Total Betrayal

Today I feel betrayed by the New York Mets. In particular the criminals who were complicit in one of the largest ponzi schemes ever perpetrated. That is right, if you made money in this scheme you were in on it. Now the victims are suing the Mets owners and surprise the Mets on the field are going to suffer.  Screw the Mets on the field … the fans in the ball park (those who bother going) and the ones watching SNY or listening to WFAN those are the people who are suffering.

We were all promised that the Madoff thing would not affect the team. But it has. Chris Young is our big off-season acquisition? REALLY? They can’t eat the contracts of malcontents like Oliver Perez or Luis Castillo? ARE YOU SERIOUS?  And to top it off you cant read an article about the Mets these days without a mention of how Jose Reyes’ days in Flushing are numbered.  ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!  So if Reyes has a big season, by the all-star break he will be wearing another uniform. The other scenario is Reyes has a big season; the Mets are on the fringes of the pennant race (they won’t add any pieces though) they miss the playoffs again. Reyes signs a huge contract to hit leadoff in Boston next season.  I remember when I dreamt of a line-up with Reyes and Carl Crawford at the top.  Boston fans can now have that dream.  By the way you can swap out the name Carlos Beltran for Jose Reyes also.

What are the 2011 Mets going to look like in August? Mired in fourth place (if they are lucky). Playing infront of an empty stadium.  Low ratings on SNY. And the circle continues.

“We can’t spend more until we bring in more revenue. We can’t bring in any more revenue since no one is watching our channel or coming to the ball park.”

Lineup August 1^st

SS – Ruben Tejada

CF – Angel Pagan

3B – David Wright

LF – Jason Bay

1B – Ike Davis

C – Josh Thole

RF – Duda

2B – Hu

Seriously how much better does that lineup look with Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran? But what do I know.

Maybe my disillusionment will melt away like all this snow once pitchers and catcher repiort and that first spring training game is  played.