“Saturday. In the park. I think it was the Fourth of July.” That blissful song was in my head as I watched the Mets play at Dodgers Stadium a few hours ago. I wasn’t expecting much. I figured since Matt Harvey and Zach Grienke were pitching it would be a light offensive affair, and for the most part it was. Harvey didn’t give up a tremendous amount of hard hit balls. He did walk five, which helped him get into trouble on multiple occasions. His command tonight was some of the worst I’d ever seen, but he still wasn’t terrible. The offense limped along until a rally in the eighth and ninth. It was the first time since Sunday that the Mets had been able to score more than two runs.
Sadly, even I too am reaching the apathy stage of the season. As the General Manager has made it abundantly clear, neither the manager is going anywhere, nor are any substantial trades on the horizon. This is the team we’ve gone, and that’s the end of it. Then I’m afraid this team just isn’t enough. Nothing short of near-perfect pitching can seemingly keep the Mets in games, and the hitting just can’t put it together. It was a lovely day though, beautiful weather, and I hardly got harassed by the opponents. I think they knew to take pity on me. Afterall, I’m just a lowly Mets fan.
It’s hard to understand the reasons and the logic behind the hubris Alderson is allowed to live by. He doesn’t give a crap about the players; he doesn’t give a crap about the fans; he doesn’t give a crap about the press.
I can’t imagine an NFL or any other organization in another sport being so smug for so long and their commissioner allowing it. I would imagine they would like good press and vibes with their customers. Hard to understand why, other than “we can”. And to that effect, he’s right because the fans will still be there.
Sandy Alderson, apparently, is the vault guard for the Wilpons. (Who, by the way, make M. Donald Grant look like he spent money like a drunken sailor.) No trades are coming because, and here I agree with dandy Sandy, they don’t want to part with their young, outstanding pitching. Thus, the waiver wire and players DFA’d are the only option left. (Casey McGhee anybody?) Free-agency after the season remains the last option, but the Mets have proven they won’t spend.
Yes,Buster Olney,Terry Collins is part of the problem.
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The Mets starting pitching is their strength. Leave it to the Mets to find a way to screw it up. The Mets believe that restricting innings in a season reduces injuries. In order to reduce innings they have put all six of their starting pitchers on a different schedule and changed their routine. They should have chosen just one to be on an extra day’s rest and substituted him for a starter who would skip his regular turn in the rotation. That would leave the five best starters on their regular routine (except once every five starts missing a turn) The sixth starter would be the only starter that is getting his routine altered as he would be the only one on six days rest between starts acting as the substitute. Instead the Mets are messing with their pitchers heads and routines with their ill thought out pitching rotation.
Patrick, is Chavez Ravine as great a ballpark as I’ve heard? Imagine 50,000 screaming fans! Should I add it to my bucket list?
By all accounts these are very, very smart individuals. Sometimes, though, sometimes it feels like they overthink these things just a bit too much.
Dodger Stadium is fantastic. The atmosphere is fantastic. The weather is fantastic. The food sucks! I’ll take Citi Field any day.
Like Metsense, I’m still ticked off about 2012.
But, fool me once, fool me twice. While I want the Mets to do … something, my expectation is that they will do nothing. A coping mechanism? Absolutely. But at least it allows me to enjoy the games that are happening.
I was encouraged that they battled back when all hope seemed lost in the late innings. I’ll tune in today to see if they can win the rubber game. Taking 2 out of 3 when they had to go up against Kershaw-Greinke would be quite the feat.