Sorry to see you go, but I understand – I’ve been here since the beginning of the blog as well, and John’s knowledge and writing are the only thing I want to see here now.

Guv – I want to further apologise to you for jumping all over you yesterday. It was unwarranted. Won’t happen again.

I am probably not going to be coming back as much. This blog has gone from an upbeat assemssment of an imperfect team to just down right mean to the personell and players of the Mets. There were not not many thoughtful critiques (Exception – JD) in this blog last night and hasn’t been for a while. I have come in many times in the middle of a good win just to find the same stuff.

In ‘06 it was an entirely different place to be. People pulled for their team here, not bashed everything about it all night long. I am more an optomist. I watch every game and get enjoyment out of baseball and the Mets.

I am not going to lecture you on what you should and shouldn’t blog, your right to do how you feel. My right not to participate.

I used to enjoy the debate and trade discussions and all the other topics here. And I am not being polyannish, I really think that there should be criticism but just go back and read through your posts.

If I were a NY Met, and many of you, and the booers at Shea, were my fans? I’d leave the first chance I could. I mean who would want to excel for this?

I am not leaving with hard feelings. And I will check back in from time to time. I love JDs blogging but this is really bringing me down, thus my frustration with the Guv yesterday which was out of character for me.

THis is supposed to be fun. So I wish you all fun!!!

The inmates were not running the Asylum under Willie. They just are not that good. Look, the fans ran Willie out of town. Omar did him a great favor by getting him out of this nightmare. He has way to much class to put up with all of this. There is no team chemistary, you can blame Willie all you want,, But, when players hit and pitch they win, when they don’t they lose. When Joe Torre won all those rings he ran the same 8 players out there all the time. Real geinus right? Wille has 5 rings, you think he may know a little bit about the game? Any good team needs grinders, Willie was a grinder, I think he knows what type of player it takes to win. This team is like the Snyder Washington Redskins of a couple years ago, lots of older players with big names with no heart to grind out a season

Maybe the 1950s glasses pitching coach can get the coin flip to flip the right way tonite….

If I may say so, your posts we’re all over the board last night: You went from saying Reyes needs a kick in the ass, to they can win the division with Church and Alou healthy, to there’s no change in this team. Personally, I think all three of your thoughts here are interconnected. A right-thinking Reyes, along with the return of their corner outfielders, should put them back in the hunt—but it’s not going to happen overnight, in one game.

All that being said, Manuel’s little confrontation with Reyes could be something of a turning point for this team. Looking beyond the shortstop’s theatrics, the subtle message may be that the inmates will no longer be running the asylum.

Remember all the warm/fuzzy glowing stories we heard about Omar and Willie and that even the Wilpons finally “got it” (har har…insert cliche here about old dogs and new tricks, etal.)? Someone even wrote a book about it…Omar saves the mets….Wilpon’s and Omar are signing all the big Veteran talent they used to shy away from….fast forward to 2008 and suddenly the rationale that the Kazmir for Zamboni trade was the final straw that “saved” the franchise by waking it up…insert manual buzzer—ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR—

As I drove home tonight and listened out of curiosity to Ma & Pa Pinstripe as they trashed the Mets tonight (for humiliating “their guy” Willie), as the Skanks were clubbing some loser… I couldn’t help but fear that this is really….”Back To The Future”!?

I haven’t decided for myself yet…1993 was cumulatively the most embarassing year to be a Met fan. Thank god I was out of the country in the Navy most of the time.

1) 6/17/08 Free Willie Day
2) 7/30/04 a.k.a Black Friday – Kazmir for a Zamboni
3) 10/26/00 – Mets Lose WS to Skanks in 5
4) 7/27/93 – Brett Saberhagen sprays bleach at reporters in Mets clubhouse.
5) 7/24/93 – Mets OF Vince Coleman tosses Firecracker at fans in Dodger Stadium parking lot..gets 3 yrs probation for felony charges.
6) 7/7/93 – Brett (World;s Stupidest Man?) Saberhagen throws firecracker under a table near reporters…is quoted as saying “What are they going to do? Fine me?”
7) 6/18/1989 – Dykstra and McDowell traded for Juan Strikeout…err, Samuel
8) 6/15/1977 – Tom Seaver traded for a bag of balls
9) 12/10/1971 – Nolan Ryan etal. for Jim Fregosi…and a bag o’ balls.
10) 12/3/69 – Amos Otis / B Johnson (P) traded for Ken Foy and a tin of Redman dip (double bonus is that KC traded Johnson to get Freddie Patek!)

BREAKING NEWS: MOISES ALOU HAS BEEN MOVED FROM THE 15-DAY TO THE 60-DAY DL. HE FRACTURED HIS INDEX FINGER USING THE TV REMOTE THIS AFTERNOON WHILE WATCHING THE OMAR MINAYA PRESS CONFERENCE.”

I love it, priceless man, just priceless!!!!!

No, not Giuseppe Franco! Who else is going to sponsor that product that makes it look like they are growing a Chia Pet on their head?