Comments on: April Showers http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=683 Hoping for a Miracle since 2005 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:54:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris Wilcox http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=683&cpage=1#comment-485708 Chris Wilcox Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:08:45 +0000 http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=683#comment-485708 Guys, please relax. It's been 15 games. The '86 Mets had stretches where they would lose 9 of 16 or whatever, and they went on to win 108 games. Obviously, this Mets team is not going to win 108 games, both because they aren't that good and the rest of the league is better. But it's crazy to overreact to a bad run this early in the season. There is so much baseball left to be played, 147 games remaining. It hasn't been a good run, but unless the careers of John Maine, Oliver Perez, and Mike Pelfrey are now suddenly horrible pitchers (and recent history says that they are not), they will be better. Heck, last year's team was at various points seven games under .500, and they came storming back to make the NL East a real race, one they had an honest to God chance to win. If we're into the month of May, and Ollie, Maine, and Big Pelf still haven't figured their games out yet, then we should worry. But right now, the team is hitting (and their hitting with runners in scoring position will get better, it's hard to believe that a team that is otherwise hitting extremely well will continue to fail to score runners from second and third at this pace for an entire season), the bullpen has been better, and Johan has been an absolute force of nature. It's far too soon to think this team won't get it together, they've been the victim of a lot of bad luck so far that is bound to improve. Guys, please relax. It’s been 15 games. The ‘86 Mets had stretches where they would lose 9 of 16 or whatever, and they went on to win 108 games. Obviously, this Mets team is not going to win 108 games, both because they aren’t that good and the rest of the league is better. But it’s crazy to overreact to a bad run this early in the season. There is so much baseball left to be played, 147 games remaining. It hasn’t been a good run, but unless the careers of John Maine, Oliver Perez, and Mike Pelfrey are now suddenly horrible pitchers (and recent history says that they are not), they will be better. Heck, last year’s team was at various points seven games under .500, and they came storming back to make the NL East a real race, one they had an honest to God chance to win.

If we’re into the month of May, and Ollie, Maine, and Big Pelf still haven’t figured their games out yet, then we should worry. But right now, the team is hitting (and their hitting with runners in scoring position will get better, it’s hard to believe that a team that is otherwise hitting extremely well will continue to fail to score runners from second and third at this pace for an entire season), the bullpen has been better, and Johan has been an absolute force of nature. It’s far too soon to think this team won’t get it together, they’ve been the victim of a lot of bad luck so far that is bound to improve.

]]> By: Joeadig http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=683&cpage=1#comment-485707 Joeadig Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:42:56 +0000 http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=683#comment-485707 nicely put, tjv101. nicely put. they've played 14 games and I already feel like the season is lost. I know that's absurd, but I just can't shake the feeling that this team, for some unidentifiable reason, won't be able to put it together. For the past year, every time something has gone wrong I've thought to myself, "imagine how much worse it would be if the Mets had signed Barry Zito (like I wanted them to do)." Well, Zito just threw a shutout!!! (Don't get me wrong-- I'm trilled the Mets "missed out" on him; I just wish I still have that to excuse to fall back on.) nicely put, tjv101. nicely put.

they’ve played 14 games and I already feel like the season is lost. I know that’s absurd, but I just can’t shake the feeling that this team, for some unidentifiable reason, won’t be able to put it together.

For the past year, every time something has gone wrong I’ve thought to myself, “imagine how much worse it would be if the Mets had signed Barry Zito (like I wanted them to do).” Well, Zito just threw a shutout!!! (Don’t get me wrong– I’m trilled the Mets “missed out” on him; I just wish I still have that to excuse to fall back on.)

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