Why not let Ollie start?

The season is over.

I will keep writing that until someone in Flushing figures it out.

Jerry needs to be re-signed or dismissed. It is good for nobody to let him manage to save his job.

On a similar note, since the Mets won’t eat Ollie’s money then why not let him start.

Send him out there every 5th day and let Misch or someone back him up.

He sure won’t get better by not pitching.

The season is in garbage time. Let the garbage play.

Daily News great article about RA Dickey

From the Daily News.

Wow there’s a lot to this guy:

Dickey’s Christian faith, and the outreach that results from it, is a key element. In the late 1990s, he and a friend founded Honoring the Father, which began as a platform to speak to youth groups and implement community service projects. After a few years, they began traveling to Mexico and Venezuela to deliver medical and baseball supplies, and help build homes. About five years ago, they applied for and received special religious visas allowing them to enter Cuba, where they travel about once a year.

More here.

Howie should do a game solo

Good morning Mets fans,

It’s all quiet in Flushing. The Internet is quiet which means Adam Rubin will score big with part 2 of his Meet the Mess series.

Days like these are when crazy ideas sometimes cut through so I will float one:

Howie Rose should do a game alone.

Why?

Why not.

Howie is the best in the business this side of Vin Scully, and Vin works alone – so why not let Howie try it?

Just give Wayne a day off.

Make an event out of it.

This season feels endless. For the first time in a long long time I find myself searching for things to write about. Without the storylines of old stadium/new stadium things are just boring.

There’s just nothing to be excited about right now, and there are still 5 weeks to go.

The good news is that I have been doing this long enough to know that these are the days when major Mets chaos tends to erupt. Don’t be surprised to see an Omar vs Rubin type story from nowhere appear.