I might be taking some time off as a Mets fan during the early part of this season. In-fact I am borderline irate on the neglect this roster received in the off-season.

And now Omar’s Latino National team is starting to come true to form with Jose, Beltran and Kelvim Escobar going on the dl to start the season. The fact we rely on these over paid, under-performing, injury prone non-clutch performer’s year in and year out is absolutely excruciating.

The fact is Omar would gladly sign (and most probably over pay) a ‘B-grade” player on the downside of his career with Latino heritage then give a young American who is coachable and has potential (and probably a low level contract) any day. Seriously Joey Cora is older then Moses…you’re trying to tell me there is not a young guy out there, who doesn’t command a veterans salary, and might blossom into something decent somewhere we could have picked up?? Or what about Fernando Tatis…I too pull for him because he gives his money to his church but he is old, slow and never will be able to play everyday, there is a reason he was out of baseball…

And lets pay Johan a TON of money even though he failed everyone else’s physicals and not offer on Jon Lackey, or Roy Halladay or John Garland, or Joe Blanton, or any other American pitchers who prove to be useful to their team’s. I would rather have two ‘B+” pitchers for $100m then 1 ‘A’ pitcher who is gradually losing effectiveness AS PREDICTED by all of the other teams in the league.

I am calling for Omar Minaya to be fired quickly (yesterday would not be soon enough!) and new baseball minds who can look at numbers and understand a spreadsheet to come in and build the Mets up to a team like the Red Sox, where every year they plug mid level players in WHO GET RESULTS…not over paid veterans who carry nostalgia or are the right ethnicity.