Apparently Wisteria Lane just moved to Flushing, NY and the desperate characters on that cheesy ABC show are now called Joe, Tony, Mike, Paul, and Frank.  Although the winter meetings have not started yet, Mets fans are already worried and nervous about the 2008 season.  Postings on several sites reporting on the Mets' off-season trades go from cautiously optimistic to, quite frankly, not funny and rude (i.e., "Omar should be fired immediately and his family should be killed.") 

I agree ... the Mets seem to be making some questionable moves when you compare their trades to the ones other teams around the league are making.  I don't understand why the Mets didn't re-sign Paul Lo Duca after he always hustled for the team and tried to make as much as possible to win every single game.  Arguably, the Mets could have received more than a good defensive catcher and a still developing outfielder in exchange of Milledge.  But we don't really know what goes on inside the clubhouse and on negotiations that force these moves to take place. We all need to keep the big picture in mind.  Sure, the Mets need pitching badly.  But Minaya cannot sacrifice good, talented prospects and core players in the team for just ONE pitcher who might move to New York and become a bum once he realizes he's not in Minnesota anymore.  I believe (want to believe) that Minaya will make some positive and significant moves before spring training begins and the Mets will have a better team than the one who walked all over the fans' hopes of a title (ANY title) last season.  I'm still feeling empty after that horrible week of waiting for the Mets to come back and at least make the playoffs.  But trading during the off-season is like going grocery shopping.  You have a list of what you want and go to the market to see what you can get for what you have.  Perhaps you want to get Entenmann's chocolate chip cookies (note the ad Entenmann's ... I expect an e-mail asking where to send products ... PLEASE,) but find out you only have money to buy Nabisco (no offense Nabisco ... your products are also very well welcomed) cookies.  Would you leave the Nabisco cookies on the shelf or take them and satisfy your desire for a chocolate chip cookie?  (Yes, I'm hungry; that's why I used the food analogy.) 

So Minaya had Santana on his list, but couldn't afford him because the store asked too much for him.  Is he going back home without buying anything comparably good?  Of course not, I'm sure Minaya will keep looking for the right players to satisfy our desire for a championship in Flushing.  We really don't need big names but rather good players that want to leave everything they have on the field every single night.  That's how you win championships.  That's what the Mets didn't have last season (i.e., Glavine who could have done more on that last game.)  So don't throw the towel quite yet.  Let's go Mets!  Let's close Shea in style!