THIS IS WHAT METS SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
I hate the Mets not getting in the playoffs and then the Braves winning it all. Maybe you do too.
For some reason, I don't as a Mets fan hate the Braves. I appreciate them. I'm not a fan, but I respect them. Maybe you do too.
I appreciate winners. Maybe you do too.
Anyway, I wake up and get an email daily, which I think is entitled 5 Things You Must Know About the Market.
So I like to glance at it for a second, as it indicates briefly whether the stock market roller coaster is pointing up or down pre-market.
Anyway, today it also added the blurb below about the Braves. I include it here and add in red what I believe it really should have said, from the perspective of a Mets fan (that's me) who has mostly been frustrated with them for 60 seasons:
Atlanta Braves Win World Series, Snapping 26-Year Drought
The Atlanta Braves ended a 26-year championship drought by pasting the Houston Astros 7-0 last night to earn the team's first World Series since 1995.
In one of the biggest turnarounds in baseball history, the Braves-- who weren't expected to challenge for the pennant until at least mid-August - when the Mets folded like a cheap suit, just like we expected them to - knocked off both the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers to earn their spot in this year's World Series against the heavily-favored Astros.
However, despite the loss of starting pitcher Charlie Morton to a broken leg in game one, the Braves were able to dominate the Astros with consistent hitting, superb base-running and disciplined defense.
Last night's win, which included a monster 446 feet home run from Jorge Soler -- who only joined the team in late July -- also snapped a streak of 16 consecutive appearances in post-season play without a win for the Braves.
"We hit every pothole, like the Mets, every bump you could possibly hit this year, and somehow, unlike the Mets the car still made it onto the other side," said the Braves star first baseman Freddie Freeman said. "It's just an incredible group. A lot better than those losers from Queens."
Freddie's far too gracious to say that RED STUFF - but he likely agrees with it.
He is likely very glad the patsy Mets are in his division. They fold, he wins.
To conclude, can we PLEASE get in the playoffs next season?
As my brother says to me more often than I can count, "This team sucks."
What can I say? He's almost always right.
7 comments:
I sure hope 2022 for the Mets is much improved, especially since Acuna will be back for the Choppers.
The "car" you refer to for us is a clown car and we need to trade it in as prices are high now for trade in's.
Can't send this one either.
Can’t send them all, Mack. More spendable ones hopefully lie ahead.
Sidebar
I was born with a Mets rattle in my hand. Orange and blue. My first favorite player was SS Buddy Harrelson. Smooth glove. I became a very good shortstop because of him.
Now he has Alzheimers, it's hard to believe. It can happen to any of us. Saw a few new ideas on it online recently. The prescription one is very expensive and called Aducanumab which reduces the sticky amyloid plaques believed to be creating the patient's Alzheimers in the brain. And then a natural one called ginko biloba (around forever) which contains two components called flavonoids and terpenoids that could help. And another, my favorite one as well...Garlic with allicin in it. It has multiple uses including possibly this. Be advised to take conservatively since too much can cause liver damage. Talk to your doctor first. Get his thoughts and approval. He'll know.
Creating Mets News
Some of the current "Mets Websites" around really crack me up. They try to throw ideas out there for their readership, but they don't always do a sufficient amount of research first on those player personnel suggestions they are promoting.
What's some of the recent ones I have read.
1. A 2022 NY Mets rotation of Jake deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Taijuan Walker, Carlos Carrasco, and Eduardo Rodriguez.
Problems: Each one had arm issues (some even serious) last season and Carrasco and Rodriguez have other health issues as well. Again all five could conceivably go down injured in 2022, and this is precisely why this mix needs two new (less banged up) top -end lefty starters added in the rotation in 2022. Namely lefties Carlos Roton and Robbie Ray. Carrasco in middle relief until he is 100% effective again. Maybe go to a six-man rotation then. Tyler Megill, Drew Smith, David Peterson, and Adam Oller vie for the fifth starter slot. In other words here, the Mets rotation is covered and deep for 2022 and for once. No more 38 year old decrepids added in at the ASB.
2. Baez and Stroman to the Cubs.
Problems: None. Let them go. Cubs have reworked their player personnel budget making it larger. There is talk that they "could be after" both. But to me, one of these players is too pricey for what he brings to the Mets table, and if returning here then where do you bat him in the order because he doesn't really get on base enough to bat one or two. The other player to me is over-rated and does not get enough strikeouts (nor wins as a result of this) to be a 1-3 starter on a contending team. Say goodbye to them.
3. Oakland 3B Matt Chapman as a really sound acquisition for Mets 3B.
Problems: Although not quite 30, he hit for a .210 BA in 2021 after posting better seasons prior. My question is simply as to why? Could it be the hip injury thing (2020) that required hip surgery barking once again? Hips are usually a serious injury in sports. So maybe have a set and go with Mark Vientos for Mets 3B in 2022. Here's you whiney babies obvious insurance plan at third with this Vientos move. Brett Baty, JD Davis, and one guy that I would try very hard to retain for the Mets bench in Brandon Drury.
4. Many of the Mets websites out there try to create a story from nothing really at all. They invent stuff in other words to attract attention and readers. Like headlining the bringing in another outfielder like maybe Nick Castellano (age 30/FA) a .279 career BA, Starling Marte (age 33/FA) 12 HR's in 2021, or Kris Bryant (30/FA with a 2021 .265 two team BA) Why would a team let them all go FA if that player is so terrific?
My idea is an outfield of: LF JD Davis, CF Brandon Nimmo, and RF Khalil Lee with perhaps Jake Mangum and Brandon Drury backing RF up, if case need be.
The bench players, because on this team and with all the injuries possible awaiting, the Mets will need a really strong bench again. So...INF Brandon Drury (1B/3B/OF), Dominic Smith (1B/LF), Tomas Nido (C), Wilmer Reyes (SS/2B), and Jonathan Villar (Inf).
Why no OF Kevin Pillar mentioned?
Because in Nimmo and Lee the Mets have two really decent CF's on their roster.
Seeing as the Mets haven’t found a POBO and are now taking their sweet time looking for a GM, that all has to with adding to the front office. But the AGMs I see them interested in reportedly have good communication skills but no experience at talent evaluation.
So, regarding players, not the FO, there is a MLB calender with regard to FAs and QOs
that they cannot delay decisions on and fumble away.
I want Steve Cohen, Alderson, Ricco, Tanous and the rest of the existing FO to make the decisions regarding our 11 FAs, McNeil and Smith, etc. Not some AGM from some other team who doesn’t know our players well and is too late to catch up. I believe Cohen and the existing FO already know who they would like to keep or lose and who some of the outside FAs are that they have their eyes on. On paper, they built a very good team in 2021 and had a fabulous bench that kept them in 1st place for over 100 days. But the vast multitude of injuries (particularly to deGrom) and the horrendous lack of production from many hitters, left them with no chance. SA and the FO who built that team should not be having self-doubts in their ability to retool the roster into a contending team for next season. It’s their calls to make...and make timely and decisively.
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