an egomaniac horses ass today as he usually does.

The Mets have played like dogshit for most of the season. Wagner and Ryan Church have been the lone bright spots, and if the Mets continue to play this way then Willie Randolph will be given just enough rope to hang himself with. Managers are generally given too much credit when a team succeeds and too much blame when a team is scuffling. Randolph seems particularly overwhelmed by most in-game managing decisions, but it’s hardly his fault that Carlos Delgado is succumbing to age, David Wright couldn’t hit his way out of a paper bag right now, and Omar Minaya committed to four years of Luis Castillo’s hobbly knees and punchless bat.

And that has to be tough to do.

Step back, look at some numbers or trends, and write something with an intelligent question or complaint or two, and perhaps it will lead to a reasonable discussion.

Plus, also, too, this line is pretty creepy:

Every Met fan in the universe should bet [sic] caressing any handy picture of Billy Wagner tonight.

Yeesh.

So, why are all the commenters here so against speaking about reality? I’ve been a fan doe over 20 years, when no one else was a Mets fan in my family. I have kept as close as possible to the team despite now living in Colorado for over 10 years. My daily commute includes walking practically through Coors Field every day, and most of the time it’s done wearing a Mets cap and/or shirt to the shagrin of employees.

So, when I write about where the team is going wrong, so many of you want to throw Beltran lifetime numbers at me and preach about how things will magically turn around. That you see no evidence of this team needing some changes.

Amazin Avenue is not hear as some propoganda tool. We are here, all as devoted Mets fans, to talk baseball. If you think Beltran has been Mr. Clutch since he arrived here, thats your preorogotive (and delusion). If you think David Wright’s slump is the source of our woes, fine, take that, too. But if you think we’ll win a division due to paper talent, please, go find some medication.

This is my OPINION. If you don’t think the Mets have issues or don’t think a $20 million dollar player who can’t be counted on for dick in the late innings of even regular season games isn’t a problem, or the obvious penchant for an entire team to sleepwalk through games isn’t a problem, then write a blog about it.

In the meantime, I seem to be proven more and more correct every game and I think that’s where some of this anger comes from. And ya know what, Billy’s comments ARE having an affect as I see the Mets had a little talk today. You wait and see, I know a little more about baseball than you all give me credit for.

Reality is that Carlos Beltran is without question one of the great CFs in the game and the Mets 2nd best player. Is he off to a poor start? Sure, but I GUARANTEE that we won’t be talking about him as a problem come July. Will the Mets still have problems come July? Sure (hopefully not too many), but they’re likely to be Pedro’s inability to stay healthy, Delgado being old, Castillo being creaky, and Heilman being terrible (thank God Sosa was finally shit-canned the other day).

Did you watch an inning of the 2006 NLCS other than the bottom of the 9th of game 7? Do you remember who actually hit in that series? The two guys both have the same name, and it starts with a “C” and ends with an “ARLOS”. David Wright did shit in that series. Maybe if DW hit well, the Mets go onto the World Series.

Wagner is an incredibly talented pitcher. He’s also a goddamn moron who should keep his fucking mouth shut to the press. No wonder they hated him in Philadelphia.