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Omar quoted on Metsblog

"Everybody wants us to improve our club. The question is: when do we improve our club? It has to make sense when you make a move. I feel like, in past years, we have always found a way to improve our club, and I feel comfortable we will continue to work hard and, when it’s all said and done, when we get to Opening Day, our team is going to be better than they way they ended last year… We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan, we know who we’ve targeted, and we feel comfortable if we get our guys we’re gonna have a very good team on the field and we’re going to be a team that will compete for our division and compete for the pennant." You know what I'm sayin' ?. (ok I added that last part)

about 2 years ago Orosco_tiny fxcarden 13 comments 1 recs  | 

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re: We've always found a way to improve our club

someone should have followed up with a question asking why it wasn’t showing up in the standings then

by Gina on Dec 15, 2009 7:03 PM EST reply actions  

Rec'd

you know what I'm sayin' ?

by fxcarden on Dec 15, 2009 8:48 PM EST up reply actions  

"we know who we’ve targeted"

That’s good to know, Omar. Makes me feel confident.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 15, 2009 10:13 PM EST reply actions  

Sometimes, I think Omar doesn't know who he's targeted. Like Jason Bay's defense being so great.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 16, 2009 10:08 AM EST up reply actions  

hey, he used "statistical analysis" to show that Bay was better than Holliday in Citi

So when it turns out to be totally false he can point to it and proclaim that statistics are false hustle.

by KeithsMoustache on Dec 16, 2009 12:44 PM EST up reply actions  

Good news, fellas

We have a center fielder, and our center fielder, i like our center fielder
We have a shortstop, and our shortstop, i like our shortstop
We have a third baseman, and our third baseman, i like our third baseman
We have an ace, and our ace, i like our ace

As for everyone else, Omar knows who he’s targeted

by Pack Bringley on Dec 16, 2009 12:28 AM EST reply actions   2 recs

I like your comments,

That’s the spirit, too much negativity going on with the Met fandom.

by 1969met on Dec 16, 2009 12:41 AM EST up reply actions  

Well, there isn't much to be positive about.

We’ve had those same 4 players for 2 seasons now, and it’s gotten us nothing, because our GM can’t surround them with 21 more players who don’t totally suck. And I don’t care who Omar’s targeted, because he seems to be completely ignoring the rest of the free agents in the process.

by BobbyV_Incognito on Dec 16, 2009 2:47 AM EST up reply actions  

Exactly

“[W]e know who we’ve targeted, and we feel comfortable if we get our guys we’re gonna have a very good team on the field” seems like just more evidence of Omar’s tunnel vision to me.

by JoshNY on Dec 16, 2009 7:53 AM EST up reply actions  

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