The Mets Police: A Laughable Look Back At The Hope We Still Had On June 6th

A Laughable Look Back At The Hope We Still Had On June 6th

Shannon Shark, Mets Police Chief

I was going through the Mets Police archives and saw an article from June 6th that said "SI predicts Mets doom."

Hey that SI was pretty smart! To think we were going to be only 10 out and win 85! Here's the original MP article...

Good article on SI.com

Can anyone deep down really disagree with this possible outcome:

The future has been written for the 2009 New York Mets, and it is not good. They are modern day Jobs, all of them. Only in this run, there is no reprieve. A team with baseball's second-highest payroll will win, oh, 85 games and finish 10 games behind Philadelphia. They will add someone -- Aubrey Huff? Nick Johnson? -- to the mix, sing his praises, find a groove, then sink back to reality. They will fire their manager, trade off their prospects, talk about the new Mets, the fresh Mets, the exciting Mets. But they're still the haunted Mets.

We'll obviously learn a lot about this team this week against the Phillies and Yankees. I'm leaning toward the "stand-pat and hope for the best" plan. The Mets have few chips to give up in a trade, and I don't think there's anyone worth getting.

I still wouldn't mind having Manny Ramirez coming back July 3rd.

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