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March 11, 2009

Bobby V Defender

I like when y’all bring it. Â This was in the comments but deserves a day in the sun:

MetsPolice forgets that any other manager on the planet could not have gotten more out of those very average clubs than Bobby V. Braves had far superior talent. 99 Mets won 97 games, go run the numbers and tell me since division play how many other years that total would have won the division. Friggin Braves won 103 games, you want the Mets to win 104?? gimme a break.

2000 Mets won 94 games with Agbayani, Bell and Payton in the OF. Enough with the Bobby V bashing. If he managed this much talent from 2005 – 2008 they would have won the division 3 of the 4 years.

The 96 and 97 teams? How can you count them? 97 was the first year since 1990 that was over .500 – we were ecstatic they didnt suck anymore. 1998, I’ll give you, they blew it when they had the WC wrapped up.

Give Bobby his dues, he helped turn it around and his teams were genuinely entertaining – he got the most out of what he was given.

Posted by osh41 to The Mets Police at March 10, 2009 7:34 PM

March 11, 2009

Obligatory Santana & Reyes Are Back Post

I have a Mets blog and the rules of blogging mean that I have to have the obligatory “Santana pitches today” post that every other blog has.

This is my woo-hoo Santana pitches today and Jose Reyes rejoins the team post. Obviously those are good things.

Now if someone could knock out Puerto Rico and the USA (yeah I’m a communist I guess) we could get back to having the Real Mets back in camp.

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March 10, 2009

Games In April Actually Count: The Importance Of A Good Start For The Mets (or anyone)

One of the reasons I hated Bobby Valentine is that his teams always got off to a bad start.

It seemed like every year the Mets would be way back and then have to kill themselves to get back into the race. They

Going back to the V years, the Mets have had a standings lead on May 1st only once. Care to guess which year it was?

Mets Standings On may 1st:

The V Years (not a single first place finish, some wild-card ass-saving and even a play-in game):

1996 5 back

1997 8.5 back

1998 4.5 back

1999 1.back

2000 4 back

2001 4.5 back

2002 ironically tied for first. This team lost 10 games in the standings in June and wound up over 20 back.

The Rest:

2003 7 back

2004 6 back

2005 3 back

2006 Up 6. Funny how much easier seasons go when everyone else is chasing YOU.

2007 .5 back – just about right. A near miss. Except they were trailing the Braves.

2008 .5 back of the Phillies.

So the next time someone tells you that it’s cool that the Mets are 10 and 13, and “only” 4 back – it’s time to start worrying and time to start winning games.

March 10, 2009

A-Rod Disappoints Again

I now realize how spoiled we've been.

A-Rod helped sportsblogs coast through February.

Yesterday A-Rod let me down.

With a pseudo-Mets team missing 16 players there's not much to say. Sure I could make some crap up along the lines of:

"'Kielty Should Platoon"

Or the ever popular "Santana Elbow OK!" posts that you see everywhere.

Maybe some random Mike Pelfrey speculation would float your boat?

Nope, I'm hoping the real Mets come back soon, and that brings me back to A-Rod.

Alex you let me down. I needed to wake up to headlines like "A-Rod blows off surgery to go surfing with Madonna" or "Alex: Jeter doesn't have it as hard as I do" or "Doctor: A-Rod cried like a baby."

Nope. All I have is "A-OK" type stuff. The surgery went well. Good for you A-Rod but what about the poor blogger with nothing to write about? Can't you steal some ice cream from a little girl or something?

Jerry said something non-commital about Pedro (that everyone is spinning as 'no way', read it again folks.)

"You have to be fair to the people we have here."

That's not no.

I have a suspicion there's a tremendous upside to Livan Hernandez.

Anyway, A-Rod, Santana and Pelfrey are fine. Enjoy the WBC. I don't.

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March 9, 2009

Shea for Sale

There’s tumbleweeds blowing by in Hypothetical Flushing today. There’s really nothing happening in Metsville.

Uniwatch mentioned this article: http://www.northjersey.com/sports/Shea_for_sale.html updating all the stuff you didn’t buy the first time.

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