Mostly the same players? Church, Schneider, Santana, Pagan(who has played more than Alou)..Castillo wasn’t there for most of it. Sanchez. Even if you don’t count Castillo or Pagan, that’s still a third of the nine players that took the field on opening day. And you weren’t going to ditch Beltran, Wright, or Reyes, so they really swapped out half of ‘em.

The champagne comment was great. What did you even want him to say? “No, i don’t think these guys can do it?” What he was saying is that he had faith in them, and that fighting back from the adversity and struggles would be a good experience for them.

The team does give a crap, you’re just not paying attention. I certainly see it.
So he said they’re more relaxed on the road because fans are bitter and ruthless. big deal. It’s the truth isn’t it? Why is he talking about it? because he was asked. He’s exactly right that we’re upset, and he’s exactly right to not think about last year either. Those games don’t count in the standings anymore.

Of course the Mets draw more fans. Even if you take a 50/50 split, just the city has more people in it than the entire state of Arizona. Never mind Long Island, New Jersey or Connecticuit. That really has nothing to do with how ’supportive’ a fanbase is. (our average salary is higher too)

Why do people insist that starters need to go longer AND that the bullpen is being overworked? Does that make any sense? Either way, Willie hasn’t been overworked the bullpen for the hell of it, it’s because they continually fail. you can only work with what you have, and if you bring a guy in and he sucks and you have to go get him, is that Willies fault? You can say ‘do not use Sosa’ but that just means that many more innings for the others guys, which would theoretically overwork them.

who knows, Maybe firing Willie for the sake of firing him would motivate the clubhouse, but I doubt it. I certainly don’t see any compelling baseball reason to get rid of him mid-season, and I’m certainly not going to boo him(or anyone pre-failure) yet.

Most of what appears above are direct quotes from Willie. I am not sure what you are referring to.

WILLIE SAID IT, and so far, I haven’t seen him issue a denial.

ROOT ROOT ROOT for the home team…. if they dont win its a shame. put down your double latte’s, spit out your paneras bread baggett and for a second, pull over the SUV and see why idiots living in the city make the rest of us “new yorkers” look like trash to the rest of the country.

you are going to get all hyped up over what some reporter wrote??? F them.. not one of em ever played the game.. but they know all about it.

GET BEHIND YOUR TEAM win or lose.. its the greatest game on the planet and we have a team to root for

And as far as I’m concerned, it is a war — between me and whomever wants to join me, and Willie, and this asshole team which I said earlier this year I hated, and now I know why.

You wanna know what makes me really mad? I love the Mets, I have since 1970, and this team is making a mockery of my beloved Mets franchise. They have some fucking nerve, the pissants that they are.

Let’s take ‘em on, boys and girls!

Mutts, they’re all mutts.

What Willie just said makes Carlos Delgado’s recent failure to go out for a curtain call almost a heroic gesture.

Fucking assholes, every last one of ‘em. They have some fucking nerve being pissed at THE FANS, who, as Corey so rightly pointed out, are still coming out in droves, have supported this team year in and year out, buy tons of Mets gear, spend tons of their hard earned money and invest even more of their time in a team which seems to care about them as much as they care about a fly on the wall. And maybe even less.

I don’t know who the fuck they think they are, but they’re going to find out they ain’t what they think if they keep this up.

Corey, you are soooo right on with this piece.

But as for Willie, it is now fair game