New York Mets 2011 Banter

[kelmac07]

Originally Posted by The Poet

Against Dickey, Cappy, and the Gee-whiz kid? You're on!


Oh wait . . . my boys are booked tonight. Sorry. Wait 'til next year.

Touche Thomas.

[kelmac07]

Check out these end of season numbers and you'll realize how frustrating this year was for a die hard Mets fan...

HR Leader: David Wright 14
RBI Leader: David Wright 61
Wins Leader: Dillon Gee 13
Saves Leader: Isringhausen 7

And Wright missed two months. Hard to believe we finished with 77 wins and fourth lace.

[shilala]

That's some power in that club, Mac.

[kelmac07]

Originally Posted by shilala

That's some power in that club, Mac.

After they move the fences in during the off-season...numbers should look better.

[The Poet]

Originally Posted by kelmac07

Check out these end of season numbers and you'll realize how frustrating this year was for a die hard Mets fan...

HR Leader: David Wright 14
RBI Leader: David Wright 61
Wins Leader: Dillon Gee 13
Saves Leader: Isringhausen 7

And Wright missed two months. Hard to believe we finished with 77 wins and fourth lace.

I said earlier that I'd not disparage Reyes for his "performance" in the last game of his season, but the above highlights why it all struck me the wrong way. It just reeked of "bogus".

, but that's my . Worth every penny, as usual.

[The Poet]

The Mets have once again fired popular former hero Mookie Wilson as their first-base coach.

Guess he still needs Bill Buckner on the bag to earn his pay.

[kelmac07]

Originally Posted by The Poet

The Mets have once again fired popular former hero Mookie Wilson as their first-base coach.

Guess he still needs Bill Buckner on the bag to earn his pay.

These were the two they should have let go...hitting coach Dave Hudgens and pitching coach Dan Warthen. I hate to see Chip Hale leave...but the Mets offered him a contract, he declined and took a post as bench coach for Bob Melvin and the A's.

[kelmac07]

October 31, 2011 – The New York Mets today announced they are moving in portions of the outfield wall at Citi Field as much as 12 feet and lowering the height of the home run line to 8 feet throughout the outfield. The outfield wall will become blue in 2012 concurrent with the Mets 50th Anniversary season. The home run line and distance markers will remain orange.

The Mets will erect a new wall in leftfield starting between the New Era and Caesars signs and angled to the Citi sign in left-centerfield (see renderings). The new wall will be closer to home plate by approximately 4 feet in leftfield and up to approximately 12 feet in deep left-centerfield.

A new wall will start in right-centerfield and extend toward the bullpen, and be as much as approximately 11 feet closer to home plate. The fence in front of the Mo's Zone/Modell's Clubhouse will move in approximately 10 feet. The distances from home plate to centerfield and the foul poles in leftfield and rightfield will remain the same.

"We wanted to make Citi Field fair to both pitchers and hitters," said Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson.

"After conferring with Sandy and all members of his staff, Ownership concurred with the recommendation to change the dimensions at Citi Field," said Mets COO Jeff Wilpon. "We decided to change the outfield wall from black to Mets blue, which many of our fans have wanted."

As a result of moving the walls in, the Mets will create a unique seating section in leftfield between the new and existing wall to accommodate about 100 fans. The club will also expand the Modell's Clubhouse in rightfield to incorporate an outdoor seating area for approximately 40 additional fans.

[The Poet]

And what the Mets did NOT announce:

They may hit more HRs, but shall hit fewer triples.

The additional 140 seats will also be empty most of the time.

[kelmac07]

Time to shut this one down.

[kelmac07]

New 2012 thread coming soon...