Mets Fan Forever

Adios Jose!

2011-12-08T18:10:00.001-08:00

He was great. He was loved. He was exciting. He was fast. He played hard. He gave 110% every day. Now, hes gone. In case youve been in a cave or under a rock you know that Jose Reyes is a now a Miami Marlin. Hes now the enemy so i feel like i can say what i want about him. To put things into perspective: The Mets won 77 games in a year when Jose Reyes had a carer year. What are we really losing

Now entering the heavens - #1 - Goerge Steinbrenner - # 1

2010-07-13T15:47:00.000-07:00

Thats the email i got from a friend of mine today. The Boss passed away today at the age of 80. As a Mets fan i have always thought that The Boss was a crazy tyrant who would run around and scream all day. (As exaggerated beautifully by Larry David on Seinfeld) But come to think of it who wouldnt went an owner like that. The bottom line is he wanted to win and was willing to do whatever he had to

To trade or not to trade - and who to trade

2010-06-15T10:56:00.000-07:00

I recieved an email from a friend of mine today titled "make it happen! Roy Oswalt would OK deal to come to the Mets" In it he included a link to a story in the NY Post that said that a player who is friendly with Oswalt said that he would come to the Mets. OK - lets say thats true. Lets say he changed his mind about the Mets because theyre playing great baseball. Here are the questions you need

Im baaaaaaaack

2010-06-09T19:22:00.000-07:00

Finally - a chance to write. Sorry its been so long. I will try to be better. Well - what can i say? The Mets continue to be great at home and terrible on the road. I was lucky enough to be at the game last night with my daughter (who made me stay for all 11 innings). What a game! One of the more exciting games ive been at. And ive been to a few good ones. But last night - for the first time in

Mets Off-Season Review as of May

2010-05-07T06:10:00.000-07:00

First of all - not to toot my own horn here (OK maybe i do want to toot my own horn) but the Daily News back cover yesterday was good but not that original. Check out my previous post where i discuss the SI cover jinx before Pettite got hurt. Anyone can say things after the fact but to say it before - now thats something. So yeah - Watch out Derrek! Now on to todays post. In the off-season

Ya Gotta Believe in the jinx

2010-04-27T19:08:00.000-07:00

If youre a Mets fan then you know the mantra "Ya Gotta Believe". Well truth be told im not a huge believer in one thing. The SI cover jinx. But lately Im a believer. Let me backtrack. Things like the SI cover jinx or the Madden cover curse, I believe, are explained fairly simply and logically. The way i see it is that a guy or girl (or group of guys or girls) gets on the cover of SI when one of a

Thats what Im talking about! now lets get some offense

2010-04-23T07:56:00.000-07:00

So thats what it feels like to win a series! Its been a while but maybe just maybe this series win is just what the doctor ordered. Three out four is a good start no matter who youre playing. Of course the one loss of the series is the one game i attended but thats a whole other story. The Mets are playing more consistent than they were. The starting pitching has been great (with the exception of

Wright and Ike - Jose and Bay

2010-04-20T21:08:00.000-07:00

As we have already covered before I think we can all agree that thus far this year the Mets biggest problem has not been what we thought it would be - starting pitching. And thats a good thing. However the Mets do have issues. Namely in the lineup. Francouer - who started out great seems to be swinging at everything. But hes a bit streaky so well cut him some slack for now. The bigger problem is

20 innings, A Tom Seaver connection and another turn through the rotation

2010-04-20T11:58:00.000-07:00

Quite a week in Metsland. Lets start from the 20 inning game. If youre reading this then you probably know all the details and have read all the interesting stats and tidbits about the game so i wont list them here. However here are some things to think about from that game. 1) Major league teams need to rethink about when/how to use/bring in their "closer"(more on this in a coming post). K-Rod

Where to bat Jose Reyes - Part II

2010-04-16T10:32:00.000-07:00

I am a firm believer that Jose Reyes should be leading off games. In fact ive expressed this notion since spring training. I think he was put on this earth to bat leadoff for the New York Mets. Apparently im not alone in this notion either. One person who i knew agreed with me was Matthew Cerrone of Metsblog.com. Or at least that what i thought. In a post today he said hes "warming up to this"

Go Big Pelf!

2010-04-15T18:40:00.000-07:00

Nice job by Mike Pelfrey today. The Mets desperately needed this one and Pelfrey delivered. All spring he was telling everyone not to pay attention to results and that he was working on his secondary pitches. We should have listened. i know its only two starts but if were going to get so down on the Mets for their start and if were going to be so hard on John Maine then we must give credit to

Frustrated

2010-04-14T11:47:00.000-07:00

A couple of small point before i begin. You will notice that i have added two pages to this blog. One page is tracking the combined amount of HR hit by David Wright and Jason Bay. The other is tracking the starts of Mike Pelfrey, John Maine and Oliver Perez. Check them out for details on why im doing this. 1) John Maine - What happened John? What happened to the guy who threw the best pitched

Week in review - Week 1

2010-04-12T05:47:00.000-07:00

Heres my week one Hero/Goat - My hero for the week is Jeff Francoeur. Howard Johnson said in the offseason that hes going to have a big year and he certainly has started it out big. 538 OBP for the week 4 BB and 2 K - not bad. An honorable mention should go to the bullpen which has been great. Johan had a bad game yesterday which we would hope would be few and far between but yesterday was one

First Impressions

2010-04-08T06:07:00.000-07:00

Last night i watched my first Mets game of the season. I did not like what i saw. Here are some of my thoughts. First the bad: 1) John Maine did not look good. His fastball was all over the place and the Marlins were hitting his off speed stuff. When he did hit with his fastball the Marlins teed off on it. (Boy, Hanley sure didnt make Citi Field look like a tough place to hit HR did he?) 2) The

You call this barren?

2010-03-25T17:03:00.000-07:00

I get it. 2009 was a tough year to be a Mets fan. The media certainly didnt make it easier. After Tony Bernazard ripped his shirt off and Adam Rubin didnt become the new GM of the Mets, the media had a field day. After all, it was convenient to blame Bernazard for everything. Now, just to be clear, far be it for me to defend him. I never liked him. But the things that came out afterward were ....

All Time Mets Uniform Number Team

2010-03-21T19:19:00.000-07:00

First the rules: 1) Each player on this list can only be used once. (withe one exception) 2) The Number I use does not have to be the players primary number that the player wore 3) Players only - no coaches or managers (or mascots - sorry Mr. Met) 4) Selections based only on the players performance as a Met (So no Willie Mays or Nolan Ryan) Also - I would like to point out that whenever i

The night I "Met the Mets"

2010-03-16T19:14:00.000-07:00

Allow me to begin by telling you a little bit about myself. I am a 30 year old die-hard Mets fan. The first game i ever went to was at Shea Stadium and Bobby Bonilla hit a home run - for the Pirates. I didnt go to a ton of games as a kid but my brother was a yankees fan and gave me all his Mets baseball cards and so i was hooked. I fell in love with Doc and Darryl and Gary Cater and Keith

A B C ..

2010-03-15T19:41:00.000-07:00

In honor of one of the Mets mantras this spring - getting back to basics - I decided to get back to the ABCs. Here is my list of the top Mets players of all time for each letter of the alphabet. Once again feel free to argue and debate because after all thats what being a fan is all about. You will notice that this list is heavily weighted towards the last 30 years or so as that is when i have

Hyperthyroidism? Seriously?!?!

2010-03-11T20:19:00.000-08:00

by Mr. Optimistic So, I'm sitting in my office this afternoon jumping from one conference call to another when my cell phone vibrates. In a very somber voice my friend says to me "did you hear the news"? I knew right away, that the worst case scenario we had heard about Jose Reyes turned out to be wrong...it was going to be even worse. There's no way he'll miss opening day, they said. He'll

WHY? Who cares?!?! Lets Go Mets!

2010-03-11T18:41:00.000-08:00

At exactly 1:03 PM today I was just coming back from lunch and hadnt looked at the news or internet at all for about an hour. Suddenly I received the following message on my blackberry from a friend of mine who happens to be a Yankees fan: "hahhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaa" - OK, i thought, probably just trying to get me nervous before our fantasy baseball draft (he and I are picking back to back) Then

Fantasy Dreams

2010-03-04T19:45:00.000-08:00

Its that time of year again when hope springs eternal. Your teams hitters will all have a power surge and your teams pitchers will all finally get over the hump. Your teams bullpen may be a bit weak but bullpens are so unpredictable anyway. Youre teams happy with its new acquisitions. You think your teams was wise with who was picked up and who was passed up on. Thats right -Fantasy Baseball

All Opposite Field, all the time...

2010-03-01T22:42:00.000-08:00

NOTE: Metsfanforever.com is proud to welcome its new author, Mr. Optimistic. I will be sharing the load with Mr.Optimistic from here on in. Welcome to MFF and Good luck! By: Mr. Optimistic So, I read an interesting article in the Daily News today. Just when we thought the whole Tony Bernazard mess was over and done with, we get this: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2010/03/01/

Reyes third?? - I have a better idea

2010-02-22T11:07:00.000-08:00

As you must have heard by now Jerry Manuel wants Jose Reyes batting third (No Eli, not playing third) until Carlos Beltran comes back from the DL. One of the reasons given was that he likes the idea of having three switch hitters bunched together in the lineup. Well i have a better idea. Since the leadoff batter only ends up actually batting leadoff about 25 percent of the time why not leave

Spring Training .... Im loving it!

2010-02-18T17:02:00.000-08:00

Call me a sucker. Call me delusional. Call me whatever you want but you cant get me down. Kelvin Escobar has a sore shoulder? So what!?! What do you expect from a guy who hasnt pitched in two years!?! Must be a slow news day. David Wright and Jose Reyes expect to win the NL east? DUH! what do you think theyre gonna say? Whos the best pitcher in the division? I would also say Santana! Good for him

All OverHyped/Bust team

2010-02-16T20:52:00.000-08:00

Spring Training - No two words elicit such feeling hope, excitement and anticipation for a baseball fan. Every spring training brings with it players hoping to "bounce back" and who are in "the best shape of their lives". In addition every spring training brings position battles, aging veterans trying to hold on and yes rookies trying to make the team or showcase their skills and show that