What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Let’s face it. As Mets fans, we are all a bunch of idiots sitting out in a field (500 feet from home plate wearing matching t-shirts) waiting for The Great Pumpkin to arrive. The Great Pumpkin will be the one to Change The Culture. The Great Pumpkin will establish sustainable success year after year. When …
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Bob Melvin. His name has come up several times as Mets manager, most notably when they chose Terry Collins. He is 59, has managed 18 seasons, and is attached to the A’s. Every rumor about Mets hiring seems to have some sort of A’s component to it. Two rival execs made the point that Melvin …
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There have been some baseball announcers who became World Series winning baseball managers. Bob Brenly worked the 2000 World Series for FOX before winning the 2001 series as the Diamondbacks’ manager. Joe Torre was good in the booth before returning to the dugout for Saint George. So why not Gary Cohen? Gary has seen as …
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Since the lineups get made by the accountants upstairs, maybe what the Mets need to do is admit the manager’s job is one of marketing…so why not turn to the best marketer in Flushing? Darren is charismatic and has proven that he can handle the media. The fans like him. We could pair him up …
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The entire point of this “Will this guy manage the Mets” series is to make fun of all the dopey articles everyone else writes. Sandy Alderson plays everything close to the vest and nobody knows anything. Need an example, here’s Sports Illustrated from October 15th. Their headline, “Could Yankees’ Aaron Boone be Mets manager candidate?” …
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