It seems there are quite a few fans who saw this coming. Perhaps even a majority of them. Yet some are still surprised at what has transpired with this team, even though they have been like this for the past five years. Some decided to remain optimistic and give the 2011 New York Mets the [...]
It is no secret just how passionate fans of the New York Mets are. They live and die with their team. That is unless the team dies first. The fans have always been thirsty to have homegrown players brought to their field rather than consistently offering up their prospects for players that are “ready now” [...]
There seems to be this growing philosophy that if a player is the face of a franchise, he must stay with the team throughout. I will not argue this. You can look across town to see what it has done for the New York Yankees with Derek Jeter. I do believe in homegrown talent. The [...]
It was a long time coming. Finally the 2011 New York Mets have started to gain momentum. Even though they hit a small snag last night, this team was on a six game winning streak. Yet what caused this surge? What made the team that some felt would not go anywhere, to finding their power? [...]
There is a storm brewing. It is breaking apart something that has always been great about the New York Mets: their fan base. With a devastating losing streak happening with the 2011 team, the fan base seems to be divided. Some have taken to jumping out of Citi Field. Others have raised their voices in [...]
It was a special chant. One that was coined by a beloved New York Met. It was the rally cry of not just a Mets team that seemed to be going nowhere in 1973, but the cry of every Mets team and fan that followed for years to come. “Ya Gotta Believe!” It was a [...]
New York Mets GM, Sandy Alderson, spoke with Kevin Burkhardt of SNY about the release of Luis Castillo. He made some interesting comments, one being on what helped to factor in the decision: Bad blood between fans and Castillo. When Burkhardt spoke to Gary Apple on SNY he had this to say on what factored [...]
It seems everyone from Sandy Alderson to manager Terry Collins are willing to give Oliver Perez every chance to make the 2011 New York Mets team out of spring training. Many fans and some in the front office feel he does not deserve the opportunity because of citing his past transgressions. The only reason he [...]
There are many who seem to be enamored by the arrival of Jason Isringhausen to the New York Mets spring training facilities. Others have no real opinion. To me, it seems like a page right out of the Omar Minaya handbook. Before you judge, hear me out. One of the very many things people complained [...]
The Mets have not really had a manager who had a presence since Bobby Valentine. Art Howe had the presence of a man ready to be put out to pasture. Willie Randolph was all about rules and regulations. Jerry Manuel played puppet to those above him. With the addition of Terry Collins, this seems to [...]