Fernando Tatis has been a tale of two worlds in his two seasons with the Mets. (PHOTO BY ICON SMI)

BY MICHAEL GANCI
EDITOR

Last year was a year to remember for Fernando Tatis. After becoming the forgotten man, he re surged to become a quality player once again. He had clutch hits, timely defense and he did pretty much everything right. That’s what led to him being named the NL’s Comeback Player of the Year. Things were looking good for Tatis, and he was brought back this year because of it.

I couldn’t have any more of an opposite feeling as the year comes to a close in 2009. As of September 23, Tatis had been playing very poorly. He has hit just .267 with seven homers and 42 RBI. We all know about his double play barrage that he has shown this year. Luckily for him, he was able to cut back on those later in the year, because he was on a pace to ground into an insane amount in limited at-bats.
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Guys like Nelson Figueroa shouldn't be a part of the Mets' long-term future. (PHOTO BY ICON SMI)

BY MICHAEL GANCI
EDITOR

I don’t know if you have noticed the past couple of weeks, but I am starting to get a bit fed up with the team. I understand how people can get a bit excited over the performance that we saw from Nelson Figueroa, but it is quite another thing to start discussing him as a part of the future. I saw an article this morning regarding whether it has finally “come together” for Nelson, and it would be a nice story considering.

But I think it’s not going to happen. The Mets need to be focused on guys who have hope. Investing their already limited resources in an aging 35-year old career minor leaguer would be a big mistake.
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Unfortunately, Bobby Parnell doesn't seem like the long-term solution for the Mets. (PHOTO BY ICON SMI)

BY JOSEPH STONE
STACHE WRITER

This article, although written with tongue-in-cheek humor, is exactly the type of thing that ticks me off about this franchise. Granted, you can find something to rank on any team’s stadium, which by the way, Deadspin has done. But the complaints in here just burn me up. The worst part was the Fillie fan talking smack.

Is it just me, or are they an entire fanbase made up of Guido douchebags and people who fell in love with the team somewhere around October of last year? God, I hope Cliff Lee’s apocalyptic numbers from yesterday are what he is going to put up the rest of the year. If that were to happen, and they go in the toilet in the NLDS, I could just write this season off to a statistical anomoly. Please, Dark Lord, don’t let them anywhere near the Series, unless it is to get utterly raped by the other team, to the tune of 60-2 in a four game set. Oh my, would I never let that one go.
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Jeff Francoeur has fit in as a New York guy a lot more than initially expected. (PHOTO BY ICON SMI)

BY MICHAEL GANCI
EDITOR

Well, it’s one of those mornings. We wake up and take a look at the standings, and you know it’s sad when the two teams that the Mets’ record most closely resembles reside in San Diego and Pittsburgh. Oh brother. Well this seems like a perfect time to look around the blogosphere and see what people are talking about on this beautiful Tuesday morning.

The boys over at 213 Miles From Shea are lobbying for people who want to be umpires. “Seriously, you might have no umpiring experience and no baseball experience, and you might still do a better job than the umpires have done this year.” Ouch. I definitely agree that there have been some things that have made me sick regarding the umpires. Amazingly for the Mets, Angel Hernandez has had nothing to do with them. Go figure.

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Does Fernando Tatis earn the honor for the Most Worthless Met? (PHOTO BY ICON SMI)

BY MICHAEL GANCI
EDITOR

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the first ever Horrible Awards, which have been inspired by the 2009 Mets. After much deliberation, a panel of judges (or just me) have selected a few special individuals to win certain awards for this disappointing 2009 season. But let’s welcome the host for the 2009 Horrible Awards, former Met reliever Aaron Heilman!
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Only The Mets Could Pass On Getting Something for a 40 Yr Old With A Bad Hammy

BY AARON YORKE
STACHE WRITER

Yesterday we talked about how the Mets put Gary Sheffield and Pedro Feliciano on waivers in an effort to salvage something from the last remaining useful parts of the 2009 season. Now it turns out that both players have been pulled back by the Mets, meaning they cannot be traded for the rest of the year.

The keeping of Feliciano makes sense: He has one year of arbitration left, is making less than $2 million, and will be a useful left handed reliever on what should be a contender in 2010. However, I don’t see what the Mets hope to gain by not trading Gary Sheffield.

Are they convinced that by letting him stay on this year he will be more likely to sign for 2010 (and for a reasonable price)? Even if Sheffield wanted to stay with the Mets and not with an AL contender that could guarantee him more at bats, I think it would be difficult to get your 2009 franchise home run leader to sign for a reasonable amount.

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Building a Team after this Moment has been very hard for the Mets (Courtesy of Boston.com)

BY JOSEPH STONE
STACHE WRITER

I have heard it said the the Mets mission statement over the last two years was to win Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS. That they wanted to eradicate the memory of the loss and somehow change the course of history. I don’t think that’s quite true. I think that was something we the interactive fans and the professional writers inferred upon the team, that that particular game was somehow still winnable.

The Mets, in a wise move, just stuck with the core of a team over the next three years that was thisclose to the World Series in 2006, and are just now feeling the fallout from a long barren run at post-season success. After the outcome of the 2006 season, obviously the Mets, as an organization, felt that essentially standing pat with a team that was so close to the promised land was the right choice, hence the Alou signing as a stopgap to shore up RBI production and keep the train rolling.

Management felt that the veteran presence would assist, and not even a beat would be missed on the march back to October. They were absolutely correct. The 2007 season was going along according to script until…no need for specifics in rehashing at this point, we are all well versed. The team that had steamrolled along all year hit the wall and blew up. It happens. Only once in a blue moon, but strange things can happen in baseball. Ask the Cubs, or the Phillies.

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The Puppetmaster? (Courtesy of NY Daily News)

BY JOSEPH STONE
STACHE WRITER

The Flushing Fiasco, Showdown in the Citi, the big Goat Rodeo; whatever you want to call yesterday’s event horizon, it definitely was watercooler fodder today. Everyone picked a side and dug in for the war of words that is still heating up. It seemed the bulk of opinions fell on the side of “WTF? What the hell was Omar thinking?” Bloggers and commenters alike took the orginization, and Minaya in particular, to task for his choice of forum and words.

The Daily News, no longer telling the story but part of it, circled the wagons, and threw total support behind Adam Rubin. Filip Bondy, one of the few columnists that is tolerable for the News, took his swipe at Minaya and the Mets.

Several bloggers and talking heads did come to Minaya’s defense, though, stating that he had rightly called out the “lobby”ist. The key phrase for this side of the argument was”conflict of interest” which was used as a rallying cry.

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Meet the enitre Mets Front Office (Courtesy of Newsday)

BY MATTHEW FALKENBURY
ASSISTANT EDITOR

Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls, Children of All Ages….

Major League Baseball would like to present, live at Citi Field in Flushing, NY, The greatest Circus of em all….

The New York Mets Front Office!!! (Hold for Intense Booing from Mets Fans, Laughter from everyone else)

Only the Mets right? Only the New York Mets could take a press conference that was meant to put to rest a story that had embarrassed the organization for the past week plus, and make it an even bigger story. They are certainly living up to the nickname the Amazin Mets.

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Meeting Julie Alexandria at the Comix Club? Im excited just thinking about it (Courtesy of the NY Post)

BY MATTHEW FALKENBURY
ASSISTANT EDITOR

Hey Mets fans, wanna forget about the fact that Fernando Tatis has hit into 12 double plays in a part time role or that Tony Bernazard likes to show the Double AA-Binghamton Mets how to do a really good Hulk Hogan impression?

Well then you should check this out.

Come see Mets Weekly host Julie Alexandria live at Comix comedy club as part of the 12 Angry Mascots sports-comedy show.

Hosted by Scott Rogowsky (The Onion) and Neil Janowitz (ESPN the Mag), 12 Angry Mascots brings together the best sports-themed stand-up and sketch comedy in the city, along with special guest interviews.

Julie will be joined by the newest NY Ranger, Christopher Higgins on the July 30th show, at 7:30 pm. There will also be stand-up from Comedy Central’s Dan Allen and VH1’s Best Week Ever’s Matt Goldich.

For more information and tickets go here

http://www.comixny.com/event.aspx?eid=553&sid=2022

The Comix is located at 353 W. 14th St (just east of 9th ave).

I mean why wouldnt you go? You get to meet the lovely Julie Alexandria and you get to meet Christopher Higgins which can remind you that thankfully Hockey Season is almost here.