The Mets Police

At Steve Cohen’s introductory press conference he said:

“I’m not in this for a short-term fix.  I don’t want to be good one year and bad three. I want to be good every year. That’s the goal, and the team I want to build.

“If we don’t win [a World Series] in the next three to five years, I’d consider that slightly disappointing.”

Slightly?  Steve, I will consider this MAJORLY disappointing.  We could have kept the Wilpons around to not sign Ohtani and to win the third Wild Card.

Let’s all go back in time to when the fans through out the Uncle Steve nickname.  If I told you then that on January 1, 2026 the Mets would have won ZERO rings, you would be surprised, wouldn’t you?  If I told you Ohtani hit free agency and supposedly Steve didn’t even pick up the phone to try and sign the guy (Can that possibly be true???)

So no more excuses.   We’re in Year 5 of the 3 to 5 year mission.  It’s Ring Or Bust.   Steve can be Slightly Disappointed if the 2025 Mets don’t win it all, but it’s a massive waste of potential.

 

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.

 

Somewhere along the way, everyone forgot that this year was part of The Secret Rebuild.   Second Choice Manager Carlos Mendoza who looked like he might not make it to May 1st, might as well be named Manager For Life now (players like him, and he can handle the media, and the results were there.).

While I have made it no secret that I did not like some of the humans who were the 2024 Mets, I am happy for those of you who had a great summer.  These are definitely not MY Mets, but they are somebody’s Mets, and I really hope you enjoyed the ride.  You got to enjoy three weeks of October baseball, which even in the era of 40% of teams making the playoffs is kinda rare here in Queens.

Take it in, enjoy the moment.  Celebrate the great unexpected ride you got to take.   I have preached to my children (really) to always enjoy the good moments, as you never know what life will bring.

(You won’t like my next post.)

 

This one is very subject to cancellation since you guys didn’t want to trade Matt Harvey for Mookie Betts and Steve couldn’t be bothered to call Ohtani.

Anyway, if you’d like to sit out in the cold instead of comfy at home for some reason…

NEW YORK METS TO HOST WATCH PARTY AT CITI FIELD

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20

 

WHAT:           The New York Mets will be hosting a watch party at Citi Field for Game 6 of the National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, October 20. The game will be shown on Citi Vision, the largest scoreboard in MLB. Gates will open at 6:30 p.m. ET, with first pitch scheduled for 8:08 p.m. ET.

Tickets are $10 with all net proceeds benefitting the Amazin’ Mets Foundation.* As part of admission, fans will enjoy free parking, special appearances from Mr. and Mrs. Met and select $5 concessions throughout the event. The event will be first-come, first-served with a limit of 8 tickets per person.

Fans can purchase tickets at Mets.com/WatchParty.

*The event is subject to cancellation at Citi Field’s sole discretion. Fans will be notified via email of any such cancellation. If a watch party does not take place, all ticket purchases will be automatically refunded within 7 business days to the same payment method that was used to make the purchase.

WHEN:           Sunday, October 20

6:30 p.m. ET – Gates Open

8:08 p.m. ET – Game Start

                       

Guys, this isn’t the third wild card   These are the big boy playoffs.  Why would you wear this garbage?  Do you actually think this looks good?

Steve your brand really is a mess   This run has hid many sins

I remain on watch

I mean Steve look at this, it’s a mess