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September 29, 2007

Talking Baseball: RIP: The 2007 New York Mets Baseball Season

Even though the New York Mets will end the 2007 season with the best road record in Baseball (47-35), it turns out the Mets also needed to have functional relief pitching in order to win the games when their starting pitcher left with a lead or a tie or a close game. And at least good enough pitching to keep the Mets in a game when their starting pitcher was having a bad day.

The 2007 Mets were a tease.

If I was home right now I would take the 2007 Mets NLDS, NLCS and World Series tickets that I purchased and film the burning of these tickets and put the video on YouTube. Even if the Mets by some miracle of mathematics ended up making it into the 2007 NLDS as the Wild Card, the Mets have no momentum to go anywhere in the playoffs. Yes there have been individuals on the 2007 Mets who had a great season but it just wasn’t enough.

The Mets have a busy winter season ahead for them. With their new ball park opening in 2009, the Mets have every reason to make every game in 2009 a sell out. For that to happen, 2008 has to be a winning year. A year the team actually lived up to their full potential. The year the Mets went after the players who would have a lasting impact on the team and the year they re-committed themselves to having one of the best farm systems in Baseball.

To date the Mets have proven they know how to spend money to build a team. But sometimes I wonder why they go after the people they have gone after. Yes, in 2006 Tom Glavin had a great year and ended his season enough games from 300 to know that if he played baseball in 2007, he would reach the 300 mark. But I still am not sure why the Mets renewed the contract of Tom Glavin last year or spent so many millions on Pedro. Back in December 2004 I declared The end of Pedro Martinez's Career!. I don’t think I was too far off. Does anyone think when Glavin is inducted into the Hall of Fame he will be wearing anything other than a Braves cap? And who doesn’t think Pedro gets inducted wearing a Red Sox cap? The fact they also played for the Mets will be footnotes in their biographies at Cooperstown.

Congrats to the come back kids the Phillies for never giving up and for playing their hearts out and teaching the Mets how to play September Baseball. And Congrats to the Cubs and the Yankees for making it their respective playoffs. The fact that the Cubs and the Red Sox stand a stance to meet each other in the 2007 World Series is amazing and would be a match up great for baseball.

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I don't know... does anyone want to play in the playoffs? Anyone? Phillies? Mets? San Diego? Someone take this thing. I don't know what is harder to keep: A playoff spot or my facebook profile when I piss of the Zuckerberg police.

Go Yankees and Myspace!

Posted by: Noah David Simon at September 30, 2007 01:36 AM

What a difference a few hours and a little ribbing makes. Subway Series Part II?

Posted by: Michelle at September 29, 2007 10:31 PM

As a Mets fan, I want to believe. And I do. Every day. Every game. As Mets fans we analyze every move their owners make. We are the armchair quarterbacks commenting on the deals they do and the deals they don’t do. We second guess the moves of management and rarely comment on the positive and we seem to harp on the negative.

With the Mets heart-felt 13-0 win today over the Marlins, there is still hope the Mets might be able to make something special happen. Taking a no-hitter into the 8th inning, John Maine showed his true strips and make this the game of his career. And he showed when the pressure was on, he was someone the team could depend on.

And I’d love to see the Mets make it into the playoffs. That would be a beautiful thing. And I’m also prepared for the sunken feeling in my heart in the event the Mets don’t make it. I was there at game 7 at the 2006 NLCS when the Mets had the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th and were down by a run and the Mets struck out to lose the series and their chance to make it to the World Series.

So, as of September 29th, the Mets are still hanging on. With a Phillies loss today, the Mets have a chance. And if the Phillies win today, we still have tomorrow.

LETS GO METS!

LETS GO METS!

LETS GO METS!


Posted by: Jeff Pulver at September 29, 2007 05:16 PM

I'm not going to gloat. Look where gloating got you! :-) See you in April. Let's Go Yankees!

Posted by: Michelle at September 29, 2007 04:58 PM

BELIEVE!

Posted by: renee at September 29, 2007 01:22 PM

Just curious if you remember game 6 of the 1986 world series. And a true mets fan savors every moment, win or lose. the klutzier they are, the more mets-like they are. those are our boys. if you want to be a mets fan you're going to do a lot of crying, it's an emotional game, don't try to over-analyze it. and it ain't over till it's over. that's true of ALL baseball, not just the mets of new york town.

Posted by: Dave Winer at September 29, 2007 12:48 PM

Shhhh. Don't tell anyone, but...I am growing more and more optimistic about the Cubs's chances to make the World Series. Shhhh.

Posted by: K² at September 29, 2007 12:44 PM

After the Red Sox won the AL East last night (thanks to the Yankees blowing a lead), a couple of us on Twitter were speculating that a Cubbies/Sox World Series would be awesome. Only problem is that one of them would have to lose. As much as I would love to see the Cubs get their long-awaited Series, being a native Bostonian, I would hate to see the Sox get in and lose.

Posted by: Joe Cascio at September 29, 2007 12:42 PM