The solution to all the Mets problems
1. Have Johan Santana and R.A. Dickey pitch every inning of every game.
2. Clone David Wright and have him play every position.
3. ????
4. Profit!
I got to meet R.A. Dickey at a book signing at the Yogi Berra Museum tonight. He was busy signing books, so I didn’t get to say more than wish him well and thank him for signing my book. But it was a pretty awesome time.
Plus he has great hair!
The best one-two punch in baseball?
Tell me I’m wrong about R.A. Dickey and Johan Santana right now? Those two are stoppers, aces and quite possibly be the best one two punch in all of baseball.
Too bad the Mets have other holes that need to be fixed behind them. Like a bullpen (these guys have to pitch like they do because of the pen). And the lack of run scoring (these guys have to pitch scoreless innings because of this).
But I’m fully enjoying watching a knuckleballer be the most dominant pitcher in all of baseball. And I’m enjoying watching a guy who just came back from a new type of arm surgery perform magnificently. Who knew?
Me and munchkin #3 at today’s Braves game.
My first game of the season
I’m horrible at making it to games (tough to drag the whole family to a game, not real easy to justify leaving them at home either), so today is my first game of the season. At least it’s not coming after we got 1-hit.. what? oh really? dang.
Riding the Mets fan roller coaster
This is how the reaction from Mets fans has been the last few weeks:
Sweep St. Louis, including a no-hitter: The Mets are the best team in baseball. They’re gonna win the World Series.
Lose series to the Nationals: Well, that stinks. Thanks, guys.
Swept by Yankees: This team is awful and going nowhere. They suck and the Rays will sweep them.
Sweep the Rays: This team is awesome! They’re back! They’re gonna win!
Lose first two to the Reds: Well, they suck again.
Why interleague play is stupid
Some would say this post is bitter grapes since the Mets just were swept by the Yankees, but that’s the thing. I don’t even care that the Yankees just swept the Mets. I care more that they lost three games in a row and, at times, looked pretty awful doing it.
There was a time when a lot of people cared about these games. My family would fight over who was going to go to the Subway Series every season when we had a ticket plan. My friends would scramble to get the invite to go.
But now? Meh. The last time I went to a Subway Series game was in 2009, and I didn’t even really want to go then. And it was the worst experience I had in my home ballpark, which hasn’t made me want to run back.
It’s just another game in the season — well, six of them — and I want them to win them because I want them to win every game. I don’t want them to win because it would shut up Yankee fans or I’d get bragging rights with my aunt. And that doesn’t seem right to me. Mets-Yankees should be special, just like it was more than a decade ago.
Remember when the Mets and Yankees played in the World Series? It was special because it was a rare occurrence even then for these two teams to play. Now it’s not so rare, so it happening in the World Series wouldn’t feel so special either.
I’ve felt for awhile that interleague should go away, but I’m feeling more strong about it than ever. But I know it won’t disappear because look at how many people were in Yankee Stadium this weekend? It’s a money maker, and there you have it. Money is more important than what’s special and tradition. I don’t blame them since you need to run a good business, but sometimes tradition should win out.
Oh the stupidity…
And it’s not Charles and his last post I’m referring to…
I intended to write about how the Mets have a lasting legacy of great pitching and how beyond Seaver and Gooden it’s hard to rank them. Then I read this piece of trash on Deadspin.
A taste of what has me calling it a piece of trash:
Santana’s not beloved. He came to Queens a mercenary, and has anchored some of the more disappointing seasons in Mets history. He’s missed more than a full year, making it impossible to view his massive contract as anything but a disappointment so far. He’s not, for lack of a less disgusting crosstown term, a “True Met.”
It goes on for several more sentences about how we Mets fans don’t love Johan Santana and won’t remember him and wear his throwback jersey.
Really? What fanbase has this guy been watching? Johan Santana most certainly is beloved, even before he threw the no-hitter. The most worn jerseys by Mets fans are Santana and David Wright. Everyone was jazzed when he returned this season from surgery. Fans call him “Johan” in that he’s got the one-name status with fans, much like Pedro Martinez did.
And then the article goes on to have a ridiculous ranking of who we Mets fans would rather have throw a no-hitter. Ron Darling tops the list. I love Darling, but to not have Tom Seaver or Doc Gooden at the top of the list seems ridiculous to me. That’s especially true since Seaver came the closest to a no-hitter before Santana. And the rest of the list I’m sure would cause quite a bit of arguments among Mets fans.
But I bet that’s what Deadspin is trying to get — debate and arguments. But this might be one of the most ridiculous things I’ve read from them even before I got to the rankings, and that’s saying a lot.
Things Jen probably shouldn’t have been saying…
Something I didn’t think I’d be saying this season:
The Mets are tied for first place.Something I didn’t think I’d be saying EVER:
The Mets are tied for first place with the Marlins and NATIONALS.Oh, hey, Charles, how are those Braves doing? At least they’re not the Phillies.
I’m not sure what Jen was hoping to accomplish with this dig. Trailing by 2 games in early June is no more or less worrying than trailing by 1/2 a game in early June (which is what the Mets are doing after their triumphant reign atop the NL East which lasted all of “until they played again”).
It’s nice that we have a competitive division, though my larger concerns surround the Braves’ ability to stay in the pack. I’ll feel better about their chances once the stink of that losing streak wears off with a few more wins.
