the 2007 NEW YORK METS: Pedro is Gravy

It was the Post:

"We've been throwing four innings a night, for months! Our pitching coach has no experience talking to a bullpen. He can help you mechanically, but he can't tell you emotions. He has no idea what it feels like. And neither does Willie. They're not a lot of help, put it that way."
--Mets closer Billy Wagner, in comments reprinted in the New York Post.

"I don't want people to misinterpret what I was saying. I wasn't trying to knock Willie or Rick, because they've been great. As bad as we've played, they've been the most supportive coaches I've probably been around."
--Wagner, clarifying his comments.

"This is not the time for this kind of article to come out. We believe in Willie. We believe in Rick. And we wouldn't be where we're at today if it wasn't for their leadership, and constantly patting us on the back and kicking us in the butt."
--Wagner

"It's never about me. I want that clarified--it's not about me. It's the results that we're dealing with. I definitely don't want to sound like I'm trying to be a loud mouth, or a leader of this team. Because I'm not the leader of this team."
--Wagner (Anthony DiComo, MLB.com)

hey tad thanks for the peace offering. for the record i'm not displacing anyone in philly or the east coast in general, i'll leave it to, i dunno, lawyers or somebody to do that. (JOEKS)

most of my friends who are phillies fans have been extremely gracious with their victory, which is nice considering i sorta wanted to drive off the road while listening to the mets yesterday.

AP - Billy Wagner injured his ankle Sunday while furiously backtracking from comments he made earlier about the effectiveness of the Mets coaching staff.

I'm really surprised no one jumped outta the upper deck when Glavine hit Willis with the 1-2 pitch.

while yanquis fans are bombastic and smug in their entitlement, mets fans are from other lands and retarded. i remember this summer a little kid (like, 4 or 5) getting gently berated by his uncle or somesuch relative for wearing a yanquis hat. dude. the kid is fucking 5.

some people. he should have just gotten his point across with a good beating.

you can find fans of all teams who are from the Land of Catsuppp Dude-Level Douchiness.

yeah but it sounds worse in broken english and a t-shirt with a cartoonishly large head of joe reyes on it.

courtesy of new york's best aka only real newspaper:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10012007/img/front100107.jpg

For fuck's sake.

you can find fans of all teams who are from the Land of Catsuppp Dude-Level Douchiness.

he's probably a red sox fan, being from rhode island -- right?!?

(nb: i like Catsuppp Dude & the noizers for the most part -- no insult meant!)

Woody Paige, succinct as always on Around teh Horn: "You've got to gut this team like a fish. And when you do that, you've got to get rid of Delgado, you gotta get rid of Beltran, you gotta get rid of Sean Green, you gotta get rid of El Duque, you gotta get rid of Glavine, you gotta get rid of, uh, ah, Pedro Martinez, you've got to build around... Perez... Maine... Wright... Reyes."

Get rid of Beltran? That's dumb.

so was that glavine's last outing?

yeah i saw that, and apparently some people on wfan are talking about dumping beltran too. so dumb.

In a way I think the Mets collapse is worse than that of the 1995 Angels, just because of the fewer number of games involved (i.e. the swiftness of events) and the fact that they never really recovered at any point (the 1995 Angels, 1993 Giants, 1978 Red Sox all collapsed, and then caught fire at the end to tie up the division again).

-- signed: guy who still hasn't recovered from the 1987 Blue Jays

i more intrigued about his name than anything else.

I think the significance of the Mets collapse is also coupled with the fact that they had one of the weakest schedules in the league, playing much of that stretch at home.

att Steve Shasta (from Newsday):

John Maine showed up Monday, but not to pack his locker. He came by Shea to pick up MRI film of his left hip, which he will have examined further Tuesday in Philadelphia. Maine revealed that he had been hurting from a sore hip since the All-Star break, which may explain why he went 5-6 with a 5.53 ERA in 15 starts in the second half of the season.

"It bothered me all year," Maine said.

He seemed fine on Saturday, when Maine struck out 14 and carried a no-hit bid into the eighth inning before Paul Hoover's two-out dribbler ruined his shot at history. Maine's gem kept the Mets' playoff hopes alive, only to see then dashed 24 hours later.

"It still doesn't feel like the season is over," Maine said.

Told about the fans' misery, he added, "I don't think they're as disappointed as we are. We worked harder than they did to not do it."

scott schoenweis takes 'roids? who knew?

the significance of the Mets collapse is also coupled with the fact that they had one of the weakest schedules in the league

TRUTH

what? against Manager of the Year Manny Acta?

via the Always Amazin' blog -- the year in Mets "#5 Starters":

Jorge Sosa (14 starts): 7-6, 4.59 ERA
Mike Pelfrey (13 starts): 3-8, 5.58 ERA
Brian Lawrence (6 starts): 1-2, 6.83 ERA
Jason Vargas (2 starts): 0-1, 12.19 ERA
Dave Williams (1 start): 0-1, 22.85 ERA
Chan Ho Park (1 start): 0-1, 15.75 ERA
Phil Humber (1 start): 0-0, 7.71 ERA

Total: 38 starts, 201 1/3 IP, 11-19, 6.39 ERA

Makes you wonder why Sosa was pulled from the spot.

What if Maine had spoken up about his injury, gone on the 15-day DL and turned in just one more quality start than he did? The world may never know!

nah, that's not a gamer.

this could also be an interpretation of the last two weeks of the season:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfz6l2n_e40

i need an animated gif of the last few seconds!

nb: i like Catsuppp Dude & the noizers for the most part

Yep, you don't know im

Buster Olney floated the idea of a Reyes/Gomez for Santana trade, which seems like a terrible idea to me.

they're not dealing Reyes, Wright or Beltran for anybody.

and I choose to blame the idiot Kevin James LETSGOMETS!!! Shea video for the collapse. It was introduced sometime around August 1.