Here are some keys for the Mets to turn things around in the second half.
With the 2009 season at the traditional halfway point, let’s hand out the team’s mid-season report card. These grades are based on performance compared to pre-season expectations.
Which one is worse – seeing stars go down with injuries or seeing your team trade for a durable guy who is no good? The Mets are about to find out as the team has just acquired Jeff Francoeur.
Yes, June was awful for the Mets. But it is July now and it is time to put the first half of the year into perspective and not over-react to a bad month.
I was born and raised in Alabama so I’ve heard a country song or two. At one point Garth Brooks’ “Friends in Low Places” was a big hit and many times I’ve been tempted to sing the song several times during Mets games because of our friends in low places. By that I mean the bottom of the order where Omir Santos and Ramon Castro play, or as I like to call them Omon Santstro.
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Coming into the year, the National League East figured to be a battle between the Mets and the Phillies with the Braves and the Marlins having a shot if everything broke right. Now at the end of May, the Phillies hold a half-game lead over the Mets with the Braves four games back and the Marlins six and one-half out.
Just last week the New York Mets went on a four game losing streak and lost their spot at the top of the National League East standings. Many Mets fans began to panic. It looked like the New York Mets were falling apart and that the 2009 season could be a bust. The optimist in me never believed the Mets were doing as bad as anybody said they were doing and I’ll tell you why.
We all love trivia. And in the first year of Citi Field, we will have plenty of chances to come up with questions to stump our pals down the road. What were the odds coming into the year that Livan Hernandez would be the first pitcher to throw a complete game at the pitcher-friendly ballpark?
Here is a look at the players in St. Lucie most likely to help the Mets in the years ahead.
Livan Hernandez to Randy Johnson – are you on crack?!? The numbers tell a different story…
