Wallace (don’t call me Wally) Matthews of Newsday is at it once again with his latest hatchet job on the New York Mets. In today’s edition, Matthews picks apart the Mets for last year’s marketing slogan and calls this year’s team a “$145-million boondoggle.”

There’s no sense in going with something as boastful and contemptuous of the realities of baseball as last year’s slogan, because right now, it is tough to read how good this Mets team is going to be. Aside from (Johan) Santana, Jose Reyes, David Wright, the roster is aging and lacks depth. Have we seen the best of Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran, Moises Alou, Pedro Martinez, and Billy Wagner? Probably so, and it hasn’t been good enough.

Matthews also gives his ideas on what this year’s marketing slogan should be.

What gets me about this story is that it is blatant hate. Take a look in his archives and read some of Wally’s “articles.” And since when do all the Mets have are Santana, Wright and Reyes. Really?? What about John Maine and Oliver Perez? What about the future stars, like Fernando Martinez? And since when did Carlos Beltran become a grey beard?

I know that Wally is paid to write stuff like this. However, you can be critical without coming off as a jerk. I have no problem with poking fun at the fact the Mets said, “Your Season Has Come.” The Mets didn’t get it done last year; we all remember that. Good writers find a way to be critical, without sounding cynical.

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