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Tell that to Arron Boone

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Yankees take 2 of 3. :tu

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Thanks a lot Pelfrey!! :td :td YOU SUCK!!!

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He pitched decent until the 7th. That was a bad inning for the Mets.

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Exactly!! 6 good innings...only to piss it away in the 7th. He has so not lived up to his expectations when the Mets drafted him. After 5 1/2 years in the league...you'd think he learn something...NOPE!! HE SUCKS!!! When the firesale starts next month...I hope he's the second to go, right after Beltran.

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I think you will see the Mets as a contender in 2013. They really need to look into moving the walls in. It's going to be hard to sign any big HR hitters until they do that.

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Based on What? :confused:

There minor league system ranks among the league's worst.
Reports are that they will cut payroll by half.
Reyes is most likely gone, Wright can't carry the team, and Santana will be gone by then.

I think they're gonna be as awful as they are now come 2013 :D

Never pegged you for a Met sympathizer, Ryan! ;)

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They have two of the best GM's in baseball who will get them turned around. Reyes is going to be great trade bait this summer for them.

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Hate to say it, but props to the Yanks... They Mets won't be a contender until the Wilpons sell the team. It's a pretty damn shame that you play in New York with a brand new stadium and your own network and you nickel and dime. Yes I know about the Madoff scheme but they have been doing this for years before all that happened.

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Just read the Post where Wilpon rips the Mets players. Saying Wright is a good player not a superstar, Reyes is not Carl Crawford and won't get his money and that Beltran was signed by some schmuck bases on a post season. Noe Wright and Reyes might noy be superstars but they are big enough to sell tickets and jerseys, and both of them pretty much do a good job on and off the field. When Beltran was a free agent, every Met fan, including myself wanted him. Besides the injuries the last couple of years, he's been a decent player. You can't predict injuries and if he never got them and put up numbers that he usually did no one would be *****ing, including me. But for an owner to come out and say that about his players is completely wrong. Yes steinbrener did it but Wilpon is no steinbrener. If he saw something wrong, he went out and fixed it. He didn't care what the cost was, he's in new York and wld put out a competitive team. Do us all a favor Fred and SELL THE TEAM...., sorry for rant....

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Good rant, if he had spent what he lost in the Madoff thing, on the team,
he would be filling seats and be a brand like the Bombers, maybe even a TV service of his own. But he was greedy and neglectfull, now he`s crying about his signings, there`s no crying in Baseball. :td

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Well, here's perhaps a bigger difference between the two leagues than the DH one. In the AL it is considered a quality start if the pitcher gives you 6 good innings before the game is put into the hands of the bullpen. In the NL they seem to expect more innings out of the starter . . . which may work just fine within the league, what with the normally lighter hitting, but can bite you during interleague play.


Of course, to have success by turning games over to the bullpen to close, one first need have a bullpen. :D

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Now the media is saying that later this week there is a Sports Illustrated article coming out where Wilpon says he might cut payroll by 30%. are you kidding me..... :sh

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And he bashes his own players??? :td :td I sense some turmoil for the next few months.

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Wilpon is no George Steinbrenner.

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Agreed... George went out and got things done when things got bad. He let the players know if they didn't perform he would go out and get someone that can. Wilpon is going to use Beltrans contract as an excuse not to sign any big time players to any long term deals. The ship is sinking fast but yet he's so bullheaded he won't jump.

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What will happen if he has to pay out the billion dollar lawsuit?

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Let us not forget that when George was making the calls the yankees were a Joke. I have no idea why people forget that the "core four" as you have all labeled them were Gene Michael picks. The 2 men that built the yankees dynasty of the 90s were Gene and Buck, not the two who always get the credit, George and Joe.

As for the Mets,the Wilpons are an utter joke. I'm tempted to just give up on the mets until these utter farce of an ownership team is forced to sell them.

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Bud Selig...where are you when we need you??? :r :r

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He's busy taking over the Dodgers. :r

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Mets get SPANKED by the Cubs last night 11-1. :td :td

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Another injury, another loss. Same old story.....

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Another loss, R.A. Dickey is hurt (heel) and Mets agree to sell part of team for $200 million. All around bad day.

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Looks like David Einhorn will only be fronting the money...not taking an active part in the team operations. Leaving the Wilpons to sink the ship. :td :td :td

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Mets hang tough with the Phils last night for 8 innings...then Krod pisses it away in the 9th. Thanks alot!! :td

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Mets find another way to give the Phils the game in the 8th. :td :td

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Mac...I got nothing else to add...except, "Wanna bet a fiver?"...:r

Seriously though, your boys have been hanging tough, too bad is not little league, the Mets woulda won 2 in 7 innings :sh

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Mets FINALLY take one against the Phils...9--5. Was 9-1 until the INFAMOUS 8th inning again.

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even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while....Nice win Mets....:tu

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Hooray :noon

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Mets piss one away last night...and looks like they are following the same page this evening. :td :td

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With his team Down 7-0, Carlos Beltran hits a 3 run homer,
drives in 4 total including what turned out to be the game winner, gets 2 hits, walks, and scores 2 runs.

He's awful, I don't know why the Mets haven't traded him yet :rolleyes:

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Mets pull one out!! :tu :tu Dom...Beltran still sucks (in my book)...and Pelfrey too!! :D

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Mets biggest comeback in nearly 11 years!! :wo :wo

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It's a sin that a Yankee fan has to be the first one in here to wish the best for Gary Carter!

Prayers sent for the Kid

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You are absolutely right Dom. I've said my three Hail Marys. :D

Thoughts and prayers to Gary and his family.

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Pelf is the new Ollie!

Beltran is damaged goods who is playing for a new contract. It's a business but he has been a productive player overall for the Mets. Compare that with Jason Bay, I rest my case.

Sad to hear about the Kid! My prayers are with him.

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I take it you guys were not fans of the article on Wilpon in last weeks Sports Illustrated.:r

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Mets blow another one tonight...and guess which inning???




You got it...the 8th!!! :td :td

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What the hell did Jason Bay do when he left Pittsburgh & Boston??? I swear that he left all his hitting talent and everything he knew about hitting there because he hasn't hit SQUAT since he came to my beloved Mets. :td :td

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Great game by Dickey tonight :tu

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Dickey looked real goodlast night...Reyes looked better. :tu :tu

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Mets need a long sustained losing streak to get this thread fun again...just sayin'....

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:tpd:

Isn't this about the time of year when Reyes pulls his hammy? :sh :D

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yep....'tis the season....

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008...ury-jose-reyes

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/11/sp...f-mystery.html

http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/0...ght-hamstring/

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/mets/...AgGme7i43zFLML

:sh

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Seems as if Lenny Dykstra is doing HIS part to put the Mets on the back page of the Post. :r

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Now let's stop all that!! :su :su

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Mets use their #1 pick (13th overall) to take OF Brandon Nimmo. WTF??? Can someone please remind them that we need PITCHING!!!! :bh :bh :bh: :bh

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I'm ok with them taking a position player with first pick, the only thing I don't like is he's in high school and might have wasted pick if the Cheapons don't sign him by low balling him. They say that this years draft was deep in pitching and they picked one at 43 :tu

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Nice win against the RED HOT AT HOME Brewers last night. Might be looking to crawl our way into third place soon. :tu