New York Mets vs George Bush
In a contest of what organization is run worse, who would win; the United States under George Bush or the New York Mets under Fred Wilpon. I think I have covered the case for Bush, now lets looks at the Mets. They are about to finish the season with the 3rd worse ratio of money spend on players to amount of total wins. They are in second to last place, only ahead of the pathetic, low budget Expos. Of course, the Mets just hired a new General Manager to run their team. You ask, did they get someone from a winning team or even a decent team? No, they got the guy from the Montreal Expos, the only team that finished behind the Mets.
Do you know that Mo Vaughn is still on the Mets payroll (for $17 mil/year). That Mike Cameron is batting .233 and has more strikeouts than hits (only $4.3mil). Richard Hildalgo is batting .228, also with more strikeouts than hits ($12.5mil!). Jason Phillips, batting .220, Todd Ziele, .234; Cliff Floyd, .260. The Mets don't have a single player who has played more than 20 games with an average over .290. Even Mike Piazza ($16 mil/year) is batting .265 and has only 54 RBI.
None of the Mets problems can be blamed on payroll or injuries or circumstances, they just repeatedly pay a lot of money for horrible players. And now they are giving a low-budget manager the keys to the kingdom. Whenever someone with nothing gets to do whatever he wants, he always spends just because he can. The only solution is the Mets demote their organization to become a minor league team. Or the owners should fire everyone, sell the team to P Diddy, and move into a cave somewhere is Idaho. The New York Rangers (hockey) are just as bad as the Mets, so maybe they can commit group executive suicide.
In the end, it is just baseball and not very important. Billions of dollars weren't lost, Thousands of lives were lost, world-wide goodwill and diplomatic relations weren't lost, hope wasn't lost, and a thriving economy wasn't lost. The only thing Bush didn't lose was the election...ummm.
Do you know that Mo Vaughn is still on the Mets payroll (for $17 mil/year). That Mike Cameron is batting .233 and has more strikeouts than hits (only $4.3mil). Richard Hildalgo is batting .228, also with more strikeouts than hits ($12.5mil!). Jason Phillips, batting .220, Todd Ziele, .234; Cliff Floyd, .260. The Mets don't have a single player who has played more than 20 games with an average over .290. Even Mike Piazza ($16 mil/year) is batting .265 and has only 54 RBI.
None of the Mets problems can be blamed on payroll or injuries or circumstances, they just repeatedly pay a lot of money for horrible players. And now they are giving a low-budget manager the keys to the kingdom. Whenever someone with nothing gets to do whatever he wants, he always spends just because he can. The only solution is the Mets demote their organization to become a minor league team. Or the owners should fire everyone, sell the team to P Diddy, and move into a cave somewhere is Idaho. The New York Rangers (hockey) are just as bad as the Mets, so maybe they can commit group executive suicide.
In the end, it is just baseball and not very important. Billions of dollars weren't lost, Thousands of lives were lost, world-wide goodwill and diplomatic relations weren't lost, hope wasn't lost, and a thriving economy wasn't lost. The only thing Bush didn't lose was the election...ummm.
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