They Deserve What They Get

After watching last night's Mets' debacle, we fans have to objectively question the choices of the Willie Randolph / Omar Minaya tandem and say that they deserve exactly what they got this year. For some unexplained reason, we Mets fans have the ability to see this team in a different light than they do, and have for some time now. For years, we questioned, screamed, begged Willie to stop using players like DeJean, Koo, Lima, iishi..etc. When we all said to drop Piazza out of the 4-hole, it only took Willie 3/4 of a season to do it. When we pleaded to Willie to stop bringing in DeJean, it only took most of the season. When we could tell that Gonzalez, Lima and iishi were bums after only a few starts, Willie kept giving them chance after chance, throwing games away like there was no tommorrow.This latest set of bums, Sele, Schowenweis and Mota are being marched out there as Mets fans once again are left scratching their heads. For all the Willie supporters, we Mets fans are not stupid, we KNOW that Willie and Omar don't pitch or hit in the field. But their DECISIONS and ARROGANCE are hurting this team. Last year the Mets had one of the best bullpens in the league. They CHOSE not to re-sign Bradford. Schowenweis didn't seek out the Mets, they CHOSE him. They CHOSE Sele to round out the bullpen and because of his good performance last year, CHOSE to put all their eggs into the Mota basket. When this all goes bad, they have to look into the mirror. The Mets just got swept again by the Phils, so who do you turn to to stop a bad losing streak? Brian Lawrence? Fans know this guy is a constant 4/4 guy, gives up 4 runs in 4 innings EVERY time out. The brain-trust shifted their rotation around so Pedro can get extra rest! Pedro pitches every 5th day, if you don't win any of the games in between, what's the point? They can lose the division lead before Pedro's next start!!! Lawrence? Move up Pelfry or Maine, try Humber, what about Dave Williams? After a few key wins last year down the stretch, Williams got one shot and one shot only this year. Lawrence and his 6 ERA was the CHOICE of the brain-trust to stop the worst streak of bad baseball this season. I think the main reason that Mets fans can see this team differently is in one word, OBJECTIVE. We are honest and only care about the bottom line-winning. Whenever Willie is questioned about one of his head-scratching moves, his answer is always, "The fans aren't around the players, they don't know what goes on in the lockerroom, what's behind the scenes in the clubhouse." EXACTLY. Willie and Omar aren't OBJECTIVE with this team. Maybe they're too friendly with the players. Maybe their wives are friends with the players wives. They're hoping for, the're rooting for the players to bounce back or fight through. Sometimes when you're too close to something/someone, you have to step back to get perspective and properly assess. Willie and Omar root for Mota, hope Schowenweis comes through and want Sele to succeed, when they need to be OBJECTIVE and see these players as we see them. Personally, we don't hate these players or wish them harm, but we fans CAN tell when they cannot do a job. It's like having a really good friend at work who's a bad employee. He's bad for the company, but you don't want to see him fired. They had all season to fix the bullpen, make moves, do SOMETHING and they CHOSE not to. Instead, it was so-o-o-o important to go get another second baseman when they had Gotay hitting .340. Now at the end of the season, we're stuck with these guys and their 5-something ERAs. I hate to say it Met fans, but the division title is slipping away and the playoffs are not going to be pretty. Who is the bullpen going to get out?And that is being OBJECTIVE.