Step Back from the Ledge
So Carlos Delgado didn't take a curtain call. Have any of the people ripping him for not coming out been watching this team the last two years he's been on it? Every single time the fans have asked him to take a curtain call he's looked embarrassed, perhaps even a little sick. Come to think of it, I'm fairly certain Jose Reyes used to take his curtain calls for him.
And we're supposed to get upset because yesterday he didn't take a bow after hitting two solo homeruns? When did Mets fans become so obsessed with instant gratification?
It was a good weekend. The Mets took two of three from the Braves, beating their two best pitchers on consecutive days no less, and we're now 8-4 at home. They say good teams play .500 ball on the road and win two out of three at home. Add it all up and you get 94 wins.
In fairness, the Mets haven't played .500 ball on the road to this point, but the season's young.
The season's young, but you wouldn't know it from reading the papers, or from listening to the fans (Vic Zeigel wrote the first "it's getting late early" article of the season 11 games in, for christ's sake).
I think everyone's obsession with seeing the Mets get off to a quick start proves they've learned all the wrong lessons from 2007.
I mean, all you have to do is take another look at 2007, the season fueling Mets fans' ire. The Mets were 14-8 in April, the Braves 15-8. The Phillies, your eventual division champs? 10-13. David Wright, he of the 30-30, near MVP season, had zero home runs and six RBI.
Would I have liked the Mets to play dynamite baseball in April? Of course. But it's not everything. When I think about it, there's some comfort to be taken in knowing that the Mets haven't played their best ball and have still played to a .542 winning percentage.
Baseball's a funny game. As Bobby Valentine used to say, no team is ever as good as it looks when it's playing its best ball, nor is any team as bad as it looks when it's playing its worst. We probably haven't seen either extreme yet, but I think we've played toward the lower end of our potential so far -- again, a good thing in the long run.
Mets fans just need to take a deep breathe. It's April 28th. The Florida teams are in first place in the NL East and AL East. The Tigers are in last. The Mets, for all of the fans' negativity, are in second place.
We won't know what we're dealing with here for at least another month, and probably another two months, frankly.
If, as the seasons wears on, it becomes clear the Mets aren't a championship club, believe me, I'm all for blowing them up and starting again with a core of Wright, Reyes, Santana, Maine, and hopefully Ollie.
But the time for that hasn't come. For now, give them a chance. They just might surprise you.
- A.F.O.M.G.
And we're supposed to get upset because yesterday he didn't take a bow after hitting two solo homeruns? When did Mets fans become so obsessed with instant gratification?
It was a good weekend. The Mets took two of three from the Braves, beating their two best pitchers on consecutive days no less, and we're now 8-4 at home. They say good teams play .500 ball on the road and win two out of three at home. Add it all up and you get 94 wins.
In fairness, the Mets haven't played .500 ball on the road to this point, but the season's young.
The season's young, but you wouldn't know it from reading the papers, or from listening to the fans (Vic Zeigel wrote the first "it's getting late early" article of the season 11 games in, for christ's sake).
I think everyone's obsession with seeing the Mets get off to a quick start proves they've learned all the wrong lessons from 2007.
I mean, all you have to do is take another look at 2007, the season fueling Mets fans' ire. The Mets were 14-8 in April, the Braves 15-8. The Phillies, your eventual division champs? 10-13. David Wright, he of the 30-30, near MVP season, had zero home runs and six RBI.
Would I have liked the Mets to play dynamite baseball in April? Of course. But it's not everything. When I think about it, there's some comfort to be taken in knowing that the Mets haven't played their best ball and have still played to a .542 winning percentage.
Baseball's a funny game. As Bobby Valentine used to say, no team is ever as good as it looks when it's playing its best ball, nor is any team as bad as it looks when it's playing its worst. We probably haven't seen either extreme yet, but I think we've played toward the lower end of our potential so far -- again, a good thing in the long run.
Mets fans just need to take a deep breathe. It's April 28th. The Florida teams are in first place in the NL East and AL East. The Tigers are in last. The Mets, for all of the fans' negativity, are in second place.
We won't know what we're dealing with here for at least another month, and probably another two months, frankly.
If, as the seasons wears on, it becomes clear the Mets aren't a championship club, believe me, I'm all for blowing them up and starting again with a core of Wright, Reyes, Santana, Maine, and hopefully Ollie.
But the time for that hasn't come. For now, give them a chance. They just might surprise you.
- A.F.O.M.G.
posted by A Friend of Mr. Glass' at 2:01 PM
2 Comments:
I think, at least in the baseball, and Mets, world, that blogs have actually surpassed newspapers and radio in terms of respectable. Most bloggers seem more reasonable and in tune with the state of the team, versus other media outlets looking for anything to write for a story.
So far the only thing we can say for sure is that the season isn't fitting anyone's scripts..but isn't that why we watch it in the first place?
I am wary....and I seem to be a pessimist ...Let me tell you why....
Beat the Phillies without Rollins and all the games were struggles. Even with Utley having 50% of the Phillies output and Ryan Howard being azzcheeks.
Beat the Braves without Chipper and with a 50% Smoltz. Smoltz OWNS DWright..it is 100% mental now too...DWright knew it since late 05'....
wins are wins but I am definitely not too AMAZED.
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