For Anyone Who Thinks Managers Don't Make a Difference

There are a lot of nay saying bloggers who don't think "clubhouse chemistry" means much to a team. And in particular that "players' managers" like Torre and Sciosa are successful because of their talent and not anything to do with their managerial skills - with Torre, in spite of his managerial skills.

But read this and take another p.o.v.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2011/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=6205577

-Natron

Where's Shea?

I can't say I disagree with you, Ronjaya. It hurts when the tickets cost so, so much and the team is so, so bad. A capacity crowd is about 75% the size of the Shea capacity. If there is ever an important or intriguing game at Citifield again, the stadium holds about 13,000 fewer people than Shea did. And that prospect NEVER made sense to me. The Mets play in New York City, why would you make it a smaller stadium?

As far as the amenities go, I do go for the "final score." But I'm a big-time Met game and I'm not carrying kids and families in tow, so...

I think I've written it before but I think Citifield is a beautiful stadium. However, it has a couple of major issues with it. To rehash a little...

-It's significantly smaller than Shea Stadium in terms of crowd capacity. Why eliminate so many people from buying tickets, attending the game, and buying your waaaaay overpriced concessions?

-It doesn't feel like the "home of the Mets." While they have added some more Mets good-ness, I still feel like I could be attending a game for any team.

-StanO

Citifield

How, when you just open a new ballpark, do you lose this much money? The Mets are in serious, serious trouble in my opinion:

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6256710

They should have built the stadium bigger and made a lot more affordable family-friendly seating. Kids and their families care a lot less about the score of the game than they do the experience.

-Ronjaya

A Response to the Mets History

Did the Mets really pass up the opportunity to pay out $5.9 over one year to pay $29.8 million over 25 years?! What cents (err, sense) does that make? That's absurd. I have Yankee envy.

As Natron pointed out (in a real, face-to-face interaction): Castillo will probably hit a walk-off home-run against the Mets. That and score 100r with an injured Utley ahead of him...

-StanO

A L'il Mets History

I read this article about the Mets and all the contracts they've eaten (with emphasis on the Bobby Bo contract in particular), and it's easy to see why this organization was always seen as second rate. They do really dumb things:

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6242549

-Ronjaya

Ollie's Next

WFAN reports that Ollie will be released Monday.
-StanO

I wonder if he'll become the LOOGY (Lefty One Out GuY) for the Phils :P
-Natron

Ollie P

Dunno how to repeat it exactly, but Craig Carton reports that: if Ollie P. sucks today in his two innings of work, the Mets will cut him. -StanO