What Might Have Been
I've been pretty zen with the way the Mets' season ended. Almost as soon as it was over, I was able to accept that we had not made the playoffs.
Part of it was that I did not believe that we were good enough to win the World Series. Part of it was that the way this season ended didn't seem as mistaken as the way 2006 ended, or as incomprehensible as the way 2007 ended.
We had our flaws, a very bad bullpen chief among them, and in the final weeks of the 2008 season, we couldn't hide from them any longer.
Tonight as I watch the White Sox-Twins one-game playoff, it's impossible not to think of what might have been, and how exciting a one-game playoff with the Brewers would have been.
I don't know who was scheduled to go for the Brewers, but Pedro was scheduled to pitch for us so chances are the score wouldn't have been 1-0 in the bottom of the 8th. Either way, it would have been damn exciting. And as I sit here now, it's impossible not to think of what might have been.
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Note to everyone who wants Wright, Reyes, or Beltran traded: you're insane.
I'm open to the idea of this team needing a shake-up. I'm open to letting Carlos Delgado go, ditto Oliver Perez, Pedro, etc. But Wright, Reyes, and Beltran are not the problem, they're part of the solution.
There will be (plenty of) time to talk about specific players we want the Mets to pursue or part ways with, but let's start with the basics and go from there.
- A.F.O.M.G.
Part of it was that I did not believe that we were good enough to win the World Series. Part of it was that the way this season ended didn't seem as mistaken as the way 2006 ended, or as incomprehensible as the way 2007 ended.
We had our flaws, a very bad bullpen chief among them, and in the final weeks of the 2008 season, we couldn't hide from them any longer.
Tonight as I watch the White Sox-Twins one-game playoff, it's impossible not to think of what might have been, and how exciting a one-game playoff with the Brewers would have been.
I don't know who was scheduled to go for the Brewers, but Pedro was scheduled to pitch for us so chances are the score wouldn't have been 1-0 in the bottom of the 8th. Either way, it would have been damn exciting. And as I sit here now, it's impossible not to think of what might have been.
* * * * *
Note to everyone who wants Wright, Reyes, or Beltran traded: you're insane.
I'm open to the idea of this team needing a shake-up. I'm open to letting Carlos Delgado go, ditto Oliver Perez, Pedro, etc. But Wright, Reyes, and Beltran are not the problem, they're part of the solution.
There will be (plenty of) time to talk about specific players we want the Mets to pursue or part ways with, but let's start with the basics and go from there.
- A.F.O.M.G.
posted by A Friend of Mr. Glass' at 9:40 PM
2 Comments:
Am I the only want that really wants the cubs to get embarrassed in the playoffs? This is a team that fielded their second string throughout their series w/ the Brewers, which in my opinion was bad for baseball.
When the Giants went up against the Patriots in their final regular season game last year, they had nothing to play for but the integrity of the game. In the end, they won the super bowl...Karma.
Lets hope karma is a bitch for the cubs.
- David Wrightriquez
dude the cubs played the bum squad against the mets too...
the dude that went 5 for 5 wit 2 homers...he played 1st...Derrick Lee is the starter there, Felix Pie was also out there and DeRosa hurt himself in the mets series... and they had a dude wit a lil girl arm playing SS in one of the met games..
man F dat
mets had a real chance to get in and they choked...again... simple and plain
true u would assume the bullpen would have doomed them in the playoffs but every team has weaknesses....
play through it...
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