Mets roundtable discussion, part two: On Omar Minaya and Jerry Manuel's future with the club - - NJ.com

Part two. No shrill comments about me yet, unfortunately. Here is the question we all answered:

Are you convinced that both Omar Minaya and Jerry Manuel need to go, or could one or both of them still earn your confidence between now and the end of the 2010 season?

Yesterday's question generated a lot of discussion here, most of it only tangentially related to the question itself.

9 months ago Eric Simon 25 comments 0 recs |

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outside of divine intervention

there’s not really anything that could happen that could change my opinion on either, just like nothing that happened last season changed my opinion on either.

by Gina on Nov 17, 2009 10:30 AM EST reply actions

I can't wait for someone to respond with "what is grission?"

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Nov 17, 2009 10:38 AM EST reply actions

I hope "sizzlechest5" returns

by James Kannengieser on Nov 17, 2009 11:12 AM EST reply actions

that has to be one of the greatest online names ever

by KeithsMoustache on Nov 17, 2009 11:28 AM EST up reply actions

Right?

Were sizzlechest1-4 already taken? Or is this guy a really (REALLY!) big David Wright fan?

by Eric Simon on Nov 17, 2009 11:40 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

i actually own the rights to 1-4, just in case i needed them

but didn’t lock up 5 in time. Its my greatest regret in life. Seriously i’m not sure which idea scares me more, that 1-4 were taken or that they are specifically referring to Dubs.

by KeithsMoustache on Nov 17, 2009 12:44 PM EST up reply actions

He was originally Sizzlechest(s?) 1-4...

but kept forgetting the password. it’s hard spelling pasta fagiole

by Bieser's Balk on Nov 17, 2009 1:56 PM EST up reply actions

Eric has done the seemingly impossible

he’s written more words than Greg Prince 2 days in a row.

"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09

by cjmulrain on Nov 17, 2009 12:32 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

I'm also winning the battle of JBS Haldane references

1-0

by Eric Simon on Nov 17, 2009 1:22 PM EST up reply actions

This joeyp seems like

a scholar and a gentleman. I’d like to subscribe to his newsletter.

by dtro on Nov 17, 2009 12:45 PM EST reply actions

He likes to bring the crazy.

by The 'Ropolitans on Nov 17, 2009 2:02 PM EST up reply actions

Hey Eric

Have you provided joeyp with proper identification yet? He seems a bit unnerved about your credentials.

"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Nov 17, 2009 12:54 PM EST reply actions

My credentials

were in my other sweatpants which my mother has inconveniently sent through the wash. Thankfully, my computer is just a few feet from her basement laundry room so I will go and retrieve them for joep posthaste.

by Eric Simon on Nov 17, 2009 1:25 PM EST up reply actions

that is if you can pry yourself away from those beloved spreadsheets.

by KeithsMoustache on Nov 17, 2009 1:49 PM EST up reply actions

At least some of those comments are more enlightened this time around.

There’s plenty of chuckles to be had, though:

“Beltran and Reyes top the list [being injured] and Santana and Maine are showing signs of joining it”.

“When you look at the team Minaya has put together, they should have won”.

“Manuel on the other hand I think tends to play it safe with many of his decisions, but he’s really not that bad of an in-game manager. His only daring move that backfired was when he pinch-hit for Castro with Santos. But later in the year santos had the big homer off papelbon, so Jerry was on to something.”

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 17, 2009 1:59 PM EST reply actions

Eric, be honest

You’re really just baiting the flat-earthers and throwing a bunch of shout-outs to AA readers, aren’t you?

by JoshNY on Nov 17, 2009 2:31 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

From what I hear

Eric took his cue from Gov. Schwarzenegger for his next response. The answer will be composed of eight lines, and if you take the first letter of every line it will spell “GRISSION”.

"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Nov 17, 2009 2:49 PM EST up reply actions

here's my off-season plan

Get players with heart and spunk.
Release Oliver Perez
Insert a pinch runner every time Corrra gets on base
Sign Fernando Tatis to the 3 year deal he deserves.
Sign Hideki Matsui—what are teh chances of two Matsui’s s** the bed in Flushing?
Invest in players that love baseball, playing it, watching it, living it, snorting it.
Overpay for Lackey
Negotiate with Scott Boras a lot.

I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya

by itsmetsforme on Nov 17, 2009 3:22 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs

I mean, read the first three blogger comments—-where is the insight, knowledge, or unique perspective? As for the last one, it is silly, and I do not think “grission” is even a word!

by James Kannengieser on Nov 17, 2009 8:21 PM EST reply actions