The Wilpon's need to go now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let's face it. For the past several years, the New York Mets have been a disgrace to New York. They have suffered two consecutive late season collapses and to put the cherry on top, have completely bombed in their first season at so called Citi Field. Listen, I understand teams end up with their share of bad luck and the Mets are no exception. I say it's more than bad luck in the Mets case. For me, it begins with the ownership of the team. Fred Wilpon and his son Jeff are one of the most inept team owners in the greater NYC metro area along with Jim Dolan and Charles Wang.

I don't even know where to begin on their terrible baseball personnel moves. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that giving Oliver Perez and Luis Castillo long term deals were big mistakes. Now they are stuck with these players and can't even think of trading them because no team will be willing to take on their contracts. And how do you not make a play for pitching in the off season??? The way Citi Field is designed makes it more favorable for pitchers. They really dropped the ball with not getting John Lackey. He would have been a perfect number two starter behind Johan Santana. Now they're stuck with Oliver Perez, Mike Pelfrey, and John Maine behind Santana. Do any of these pitchers scare you??? Didn't think so. As for signing Jason Bay, he's always been a good player but never a great player. I really don't see him making a major offensive impact with the Mets. He will probably be good for 20-25 home runs with them but nothing more.

You know it's a bad sign when the players don't trust the team's medical staff when it comes to treating injuries. Carlos Beltran decided that it was in his best interest to get surgery on his knee a month before spring training started and he refused to listen to the Mets when they asked him to get a second opinion on his knee. Why would he make this decision?? Maybe from experience he has seen the Mets make many blunders when it came to injuries. It wasn't too long ago after Ryan Church suffered a concussion that the team made him fly cross country to California for a road trip and all his symptoms got worse. It could also be from Jose Reyes hurting his hamstring in his first game back after he sat out a week with a tight calf. These two cases are similar because each time the Mets medical staff saw they were fit to play, but in reality they weren't ready.

One final thought, the Wilpon's need to start telling the truth and stop sugarcoating everything. It's been reported that they lost millions in the Bernie Madoff scandal. Some believe that as a result of this, the Mets are broke and can't afford to pay for top free agents. If the scandal really hurt them as much as people believe it did, they should be upfront about it. Instead, the Wilpon's keep telling the fans that everything is fine and we are committed to going above and beyond to get the talent needed to win. Listen, the fans aren't stupid, they can see right through this whole act. If they really need money that bad, they should sell the team. Don't drag the fans along on this silly joyride.

My expectations for this season aren't that high, but I remain hopeful tho. All I want is for the Mets to be competitive and to stay in the pennant race for as long as they can. Nothing is worse than a team out of the race lolly gagging to the finish line. So what will happen?? We have 162 games to see what this team is made of.