One Of The Worst Collapses In Sports History

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Minaya gave him lemons....instead of making lemonade, Willie shoved the lemons up our *****

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[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

but it all came apart the offseason
they let Bradford, Oliver and Bannister go

they destroyed the team's chemistry

they re-signed Mota (steroids!) and signed Showenweis (bust!)

during the trade deadline they didnt go after bullpen help...now its biting us in the ***

There wasn't much available at the deadline for the bullpen. Detroit and a bunch of other teams were looking for relievers.

Dombrowski > Minaya

Guillen > Reyes

Granderson > Beltran

Magglio > Mets

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good thing im a Red Sox fan boy //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/hide.gif.2d479cfd917eedfe201353b91522ceab.gif

I really like the Red Sox.....I will be rooting for them in the playoffs

I wanted to see them face the Mets this year //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[bumpweLL.nYc 10+ year member]

I don't understand blaming Minya. He came in and fixed all of Steve Philips shit and brought the team to contending status.

yeah he did a good job the first couple years but this last one was a complete bust. The team has a huge payroll and should be contenders just on that. Besides the biggest contributors are Reyes/Wright, homegrown talent our GM had nothing to do with. But moves should have been made to reinforce the pen, not spending millions on Shawn Green, Luis Castillo etc when we already have good young guys to fill those spots.

 

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There wasn't much available at the deadline for the bullpen. Detroit and a bunch of other teams were looking for relievers.
Dombrowski > Minaya

Guillen > Reyes

Granderson > Beltran

Magglio > Mets

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Dotel...Linebrink..Gagne....CORDERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me > You

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[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

yeah he did a good job the first couple years but this last one was a complete bust. The team has a huge payroll and should be contenders just on that. Besides the biggest contributors are Reyes/Wright, homegrown talent our GM had nothing to do with. But moves should have been made to reinforce the pen, not spending millions on Shawn Green, Luis Castillo etc when we already have good young guys to fill those spots.

Who was available for the pen? I hate it when fans say the team should've went out and got players. I see so many Detroit fans saying they should've got bullpen help. The fact is there are not a lot of good relievers available and the price is too high.

 

[bumpweLL.nYc 10+ year member]

Who was available for the pen? I hate it when fans say the team should've went out and got players. I see so many Detroit fans saying they should've got bullpen help. The fact is there are not a lot of good relievers available and the price is too high.

alot of talk about Cordero, he was a perfect fit but they picked up Castillo at the time :edit: when Ruben Gotay was batting .340

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

Dotel...Linebrink..Gagne....CORDERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me > You

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Gagne wasn't cheap and in case you haven't noticed, he has sucked in Boston and Dotel didn't come cheap either.

 

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Cordero was a perfect fit but they picked up Castillo at the time

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Gotay was doing good at 2nd

 

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The Nats didnt like the offer for Cordero....we shouldve went after him hard...especially due to him always shutting us down.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

The Nats didnt like the offer for Cordero....we shouldve went after him hard...especially due to him always shutting us down.

Trust me, the Mets weren't the only team asking for Cordero, and Bowden has a history of asking too much for his players. He wanted Humberto Sanchez, Cameron Maybin, and another player for Soriano last year.

 

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Pads are winning...lol....we wont even get the wild card

 

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Steelers!!!

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[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

Mets lost //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif