Fred Wilpon: What Were You Thinking?

Ladies and gentlemen...presenting your 2011 New York Mets. For those of your who have about 20 minutes, I would suggest reading this somewhat lengthy article in The New Yorker regarding Fred Wilpon, the principle owner of the Metropolitans, and his (apparent) involvement in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi Scheme. Nobody cares about the Ponzi Scheme, that shit is old, overplayed, and frankly, really fucking stupid. I mean seriously, the SEC let this greedy asshole Madoff literally steal billions of dollars and nobody caught him! WTF!

Anyway, back to sports, I could go on, and on, and on, and on, and on, about how the Mets are quite honestly, the worst run franchise in the history of sports. From the scouts, to the trainers, to the minor leaguers, to the big leaguers, to the coaching staff, to the GM, and finally, to the owners. But I won't go into that, what I will go into, is how Fred Wilpon has never been more spot on in his analysis of the Mets:

1) Jose Reyes WILL NOT get Carl Crawford money. No fucking way. His career OBP is .336 (AWFUL for a lead-off hitter). It seems like the dude pulls a groin every time he takes a shit. You've gotta be Daniel Snyder to think giving Reyes top dollar is a good idea.

2) Beltran? $120 MM? He's had 2, I counted, 2 good seasons with the Mets. He was the last out in game 7 of the 2007 NLCS in the 9th inning with the bases loaded and down by 2 runs. He took a called 3rd strike. Very unmanly. So yes, Freddy boy was correct in saying that Beltran has been 65-70% of the player he was with the Astros in the postseason. I did a little reconnaissance on baseballreference.com and found that the batter who is most similar to Carlos Beltran over the course of his career...Reggie Sanders...I swear viewers, I am not making this up. Yes, this is the same Reggie Sanders who, over the course of his career, made 1 all-star game appearance. Case rested.


3) David Wright is NOT a superstar. Not a chance. I hate it when Mets fans try to compare David Wright to A-Rod, some even going as far as saying that he is downright better. It's not even close. Mets fans are like girls who think they can outdrink you. With every meaningless April 2 game winning streak, Mets fans truly believe they can contend, just like the girl who just took 2 shots and thinks she can keep up. Yes, the Mets may be able to be less than 5 games out by the All-Star break, but just like a drunk girl who believes she's not THAT drunk, the Mets always find a way to completely implode. And just like that sloppy girl at the bar, it's downright embarrassing. 


End the misery. Sell the team. Break up the core. Start rebuilding.

That should be the Mets' new slogan.

Cheers.