Mets 3, Astros 1: Youth Rides Pine In Meaningless Win

let it be known that i also blow.

Jerry is fighting for his job and thinks the lineup that he is throwing out there gives him the best chance to win. Omar also wants the team to have as good a record as possible at the expense of development as he wants to ensure that the sun will come up tomorrow.

One mistake causes another. Just fire them already.

but i find veteran presence in and of itself highly entertaining.

how dumb Omar & Manuel are. They tell us F! & Tejada are important for the Mets future, & yet they sit on the bench in favor of Francoeur/Castillo, two guys who hopefully won’t be back next year. If Fernando & Ruben aren’t gonna get the majority of the playing time at the major-league level, why didn’t they just leave them in AAA so they could continue to develop and get their plate appearances instead of bringing them up & having them ride the bench?

tell it like it is

David Wright not being David Wright, 10 HR, and Dickey being Dickey are both good things.

We aren’t making the playoffs, Jerry and the staff won’t be fired until the end of the year, and we won’t play our young guys, so we won’t learn anything about what they could do for next year.

I mean honestly, is there a single Mets fan out there who gives a shit if Francoeur/Castillo have good games the next two months??

Classic Jerryball. It’s a spin on Roster Management’s Rule 2, "-When a young, unpolished rookie blows away a bunch of Minor Leaguers in Spring Training, it’s best to “force” the GM into bringing him up onto the Major League roster, and then using him in a haphazard manner, more or less like a Rule 5 Draft pick." Replace the blowing away part, though.

I think it’s about time we call up Chad Cordero and see if he can be of any use. The dude used to be a pretty damn good closer at least. I also think we should call up Justin Turner like some other people said and send Ruben down to work on his hitting.