define success? Win the World Series (while nicely dressed.)
It took me about an hour last night to remember what happened between the Braves doubleheader and the Phillies series. Oh yeah, a three game series against the Brewers. The one in which Pete Alonso got jammed but he’s such a giant that the ball happened to barely make it to the smallest part of the park and a legend was made. It wasn’t exactly Carlton Fisk.
I believe it was Anthony S (@RealMetman) on twitter who last week used the word “gimmick.” The 2024 Mets were a gimmick team. Sure we made weiner jokes, and the Grimace was fun, and I’m not sure anyone who isn’t on the Mets actually gave a hoot about OMG but whatever.
It seemed like after August 1st every other team decided to be inept. No matter who the Mets played, the opponent was unable to play 9 innings of baseball (see the Braves weekend and the Brewers and Phillies series for good examples). So the Gimmicks somehow kept going, scaring by on tape and glue and luck, inept opponent bullpens, and Pete Alonso getting jammed.
Then the Mets ran into Ohtani and the Dodgers.
The whole point of having Steve Cohen was to sign the premier Free Agents, wasn’t it? We weren’t supposed to play Moneyball while David Stearns looks smug.
Did the Mets win the World Series? No. It’s another failed season. This list is getting long.
1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995*, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.
Oh, and just to kick you in the shins Steve – Brand Y across town, they are in the World Series.
