Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

The New York Post killed the Mets…

Steve Cohen’s highest-paid and minimum earners alike have disappointed and put this team — on pace to win 73 games for the season following Monday’s 2-1 loss to the Brewers — in position to displace the 1992 “Worst Team Money Could Buy” Mets as the flashiest flop in franchise history. It’s a team sitting eight games below .500, with the National League’s fourth-worst record.  (via NY Post)

Interestingly the article didn’t throw Buck Showalter under the bus (although the did link to their podcast about firing Buck) so we don’t have to upgrade to a Showalter Watch Watch just yet.

About that….who are you replacing Buck with?  Usually you replace the veteran manager with the young manager who “understands the modern ballplayer” and THAT usually coincides with a rebuild.

If you like that idea, let me remind you Mickey Hodges Callaway (the man who Howie Rose compared to Gil Hodges, in a career low point for Howie)

Anyway, here are my thoughts on Buck…

In a shocking development, following a 101 win season, we have a Showalter Watch Watch Watch.

This is NOT a Showalter Watch.  Allow me to explain for newer readers…

A Showalter Watch will be when the team is 27 games under .500, they’ve lost 7 in a row, Lindor has mooned the fans on 9/11, the papers have a lot of “one Met said” quotes and we hear that Steve is on his way to Atlanta.  This is not that.

A Showalter Watch Watch will be when we look out for a Showalter Watch.  That will come a few weeks before, when the Post starts writing articles about how Edgardo Alfonzo could be the next manager and we have the occasional “one Met said” quote.  Also GKR will be annoyed they even have to attend the games.   This is not that.

Where we are today is a Showalter Watch Watch Watch where we begin to notice the beat getting ornery, which will eventually lead to a Showalter Watch Watch.  In hurricane terms this is when the Weather Channel tells you to keep an eye on Tropical Depression 16 off the coast of Africa.  This is where we are now, as The Athletic opens the can of worms…

And it’s a consequence of manager Buck Showalter’s not maximizing the resources on hand. (via The Athletic.)

That’s it.  One sentence by Tim Britton.  Retweeted by Marc Craig. That’s all it takes.

If Craig Carton were still a thing he’d get 4 hours of it.  Mad Dog in his prime would get two weeks out of it.  Tiki Barber will likely discuss the Raiders options at fullback.  But that’s your fault for listening to WFAN this century….grab some podcasts will ya?

Anyway….there was also a little kerfuffle over the weekend when the beat didn’t like Buck’s answer about Tuesday’s starting pitcher.  And now….a drip here, a drip there.  Weird, right?

All of this has happened before and will happen again.

Eventually Steve will hold a press conference with his new GM and his new field manager and they will tell us how THIS TIME they are going to change the culture so they can win both now, and for a sustained period.

Oh, and the next manager – he’ll be younger so he can connect to “today’s ballplayer.”  That won’t work out either, and in 2026 you will get the veteran manager to steady the ship.

 

 

Hey guys, what’s the minimal possible effort we could put in to try and get some of those Patriotic Fans Dollars?

The Mets are cool like that. Even though the season is going well and they have likable players like Lindor, their mindset is that they would even give you a billion dollars if you asked nicely.

So since they are cool here’s a deal that doesn’t look awful except for the part about having to attend a baseball game.

I think 4 hot dogs alone is $87 so it’s a good deal. I’ll let you guys tell me what the restrictions are. It’s probably for Tuesday nights but only when the temperature is in the 40s. Does not include hot chocolate.