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The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus...:
PLAYERS:
Matt Holliday,
John Lackey,
Derrek Lee,
Dan Uggla,
Jeremy Hermida,
Julio Franco,
Gary Sheffield,
Fernando Tatis,
Miguel Cabrera
TEAMS: St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Angels, Chicago Cubs, Miami Marlins, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, Detroit Tigers
TEAMS: St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Angels, Chicago Cubs, Miami Marlins, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, Detroit Tigers
What Have You Learned is our very special off-season series that will outline what you've learned, what I've learned, and hopefully what the 2009 Mets have learned about themselves, others, and 2010. Today, we look at everyone's least favorite person with everyone's favorite job: Omar Minaya.Remember how easy it used to be to get a t-shirt that said "In Omar We Trust"? Now they're about as readily available as those Patriots 19-0 gold coins ... and worth about as much.It's gotta be tough to be Minaya these days. He's the very definition of lame duck ... between his people getting fired around him, hiring new people who could possibly replace him (and I wonder whether Minaya was "encouraged" to do this), and having reports pop up that the only reason you have your job is because of the extension you signed, I'd say that would make a man feel quite inadequate. Good thing he's in the sports business, where there's no shortage ...
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