Critcism of the Mets ventured to the absurd this morning when John Harper – a fellow who should know better – suggested the Mets missed Tony Bernazard. In a strange, sort of need his agressive way…way.
Bart Hubbuch was more subtle in calling Minaya “blindly optimistic.” What in the wide, wide world of sports do they expect? That Omar be “hysterically pessimistic?”

The press corps had their Minaya meltdown this summer and are looking for the Baker Act option.

Nonsense.

This most clear assessment of conditions on the ground came from another Harper column earlier this week when he correctly observed that the Mets were never in the running for anybody. They want to be playing in October and do not want to be part of a bad situation.

With this set of cards, the smart play is first realize there is indeed a core of top players already on the roster and that there’s a fair pool of free aganet talent to mine to improve the club.

In the mean time, the Mets realize that they are a target rich environment for bad press.

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