The Mets WILL kick YOUR ass this year!!!!

[Blue_Tires]

Y'all know it's true; discuss it amonst yerselves!
:evilgrin: :bounce: :nuke:



PROJECTED LINEUP

No. Player Position
1. Jose Reyes SS
2. Kazuo Matsui 2B
3. Carlos Beltran CF
4. Mike Piazza C
5. Cliff Floyd LF
6. Mike Cameron RF
7. Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
8. David Wright 3B
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Rotation
1. P. Martinez
2. T. Glavine
3. K. Benson
4. S. Trachsel
5. V. Zambrano

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. yes we will

You are ALL going down!

NEEL BEFORE PEDRO!

[MissMillie]

2. One image comes to mind

Pedro at bat..... doesn't quite cut it for me.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

3. Not a lot of thriving bats in that lineup.

Beltran's about it.

Floyd and Piazza may have a little left in the tank, but that's if they don't get injured... again.

Good defensive team, POSSIBLY a good pitching staff, IF Pedro stays healthy, IF Benson and Zambrano pan out, IF Glavine has enough left in the tank. What about the bullpen? I could be wrong, I don't recall it being very good.

Probably a third or fourth place (could flip-flop with Philly) finish in that division.

[Blue_Tires]

4. the division is shite (aside from the A-Braves)

hopefully the introduction of a new team in the division will even things out, as they tend to beat each other up

[edbermac]

5. Not ours...

We'll show the Mets who their daddy is...

[Blue_Tires]

7. first you need to learn how not to let

former players skip town with historic baseballs!:P :crazy:

[Blue_Tires]

8. delete

[KitchenWitch]

6. I know it is preseason

but the Nationals just beat the Mets.

Beat the Mets
Beat the Mets
Step right up and Beat the Mets.

[pres2032]

9. meh, not that impressive

i'd much rather have the following:

1. Juan Pierre, CF
2. Louis Castillo, 2B Gold Glove winner
3. Miguel Cabrera, LF or RF
4. Carlos Delgado, 1B
5. Mike Lowell, 3B
6. Juan Encarnacion or Jeff Conine, RF
7. Paul LoDuca, C
8. Alex Gonzalez, SS

Rotation
1. Josh Becket, 2 post season complete game shut-outs
2. AJ Burnett
3. Al Leider
4. Dontrelle Willis
5. Ishmael Valdez

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

10. I'll second that.

[underpants]

11. Sounds like they just might squeak out a wildcard bid

GO BRAVES!!!!!!!!!

[Debi]

12. Mike Piazza makes me drool!

My husband understands that if Mike ever comes a courtin' the Hubby will have to take a back seat (of course, he'll have Mike's wife to keep him company now!!) :hug:

[Blue_Tires]

14. unfortunately

Piazza's a hard-core libertarian-type freep (i saw a profile about him in the NYT magazine a few years ago that made me recoil in horror)

[Debi]

18. No....STOP THE NIGHTMARE

He's just saying that to keep the women at bay...I pray at least :cry:

[name not needed]

13. The New Mets

just as bad as the Old Mets

[Blue_Tires]

16. at least we'll be entertaining

:silly: :party:

[maveric]

15. Padres will win the 2005 World Series.

And they'll do it with pitching.
Jake Peavey led the majors in ERA with .227
Brian Lawrence and Adam Eaton are coming to age and Woody Williams is back to form a strong rotation.
Petco park will noy yeild many homers so the Pads will win by playing "small ball".
Lineup:
Mark Loretta - 2B
Khalil Greene - SS
Phil Nevin - 1B
Brian Giles - RF
Sean Burroughs - 3B
Ryan Klesko - LF
Dave Roberts - CF
Ramon Hernandez - C

Starters:
Jake Peavy
Brian Lawrence
Woody Williams
Adam Eaton
RP:
Justin Germano
Akinori Otsuka
Closer:
Trevor Hoffman

[Blue_Tires]

17. wow..and i thought I was going out on a limb with my statement

you sir, have crossed over to the 14th dimension

[maveric]

19. Thats a decent lineup and staff for that pitchers park.

I'm telling ya, the young arms will come alive this year.

[driver8]

20. They may kick MY ass...but no one elses!!

I'm kidding -- I've always liked the Mets. When it comes to baseball, my motto is "anybody but the Yankees"!!

I hate the friggin' Yankees.

[fit4life]

21. Now if they can just play baseball!

It doesn't matter if you have the most talented individual players in the world out there. If they can't play as a team they'll be struggling to secure a spot as a wildcard team.

[RedCloud]

22. It's not kick your ass, it's kiss your ass...

See that Red Cloud several light years in front of your Stem, oops Mets?

It's those runaway Cardinals, exerting complete hegemony once again in the NL!

[Blue_Tires]

23. ttt for the night shift

[WilliamPitt]

24. Fourth place

[Blue_Tires]

25. only if they are playing in a division with the

NL all stars, AL all stars, and Japanese all stars...sadly, the Mets might finish 4th in that league.

[Reverend_Smitty]

26. tisk tisk Will...

no need for sour grapes now that we have Pedro! You actually think the Phillies will finish ahead of us??? I don't know if the Mets can take the Braves (depending on Smoltz's arm) but they will be in a dogfight with the Marlins for sure.

[SeanQuinn]

27. WOOHOO! GO METS!

Our spring training record, 2005: (0-1)

[driver8]

30. Meet the Mets, Meet the Mets...

MEET THE METS,
MEET THE METS,
Step right up and greet the Mets!
Bring your kiddies,
bring your wife;
Guaranteed to have the time of your life
because the Mets are really sockin’ the ball; knocking those home runs over the wall!
East side,
West side,
everybody’d coming down
to meet the M-E-T-S Mets of New York town!

Brought to you by Schaefer Beer! The one beer to have when you're having more than one!!

[Tektonik]

28. It's all about the Dodgers!

:P

[Reverend_Smitty]

29. I'm going on record right now...

that David Wright is the real deal, remember that name because you will be hearing a lot of it this year