SLACKISH REACTION: So I typed Mets into Google as I do most mornings and I saw several headlines from the Daily News Remnant and they were acting like my ex-girlfriend in a bad mood. I was like, golly, why is the Daily News Remnant so upset.
The first headline: THE WILPONS JUST CAN’T HELP THEMSELVES
But then I saw it. It was right there.
BY DAVID ROTH.
You remember David Roth. He’s the guy that often writes about the Wilpons. He’s the origin point of my WHEN WILL MANFRED DO SOMETHING shtick. Speaking of which, the Yankees haven’t even been in the World Series since the 00s. When will Manfred take the team away from the Steinbrenners who have been unable to achieve a championship since Saint George died. But I digress.
So it’s DAVID ROTH back doing his thing…
And you know how bloggers are a bunch of losers sitting in their basements writing nonsense? Here’s what a quality journalist puts in New York’s Hometown Paper Remnant..
Every Mets fan knows how petty and strange and aggrieved their stewardship of that team has been. It’s increasingly clear that they’d rather run that team in cheesy infamy than cash out and go back to being just another bunch of swells at the yacht club. Ownership may have had other ideas, here—by showing how much the team is worth, for one, they can more readily borrow against it—but it also might just be precisely what it looks like. Jeff Wilpon, it is safe to say, will not be getting another Chief Operating Officer job anywhere else on his own merit; as soon as he’s not a part-owner of the Mets, he’s just another rich doofus.
That’s the sort of thing people sit on hold for 75 minutes to say to Joe Benigno. Even us basement bloggers don’t get into doofus territory.
David, you do you, and let me know when Manfred forces the Steinbrenners out.
But then there is CAN THE METS TRADE FOR A SOUL?
I’m sure this will be an intelligent piece about how the Mets need a gritty leader who can teach this team how to win. Let’s see..
An organization with soul has character and an intrinsic, invisible fabric that connects it to its fans, players, employees and the larger world. Families have it. So do smart organizations built for the long haul. This comes from the very top.
As much as it hurts to admit, the Yankees almost define soul. Relationships, deep connections, returnings, reconciliations, an Old-Timers’ Day loaded with love and nostalgia. Wear the pinstripes for 20 years or 20 games, you always have a home on 161st and River. Even Ken Phelps.
Oh I see where we are going.
Wowed by Art Howe. Trashing A-Rod as “24 and 1” guy because they didn’t want to pay him. Bernie Madoff. Killing its Old-Timers’ Day. Oy.
Oh you left off Fireworks and Citi Field 2009, but if you stay with the column look enough yo do get to the good old complaint about Dodgers Fetishism……look guys, get off my corner.
But again, blogs are stupid, and only Professional Journalists can write quality content of the kind of have spotlighted today.
Meanwhile, the Post is going the other way and taking THE METS WAY seriously.
The Mets Way. It’s having a philosophy. It’s having structure and purpose,’’ Brodie Van Wagenen told The Post on Saturday. “We’ve used the word purpose a lot in our meetings. We are not out here to go through the motions. We want to make sure that in our words and in our drills and in our practice we have purpose because that purpose will put us in a position to accomplish what we want to accomplish.’’
Now the Post’s article reads like an infomercial. I’m surprised they weren’t compensated for writing it , but looks like Kernan will have himself well positioned for access this summer.
I can’t even take Wags seriously. That paragraph reads like he listened to a Ted Talk on the way to practice and decided that the Mets need a “way.” Didn’t they incorporate a way last year? Or was that when Mickey Hodges established the new culture.
Look, if you acquire enough talent the Mets Way can be drinking until 3am, getting into bar fights and whatever else our heroes from 34 seasons ago did. Stop with the nonsense speeches. This is the kid of bad boss that hangs Motivation posters in the office.
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In other news, every other site is just regurgitating that MLB Network listed some Mets players on MLB Network’s best Players list. If it excites you to know that Nimmo is #9 at his position or that Ramos is #6 well enjoy your Sunday.
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Unrelated – the world is burning and yet there are idiots who run their car in the Donuts Chain parking lot. How do we educate people? Or do we just need President Bloomberg to institute $2000 fines or that? It’s going to take President Bloomberg instituting $2000 fines isn’t it?
