minaya should’ve fired willie earlier, there was absolutely no good reason to keep him on for the start of ‘08. unless, of course, you’re stubborn and refuse to ever admit mistakes. i think we all know wilpon ordered minaya to fire willie and then ordered him to take the heat for it. of course minaya botched that up. counting on ANYTHING from el duque or alou was pure idiocy.

so the mets wait until 6 games left in the regular season, their season still in jeopardy, to announce the extension. where’s the sense in that? what, do you really think minaya’s going to LEAVE????? that someone else is going to make him a better, more lucrative offer? nonsense. he’s staying for as long as they keep giving him money to spend on latin players. and what happens if, god forbid, the mets choke again? that would be 2 straight chokejobs when they were supposed to AT LEAST go to the nlcs each year. mets fans would be beyond furious, and they’d know that the gm is here to stay. and at that point you can’t fire manuel, because he was better than randolph. so what will be the solution at that point, if it happens? the same thing that will happen even if they make the playoffs and get pounded- $100 million to k-rod and/or manny. that’ll solve everything.

this is why i’ll never again be a mets fan.

Whatever, Castillo will platoon with Murphy next year (who they should convert to a second baseman).

anyway, aside from the luis castillo debacle, omar has done a fine job.

see: johan. AND he didn’t give up Pelfrey, or Evans or Murphy, who ARE contriubuting, no matter how much you want to downplay their skills. But back to Johan, THAT is a GREAT signing. period.

in his first year, he signed Beltran AND Pedro. Yeah, pedro is old now, but we knew that going in, and his presence is still just as important in the clubhouse. Beltran has been ovearll pretty good. He puts up the numbers, maybe not in the clutchest of positions always, but he’s a threat, ALWAYS, in the lineup.

he turned “where is he now?” kris benson, into John Maine. OK, so maine is hurt right now. It’s his first DL stint, and he’s been pretty good. he got Oliver Perez and roberto hernandez for nady. Yeah, nady is looking pretty nice, but do the mets need another bat now, or a pitcher (i’ll take the pitcher).

Omar also added Wagner, and Delgado, and he fired Willie Randolph and look at what happened to the mets after that.

beltran not swinging the bat in 2006 has ZERO to do with omar, nor does willie’s decision to bat cliff floyd, or any of that. yes, our bullpen is not good now. hey, they’re tired from a first half over-working via willie randolph. and while he didn’t totally address the bullpen before the all-star break, he did get Luis Ayala who has 9 saves, so…

this post of yours clearly stems from your hatred of the mets. Omar has done an above average job. The Mets improved from 71 wins in 2004 to 83 wins in 2005, then an MLB team high (tied) 97 wins in ‘06. And they went to the playoffs, AND THEY’RE GOING TO GO THIS YEAR AGAIN!

FACE IT, SLANCH - you hate the mets, and crap on them for no reason. Well, I’ve got news for you, they’re good, and they’re gonna go to the WS.

ALSO: PLEASE ADMIT THAT YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT THE METS FINISHING 10 GAMES UNDER .500, AND THAT YOUR SNARKY COMMENTS HAVE NOW BLOWN UP IN YOUR FACE, AS EVEN IF THEY LOSE THE LAST 5, THEY WILL BE 12 GAMES ABOVE .500!!!

Youppi, rebuttal? bring back steve phillips?