2009 New York Mets thread

I think Morbs put it best:

"yes, end-of-season performance don't mean shit, stop listening to Baseball/MLB Tonight."

September
2007: 14W-14L
2008: 12W-13L
2009: 8W-20L*

*although three more against Houston... :-\

http://scribalterror.blogs.com/scribal_terror/images/2007/07/07/salt.jpg

I don't think there was some bitchy "wakeboarder" running around Carthage

also, Reyes has a new tear in his hamstring.

BB+obligatory.4RBI.HR.Rod

teh best part is that the Nats gave GrandSlam-Rod a free out!

happily, I was watching John Huston's Fat City

Can you believe the Mets were 19-9 in May? You know, when they had their full roster?

Cutting season tix prices, surprise:

http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2009/10/ny_mets_slash_season_ticket_pr.html

yeah well the brewers were 18-10 so who really cares

Can you believe the Mets were 19-9 in May? You know, when they had their full roster?

― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Friday, October 2, 2009 9:23 AM (3 minutes ago)

You know, when they played the Nationals and Pirates?

Also won 3 of 4 vs Philly and 2 of 3 vs Boston.

Seriously, how many games do you think the Stems wd've won if they had Reyes, Beltran, Delgado and a healthy Santana most of the year? Can I get you up to 81?

they probably would've been right in the thick of it with the braves & marlins, i think we can all agree. really didn't have the starting pitching for much more than that i don't think.

or the closing pitching either, K(sic)-Rod has been Lidge-like since the All Star break.

I knew you wdn't answer my question.

Im not good with "on-paper" hypotheticals or small sample sizes, sorry.

Before the season started i thought they were 2nd/3rd best team in the NL East. after the 2007-2008 chokes i honestly thought there was no way this team would contend.

Frenchy as a Met: .313/ .340/ .504

morbs NO TROLLO serious question

if somehow you could magically choose between a great season of playoff contention with an epic collapse in the last two weeks OR a year round bum season of injuries, bad luck, and mismanagement of resources, which one is preferable? which one is least soul crushing and depressing?

(again, serious question, would appreciate your insights)

how about neither? The last two Septembers were obv more painful; I've been comfortably numb since July with this year's surgey ward.

assume "neither" is not on deck.

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looolll!

ahhahahahaha

lulz just came to post that

"And the answer is JERRY GROTE. Cue the duck!"

hahaha wait is that real??

that shit is awesome

could you guys give it a temporary rest until Minaya gives Frenchy an extension?

Speaking just for myself, fuck no we could not.

http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/35132

this fucking team:

Mets made $48M from Madoff
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4581715

this is hilarious. paying ollie perez with blood money.

http://www.metsblog.com/2009/10/25/news-mets-minor-leaguer-dies-of-heart-attack/

Mets Minor League pitcher Rafael Castro has died of a heart attack at the age of 18.

Castro had spent two seasons in the Venezuelan Summer League, and passed away at the Mets academy in Venezuela.

oh man

Ken Belson, NYT:

Lawyers for Sterling Equities, the investment firm controlled by Fred Wilpon, the principal owner of the Mets, said it lost money as a result of the Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Bernard L. Madoff, according to a filing Thursday in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan.

The trustee recouping money on behalf of victims of the fraud has disqualified claims from investors who took out more money than they put into accounts with Madoff’s firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities. Sterling Equities was among those disqualified on those grounds.

But Sterling Equities’ lawyers argued that losses should be based on how much money was in its account on Nov. 30, 2008, and that the trustee, Irving H. Picard, has no right to recover money from investors who took money out of their account before the Ponzi scheme collapsed.

The filing on Thursday echoed the complaints of other investors who withdrew their original capital from accounts with Madoff as opposed to those who touched little of their money and lost everything.

A hearing on the matter was scheduled for Feb. 2.

hey guys what's going on in this thread

"Madoff's personalized Mets jacket, expected to go for $500 to $700, brought in $14,500."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/madoff_ill_gotten_gains_auctioned_TD4qjg946hJSWGbnWoP33I

maura!

hey maura

we lol in the mets in this thread pretty much

and rankle morbs, tho it's out of <3

bullshit.

:-O

No, it's true! We DO rankle morbs in this thred!

The Mets (and the Mets' medical staff) rankled Morbs far more this year IMO.

Fernando Martinez, the Mets' highly regarded but oft-injured outfield prospect, returned from summer knee surgery two weeks ago in the Dominican Winter League - only to have another problem.

Martinez, who was hitting .167 with two RBI in six games with Escogido, has been sidelined since last Saturday with blisters. Martinez believes the trouble surfaced during an aggressive batting practice session. He officially is day-to-day, but the blisters reportedly haven't substantially improved.

The continued trouble has led to advice from ex-Met Moises Alou, who is GM of Martinez's winter-ball team. Alou, who used to urinate on his hands to increase the skin's toughness, has recommended Martinez do the same thing.

picking up right where 2009 left off

no

what I mean is, fuck yeah I expected something like Beltran, but more specifically for Reyes to miss most of this year too.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4824101

Let's not post here anymore, shall we?

that espn article doesn't mention that beltran had surgery against the mets wishes

well, this is all news to me

"This was necessary surgery, necessary surgery to work," Boras told The Associated Press.

This is such a cunty and otm response to send to a boss I love it.