Sandy on trading away Vet while in race: “Conceivable. Wouldn’t be our 1st choice . “As long as felt we had adequate or better replacement."
— Matt Ehalt (@MattEhalt) July 19, 2014
Report: 2014 Mets have drawn slightly fewer folks than they did in 2013
If I am reading MLB Attendance Winners And Losers Entering The Second Half Of The Season – Forbes correctly than the Mets have drawn 13,000 or so fewer patrons this season.
The link has a handy graph and everything and it looks like the Mets are drawing 274 fewer per game.
If the Fake Pennant Race can draw just 300 extra folks per game, the Mets prediction of attendance being up could actually happen.
No pressure Bartolo.
105 year old woman to throw out first pitch at Sunday’s Mets-Padres
Insert cheap joke about Omar Minaya being the acting GM in San Diego.
Oh no, Murph drank the Wilpon Kool Aid
Newsday quotes All Star Daniel Murphy as saying….
I think 2014, we have a chance to play meaningful games in September
via Daniel Murphy would be amenable to contract extension – Newsday.
…as if not being buried on September 3rd is somehow an accomplishment. As if winning 85 games will somehow make this season a “success.”
It has been 28 years. The goal should be to win the World Series. No more excuses about Jason Bay’s contract or Madoff (they are building TWO construction projects next to Citi Field) or the endless rebuilding process.
Meaningful Games In September is a “we tried” mentality.
Which leads us to a Panel Discussion at the 2015 Queens Baseball Convention. Jason Fry and I had the twitter version of the “meaningful games” discussion on twitter yesterday and I suggested we turn it into a panel. Jason will slay me with words while I sit their like a pig saying basically what I said above. Should be fun.
Get your tickets to the QBC Below and we’ll see you on January 10th at McFadden’s Citi Field.
Terry talks up the Mets Fake Pennant Race
“We’ve got 67 games to go and we’ve got 39 in our division,” Collins said. “If we end up having a good record against our division, I think we’re going to be in the mix at the end.”
via Collins: Don’t be shocked if Mets are in playoff race | New York Post.
Look, I know Terry can’t say, “Hey this thing has been over for a month because I let the team get 11 games under” but you know who else probably has 39 games in the division? Everyone.
I want to go to the beach so I will do a quick version of The Math. The Nationals play the Braves six more times. Those are six days where you can’t really make up ground because someone is going to win. Now start doing that with all the Wild Card permutations and…..yeah there are few windows of opportunities left.
I will be curious to see what happens here. The fan base was all hopped up last week. We’ll know on Monday if everyone is suicidal again or if Fake Pennant Race fever is real.
Oh by the way, after a hot week the Mets are 5 games under .500
