Cubs 11 – Mets 1 May 24, 2011

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The Mets were destroyed in ugly fashion by the Cubs tonight after dealing with owner Fred Wilpon’s nasty comments about several players. The team had a meeting in the locker room before the game to clear the air but it certainly didn’t work judging by the outcome of this game.

The Mets had three errors in the game and allowed 5 unearned runs. The lack of concentration in the field was almost comical. There were several misplays that weren’t called errors either. It was just ugly all the way around.

Jon Niese wasn’t sharp and didn’t get any help from the defense. He threw 86 pitches through 5 innings and allowed 2 earned runs on 7 hits and 1 walk.

The Mets did have 9 hits and 1 walk in the game but left 8 runners on base. Jose Reyes, Ronny Paulino, and Ruben Tejada had 2 hits apiece but there wasn’t much else happening offensively.

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Mets Early 2011 – Next Few Weeks Could Impact Team For Years

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The Mets Are Teasing Us Again?

The Mets are now 22-24. A .478 winning percentage which leaves them about 4.5 – 5.5 games out of the wild card. At this rate the Mets will end up going 77-85. They will need to reverse this record to compete for a wild card. Maybe? So even after this weekends Subway Series we just have to find between 5 & 7 wins. Somewhere. It’s do-able but who will be doing it is the even bigger question.

Some Tough Decisions for Sandy Alderson.

If your team is only 5 games out of the wild card coming into the trading deadline what do you do? Your taking a big risk by holding onto free agents to be Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes. Trading Beltran and Reyes now may be the most logical thing to do although your telling the fan base your giving up on the year.

The loss of Reyes will be taken hard by the fans but we’ve never won with these players anyway. Now may be the time to unload them when their value is high. I wouldn’t want to be in Sandy’s shoes. Although, if it was me, I would make the tough decision to trade Reyes. I would really need to be overwhelmed with the package though, but if I could rebuild the starting pitching staff now…

My feeling is, Sandy Alderson, the former Marine, will pull the trigger on a trade for Reyes regardless of what the fans think. Reyes will never be more valuable than he is now. He brings energy to the club, is fun to watch and helps fill the seats but so does winning. I think we’ll forget Reyes pretty quickly if the Mets make a playoff run without him. Continue reading “Mets Early 2011 – Next Few Weeks Could Impact Team For Years”

Fred Wilpon Trashes Mets in Interview

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Mets owner Fred Wilpon decided to do an extensive interview with Jeffrey Toobin on New Yorker magazine to rehabilitate his image. Obviously, he’s been under fire financially and painted as a crook by the Madoff trustee. That may or may not be true. I don’t know.

What better way to clear your good name than doing an extensive profile with a respected magazine journalist? Well, sometimes it’s better to just keep your mouth shut if you don’t have anything good to say. This just appears to be another example of the bumbling Mets owner being disconnected from reality. Or maybe living in his own reality that nobody else ever gets to visit.

The profile is about Wilpon’s rise from rags to riches. Frankly, it’s a pretty boring story. If you go directly to page 7, you’ll see that it isn’t so boring when it comes to his feelings about some prominent Mets players. David Wright isn’t a superstar. Jose Reyes won’t get Carl Crawford money in free agency. Wilpon was a schmuck for signing Carlos Beltran to the contract they agreed on and isn’t the player he used to be. And Ike Davis is a good hitter on “a shitty team”. Continue reading “Fred Wilpon Trashes Mets in Interview”

Video: Mets Weekly Report- Bay, Dickey, Yankees Series

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In this week’s installment of the Mets Weekly Report with Kerel Cooper of On The Black. We recap the Yankees series when the Mets lost two of three but I took some positives out of it. R.A. Dickey and Justin Turner had good series’ there and the Mets are on their way to Chicago this week. We also talk about the upcoming series’ in Chicago and back home against Philly.

Kerel brings up the idea that Jason Bay may have taken over the mantle of “Most Hated Met” from Luis Castillo. It’s tough to like Bay the way he’s played as a Met and the $16 million he’s making this season.

Video: Live Mets-Yankees Post-Game Show May 22, 2011

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I’ll be doing another live video post-game show today at 5pm after the rubber game of the Mets-Yankees game with Kerel Cooper of On The Black. We did this a few weeks ago before the Mets and Phillies played on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball and had a great response from the viewers.

You can always watch the SNY pre or post-game shows. But this is a chance for you to participate in the post-game show. We talk about the topics that you want to discuss. It’s fully interactive with a live chat feature and you can bring up any topic and we’ll talk about it.

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Preview: Mets at Yankees May 22, 2011

New York Mets (22-23) at New York Yankees (24-20) 1:05pm

Mike Pelfrey (3-3 5.11) vs. Ivan Nova (4-3 4.33)

TV: TBS,YES, WPIX              Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets and Yankees play the rubber game of the series this afternoon in the Bronx. Pelfrey has had three good starts in a row and only allowed 5 runs over that span.

Nova has been up and down for the Yankees but they’re 5-3 in his 8 starts this season. And he was good in his last start in Tampa going 5.1 innings and only allowing 1 run.

Preview: Mets at Yankees May 21, 2011

New York Mets (22-22) at New York Yankees (21-20) 7:10pm

Chris Capuano (3-4 4.78) vs. A.J. Burnett (4-3 3.99)

TV: Fox      Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets can take the series with a win tonight at Yankee Stadium. Capuano has made three good starts in a row although two of those games were losses for him. Over that span he’s allowed 6 runs in 18 innings for an ERA of 3.00.

Bunett hasn’t won a game this month and got ripped in his last start for 6 runs in 5.2 innings by the Rays. The Yankees have lost the last three games that Burnett started.