Topic: YOU SAY LONG SEASON, I SAY LOOOOOOONG SEASON

What are you guys talking about?  The Mets final record in 1973 was 82-79.  Period.  They only played 161 games that year.  They had a double-header scheduled on the last day of the season (I believe against Pittsburgh) but the second game became unnecessary after the Mets won Game 1.  Since St Louis had a final record of 81-81, once the Mets won Game 1 of the DH (win number 82 for the season), there was no reason to play the second game. 

By the way Crunch,

What I meant by playing the Cubs, they were 82-79 and had to make up a rainout to decide who wins.

I recall the game being played. Your right it wasn't an extra game , game 162 I think was a have to play because of the division standings.

Hey Crunch,

If I go with your thought process here, I bring up the kids that are highly touted for 2 reasons.

One, let's see what we got. granted they maynot be ready, but ML baseball doesn't afford the opportunity to go Major league too often.

Two, what do we got to lose right now?

We got a few from Double A last year, do it again. So tired of "There not ready by ML coaches viewpoint".

 Bring up Reese Havens, Ike Davis, Brad Holt. It's alot more exciting then Alex Cora, Jeremy Reed and Dressens.

I'l write this season off to poor planning for the core.

I'll watch the Murphy's, Holt's, Davis and Havens play.I can live with them not being ready, or will they suprise ?

Go young Mets !

Very well said; especially the last sentence.

Once again I will preface this with I am as frustrated and disappointed as the next guy on this forum. I mean to lose to the evil empire in the fashion we have is a killer.

Ron, I mean no disrespect here, but call me crazy if you will but in my humble opinion I do not think there has been a team in the history of basebal that could lose its all-star SS, all-star CF, a power hitting 1B, 2 of 5 starters, its 8th inning set-up man that could predict let alone be prepared for that rash of injuries. And those injuries do not include the RF, back-up OF, starting C and 2 back-ups to the SS that have also found time on the DL. Add to that the few weeks that the flu ran through the clubhouse.

I am also hoping that when we get healthy we will right this train and play the kind of baseball we were all hoping for and expecting before the season began. How much sweeter will it be if after all these injuries if we play well and come from behind and pass the Phillies?

Hey Afan,

I'm really missing a team like the 69 Mets. My favorite Met team of all time.

What did they have ? They did it from 8/12/73 on. So we wait with this great team, injuries aside, till then ? Hope it happens ?

Guts, determination, desire, heart, achievement, To me, the best underdog I ever saw.

Now we have a good team, no a great team, we flounder. 

Granted injuries. Forgive, forget ! I can't . They could have been better prepared for injuries. They could have had better fill ins then we bought off-season.

We are, a poor excuse for being a better prepared team then we are now. 

Go mets, get healthy and better.

Hey Crunch,

I looked up the 73 Mets as a re-freasher. They finished 83-79. They beat out the Cards, Pirates, Cubs, and Expos's.

The 83 came about because they had to play a game after the season ended, think it was the Cubs.

Yogi was the manager, he came up with " It ain't over till it's over line".

7 HOF players in the WS. Tug, " Ya gotta believe" line.

NOT like today.....

Today, no heart or desire, it's a business.

If this was 1955 and playing the Yankees, the Dodgers would have played like it know it's  do or die here. It's 2009, big salaries, teamates don't get together.

The day of playing to win is over.I t's like if it happens it happens.  Now we can excuse it by saying , he pitched a good game, etc, etc, Back in the 50's or 60's 0r 70's, players walked into that dugout or clubhouse and said we SUCK !

They actually took control and leveled players who didn't perform !

You can get complacent here and accept the ways things are going. I won't do it.

The 73 Mets were way better, way better then this team today.

Go Mets, show some 69 and 73.

Yes, RONHUNT, there is a lot of frustration.  I, albeit a long term fan, am at tyhe point of saying, "Put up or shut up!"  It was hoped that the Mets would start off blazing in 2007, 2008, and 2009.  They didn't!  The question now, "What can light a spark under and motivate this team?"

The 1969 Amazin' Mets, whom we are all celbrate, split a four game series with the Cubs by sweeping a double header in Chicago.  They also had an 11 game winning streak after Hodges called them his "little wooden soldiers" due to their anemic batting.  Four out of six were won from the Cubs, including Seaver's "Imperfect Game," in late June or early July.  The stand up guys were Gil Hodges, the manager, Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Cleon Jones, and included the late addition of Don Clendenon.  The core of that team did not like losing and upped their game over and over again.

If David Wright is ever fully be the face of this team, it's hoped that he plays with a persona that is beyond high school.  This is MLB, not "c'mon guys, lets rally!"  Yes, the current core is talented.  Can they write a new chapter, on the field, like their predecessors?

Right now as a Mets fan, I feel as though I live in St. Louis.  This team has to "show me!"  Words, sound bites, and promotional media aare not enough!

Hey Crunch,

It's more about frustration then anything else.

I'll be the first to join the bandwagon when they show signs of a heartbeat. Losing to the Yanks in this manner, is hard to take.

I understand we have injuries and remain only 1/2 game out in this weak division. I'll have to look up the 73 Mets as a comparison by your theory here.

I know your not comparing them to the 73 Mets Crunch, i'm thinking in lines of a just above .500 team that made the playoffs.

Someday someones gonna write a book about the 2006-2009 Met teams. I am sure words like promise and underachieve will appear often.

Go Mets, for better or worse.

Here we are, at home, playing the Yanks, commit 3 errors in 1 inning.

Almost as big as a World Series, and the Mets play so poorly. If your not a New Yorker, you may not understand this.

You would think that Castillo's error in the Yankee ballpark would be inspirational to this team to be fired up to beat the Yankee's at home.

Not to mention, but I will, Santana's horrible defeat in their ballpark.

So it's just another game we can put in the records, (it's 7-1 ). Noone will admit , this team is going south.

Oh, theres a long time yet !

Said the hare to the turtle !

Sorry to dissapoint here, if you don't see it, if you don't get it, your really missing the point.

Go Mets in 2011 !