New York Metropolitans

It's been a long, and sadly, predictable season for my Mets. Where does one even start? The injuries that have piled up at a rate similar to Rob Coloney using the word "unprecedented" in everyday vernacular have been crippling to say the least. I think Jerry Manuel has done a pretty damn good job given the cards he has been dealt. My problem lies with the front office: the Wilpons and the indescribable Omar Minaya. It seems that the Wilpon's unconditional sense of loyalty to Omar has led to a domino effect of continuous public relations disasters. It all started last year when Omar fired then-manager Willie Randolph on a road trip in California at 3 a.m. at the team's hotel after giving Willie a vote of confidence just days before. Don't get me wrong, I was not a huge fan of the way Willie managed the Mets either, but the way that went down was absolutely classless.
Unfortunately, the trend of clueless leadership has spilt over into this season with no signs of a let up. Omar's insane buddy Tony Bernazard has been wreaking havoc within the organization soon after his arrival in December of 2004. Bernazard was finally fired today, but not before challenging the entire Double A team in Binghamton to a brawl with his shirt off. It appeared that this day would bring a positive end to an unfortunate situation until Omar threw the nastiest curveball we had seen at Citi Field all season, right at the head of New York Daily News Mets beat writer Adam Rubin. Minaya's bold accusations of Rubin purposely writing incendiary reports (which have all been proven to be 100% true) about his best buddy Bernazard in order to secure his own job within the Mets front office were the absolute epitome of classlessness. Regardless of whether Rubin wants to get a job in baseball, all he did was his job, and very effectively for that matter. Hopefully this was the last straw for Minaya, and we can begin to repair this organization's tarnished reputation in the eyes of many around baseball and the sports world.
Fortunately, the product on the field is showing signs of improvement. After 3 straight wins, the Amazins are a mere 6.5 back of the wild card. Hey a guy can dream right? Here's to hoping I will have to purchase the mlb.tv package while studying in Galway, Ireland to watch meaningful Mets games in the month of September.