Sunday, September 12th vs. Philadelphia
7 Jose Reyes Strong safety
16 Angel Pagan RF
15 Carlos Beltran CF
5 David Wright 3B
29 Ike Davis 1B
23 Chris Carter LF
30 Josh Thole C
3 Luis Hernandez 2B
49 Future Hall of Famer Jonathon Niese QB
Mets shouldn’t rule out trading promising youngsters – NYPOST.com
We’ve talked about this in the past – both on the site and the podcast. This franchise should consider everyone as on the table. I like Ike and I love home grown players, but Joel Sherman makes a lot of sense here:
Before the position has way more supply than demand, the Mets should, at the least, see if Davis can return a long-term rotation piece, second baseman or potential replacement to Reyes (a free agent after next year). The Mets could then stopgap for 2011 with a free agent such as Lyle Overbay, Carlos Pena, Adam LaRoche or Derrek Lee — all of whom would offer similar production to Davis. And then — thinking big picture — the Mets should be predetermined to solve first base long-term after the 2011 campaign with a true difference-making free agent from among Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder and Adrian Gonzalez.
via Mets shouldn’t rule out trading promising youngsters – NYPOST.com.
To bring winning back to Queens, Mets should hire… Lee Mazzilli? (News)
Good morning Mets fans. Apparently I am now writing in the Daily News using the psuedonym “Bill Madden.” I swear there are days I don’t even know who I am.
So, if not Backman, there is only one other candidate who fills at least two of the three primary criteria the Wilpons are looking for – difference-maker, experience, Met pedigree – and that’s Lee Mazzilli, who, coincidentally, is also employed by the Yankees in a behind-the-scenes capacity. Mazzilli, one of the most popular Mets ever, managed the Baltimore Orioles for a year and a half in 2004-05 and might have been a difference-maker there if not constrained by the manic, deterrent ownership of Peter Angelos. Mazzilli’s 78-84 third-place finish In 2004, is the O’s best record since 1999. The following year, he had them a half-game out of first place as late as July 18 – only to be fired by Angelos two weeks later in the wake of Rafael Palmeiro’s positive steroids test.
via To bring winning back to Queens, Mets should hire Kevin Towers and Lee Mazzilli to clean up the mess.
Yep, you have now lived long enough to see a non-kook suggest Lee Mazzilli be the next manager of the Mets. Man, even I have given up that dream.
The foods of New Meadowlands Stadium (video)
As you get ready for kickoff, some more photos from my recent outing to a Giants game.
Season Can’t End Soon Enough for Mets – NYTimes.com
They are back in a familiar cycle of failure and frustration, of bad luck and dubious behavior. They are three weeks from completing a four-year run as depressing as Herbert Hoover’s. If the Mets were running for re-election, they would lose every state.