MetsFail

So this is my first foray into posting anything longer than 140 characters. My wit and humor has been limited to things I have twittered (twatted? twittened? Oh hell, y’all, I’m just playing. I know it’s really twitteded) under our #MetsFAIL moniker. I thought it was time I tried my hand (and laptop) at something a bit longer. I would like to share a bit of Mets history with all of you, my fellow suffering Mets fans, for today (I write this with 15 minutes to spare in Wednesday, January 27th) is the day we signed Dick Tidrow back in 1984. Why should you care about this seemingly irrelevant signing in what was actually a very successful season for and up-an-coming Mets team? Just stop badgering me already and I will tell you why.

Dick Tidrow was a fairly successful major leaguer with a killer stache before he came to the Mets. He held a record of 100-94 (I know, I know, it’s nothing special) with 55 saves, an ERA and WHIP under 3.68 and 1.308 respectively, and 967 Ks , spread out over his 12 years with Cleveland, the Yankees, the Cubs, and the White Sox.He was honored as The Sporting News A.L. Rookie Pitcher of the Year as a starter with the Cleveland Indians in 1972, and won two World Championships with the Yankees (1977 and 1978). The Mets, taking a page out of their not-yet-written 2009-2010 off season handbook, signed the 37 year old pitcher for their bullpen. As a member of the Mets, Tidrow only appeared in 11 games, sporting a whopping 9.19 ERA, 2.043 WHIP, and 5 HRs given up in only 15.2 innings pitched. There was one bright spot in Tidrow’s Mets career… he didn’t lose any games despite those horrendous numbers (he didn’t win any either). Tidrow last appeared in a game for the Mets (and any one else for that matter) on May 7th. The Mets released him the next day.

As this current off season has been a borderline disaster, outside of the Jason Bay signing, I think Tidrow is eerily reminiscent of the type of way-way past his prime and/or broken down pitcher Jerry and company have been targeting (Escobar, Dickey, Smoltz) and is a fitting first entry into our MetsFAIL Player Bios section (which I actually don’t think exists yet. I didn’t build the damn site, so don’t blame me).

It’s after midnight now, so technically this post doesn’t really qualify for THIS Day in MetsFAIL history, but cut me some slack, will ya? Like I said at the beginning of this, I am used to 140 character postings, so I misunderestimated (to paraphrase GWB) the time it would take to write this. I could just change the title of this, but that would be too easy. Just be kind in your comments, will ya? This is Schnizzle, and I will see you all in the Twitterverse.

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