The Mets'd Up podcast guys are unhappy, too. I mean, they're even pissed that Steve Cohen hasn't said anything of substance since the end of the season.
They point out that we stood 62-44 after sweeping the Giants (July 27) and went 21-35 thereafter. We played .375 baseball for
the final two months of the season. A
61-101 pace.
How does this team play two months' of ball that's worse that what the team ever played under Joe Torre and George Bamberger/Frank Howard? We went through seven years of darkness (you weren't even born but you would have spent them curled in a ball) when we never won 70 games in a season. But we never lost 100. We played like a 101-loss team for two months…with THIS team.
And yet Moron Mendoza might not be fired.
They point out that last year's team succeeded in spite of Moron Mendoza because they had "glue guys" in the clubhouse…Iglesias (who ignited the turnaround last year) and J.D. Martinez and even Stanek, and yes, your pal Jesse Winker.
I don't know if you follow the NBA closely enough, but Winker is a Patrick Beverley type…you hate him when he's on any team but yours, but you love him when he's yours. My Los Angeles Chokers, er, Clippers pulled
miracles out of their hats consistently with Pat-Bev on the team…and they've been lifeless since we sent him away. Meanwhile, look at what he's done for Minnesota…
Well, Winker, love him or hate him, is that guy. Sometimes (Milwaukee) even his teammates end up hating him, but generally he's a clubhouse plus. Who could call his team's young star "Big ****ter", basically, and yet have it stick? And look how well Chunky Cheeks and the Mariners flourished after that…
This season, we were too cheap to bring back Candelita, gave JD's job to Winker, and then watched Winker get hurt and the team fall off the cliff once he was done for the season. And Stanek lost his ability to lead once he ended up completely useless.
As one of these dudes points out, Mendoza is an Aaron Boone disciple…"and Aaron Boone is a moron!"
(I can hear
Bru nodding as I type that.)
Seriously, can we not hire another Yankees cast-off? Craig Counsell would have won 95 games both seasons.
And, I'd blocked this from my memory, but the guys pointed it out…Moron Mendoza only squeaked into the #6 spot last season due to a ****ing tie-breaker. An average of 86-76, with one of the biggest payrolls in the game. That's not good enough.
