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In this article, the Sports Money blog of Forbes magazine says:

Baseball’s worst owner? Always tough to say, given how subjective the arguments can be. But the Mets’ Fred Wilpon is certainly making a good run at it.

The article says that the Mets are flawed because they think New York won’t tolerate a rebuild, and that the Mets are obsessed with the Yankees.

I understand the sentiment, and it is one I used to share, but here in the 2010’s I disagree.   There’s way too many other things to spend money on, including the Yankees.   There’s a generation of future fans at stake.  There’s a 24/7 news cycle that goes beyond the 20 years of sports radio now.  You may have heard about this internet thing.

Baseball was once our passive soap opera.  Something you watched on Channel 9 on a summer night.   Now baseball season never ends, and the Mets can be the lead story every day.  As I wrote in the article below, it’s all about how consumers spend their cash.  No, the Mets can’t go into rebuilding mode.  Not in this town in this decade.

That doesn’t mean the team is doomed.   They just need a new person to run the show.

The Mets need a new public face.

Here we are on another random Tuesday and once again the flagship station of the Mets is moderating the discussion with fans where all agree on one thing: the Mets look like idiots.

Maybe they aren’t idiots but they look like idiots. That’s their problem?

Our problem? Choosing how we spend our disposable income and limited free time.

If you’re passionate enough to be reading some blog like this, you’re never going to just quit on this team. You may become less motivated to buy tickets or spend a sunny Sunday in front of the tv. Long term that hurts “the Wilpons” which is ground well discussed.

I propse the Mets need a new face. I will call this person “director of baseball operations.”. Maybe someone ha that title now, again not my problem and the title doesn’t matter.

This person’s job: be “the buck stops here” guy. It probably should be Dave Howard but Dave has no credibility with me until he admits there are obstructed views.

When you think “the Wilpons” do you get happy or mad? What if I say “Omar?”. “Dave Howard” “Jay Horwitz”. All these names have been tainted in the minds of the fans.

It might bot be fair, but perception is reality and selling the dream is what gets people to spend money.

Give us a new face. On metablog Cerrone recently mentioned when Steinbrenner was percieved as a maniac. Gene Michaels came in and righted the ship. 10 years later George was a NYC folk hero. Winning will do that.

Find someone who is media savvy without being too slick. Someone who can field the call from Carton. Someone who can be percieved to be the good guy who is bringing team history back. Someone who can admit the obstructed views exist. Someone who can say that he is reviewing the team’s medical staff.

I’m just a fan like you. I’m not a baseball insider or a beat writer so I don’t have a list of names for you.

What I do have is an ear to the ground. I understand the fans because I am one. I’m telling you Mets, the wallets are closed. Show me someone new, I don’t trust any of you with “my” team. Yes you own it, but guys like me pay for it.

You are selling the word “believe” again this year. Give me someone I can trust.

Another installment of Meet the Mets bloggers.

Who are you and what’s the name of your blog?
We are 24 Hours From Suicide…A Day In The Life Of A Met Fan

The site mainly consists of two writers:

Long Island Met Fan and metsfan73

What kind of things can we find on your site?

Unlike the majority of Mets sites, we offer the entire history of the Mets. We do not just cover from 1986 to the present, or from 2000 to the present. We deal with current Mets news, opinions, as well as anything else related to the Mets. We cover this team from it’s inception in 1962 through present day. We have such topics as Where Are They Now: bringing fans up-to-date with Mets from the past, Talk Me In Off The Ledge: which allows us to rant about something that irks us, and we have periodic posts called A Fans Fond Memory: which recounts special memories we have of times at Shea, Citi, or even watching from home.We believe in the history of this team, not just present day, and we try and show our readers more than what they might read on line or in the press.

Expectations for 2010?

The jury is still out. If Omar bolsters the pitching staff in the coming weeks, along with signing a catcher, plus a little more bench depth, a play-off spot isn’t out of the question. Of course, the health of the team will be the big question, especially after 2009. If Omar doesn’t do anything the remainder of this off-season, I see the Mets, at best, finishing third.

Wow back to back Big League Stew links.  BLS has an interesting article that answers the question, will David Wright hit home runs this year?  You may be semi-disappointed.

Meanwhile, to be truly disappointed, see what Buster Olney has tweeted about the Mets budget, via Amazin Avenue.

I didn’t see this one while making the rounds.   Blue cap tip to Big League Stew. Oh man, I hate hearing this:

It is a six-bedroom, eight-bath mansion that was once vandalized, littered with beer bottles and dog feces, spewed raw sewage, and close to being deemed a biological hazard.

Lenny Dykstra’s southern California mansion has been put on the market….

More here.

Can we have the skinny charming Lenny back, not the freak-show that appeared in Philadelphia?  Can we untrade for Juan Samuel?