The most frustrating part of watching the NLCS besides trying to stay awake is playing the “what if:” game. The Rockies have gone on a historic run of 21 wins in 22 games and the first team since the ’76 Big Red Machine to go 7-0 in the post season with a strong No-Name Bullpen. Brian Fuentes was demoted from closer to set up man in favor of Manny Copas   Added to them are a supporting cast of Matt Herges, LaTroy Hawkins, Jeremy Affeldt and Ryan Speier if I said to you in July that that bullpen would perform better than the Mets bullpen you’d think my last name was Steinbrenner.

But what has me bugged is when the Mets went into free fall due to ineffective pitching what would have happened if Carlos Muniz, Willie Collazo and Mike Pelfery were used from September 1^st to the end of the season? And why weren’t they used out of the pen. You can’t blame that on Omar Minaya as he recalled the players when the roster expanded but for some reason that has never been explained to Mets fans is why two pitchers, Muniz and Collazo who were very effective in Double A and TripleA and Pelfery who should never have been sent to back to Triple A as he had nothing to prove there, were not better utilized by Randolph/Peterson? Instead we got a steady diet of Guillermo Mota, Aaron Sele and Scott Schoenewies down the stretch. Don’t even bring up the ridiculous use of broken down saw horses like Dave Williams and Brian Lawrence instead of Mike Pelfrey and Philip Humber. What adds more insult to this dumb ass way of running a pitching staff is that the NL Pennant winner the Rockies and the up two games to 1 AL leaders the Indians are doing their damage with a bunch of relievers that make the equivalent of the price of an executive suite $iti Field.

I guess what I’m trying to say in too many words is it’s time for Omar to get back to his roots as a scout and talent evaluator instead of becoming a money spender. Leave all the bullshit babble on salary to dickheads like Mike Francesca who equates payroll to success, instead I’d like to see the Mets invest more money in player development and build an organization of players who actually give a shit if the team wins and loses. This way we don’t have to put up with the “Who gives a fuck” attitudes of mercenaries like Tom Glavine and Carlos Delgado.

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