Could Mr Theo Epstein Be The The Next Mr G. Stephen Phillips-A Discussion

If one can remember the '01 Red Sox Season, where everything began to unravel, especially one Senor Pedro Martinez, who I saw on Saturday, 9/8/01 in "The Toilet In The Bronx", when Mr Dan Duquette, whose firing I repeatedly called for, since 1997, had hired his Beer-Sipping Buddy, Joe Kerrigan, as Manager, causing The Carmine Hose to go into Free Fall, while the NY Mets had signed the Flop, called Trachsel The Unlamentably-Slow-Of-Motion, it's time to look at some possible scenarios, in regards to the Spending & Signing Spree of the '07 Red Sox & a possible correlation with the '02 Mets:

My All-Time Favorite Chant of Derision, came in August, '02, whilst I watched the Mets lose all their Home Games in that month, thus becoming fodder for "The Late Show With David Letterman" & taunts by Good Ol' Dave, himself;

The chant was "Phillips, George Costanza Would Make A Better General Manager Than You";

I was in Field Level at Shea Stadium, when I 1st chanted that & gales of laughter rose from that chant. Please, that team SUCKED;

This mediocrity, boring Shea Denizens to tears, was so bad that on a Hot, Searingly-Humid Sunday, people who were seeking a breeze were shouting to Steve Trachsel, to "Throw The Ball", as it was so-stifling;

Phillips once traded to get the finest reliever in the Game, which turned out to be the dead arm of Mel Rojas, which caused Mets Fans to stand & chant "You Suck" at every opportunity. I can see why Bobby Valentine had no patience with Phillips;

There was no upgrade of the '00 NL Champion Mets, as Phillips, under orders of Mets Then Co-Owner & now Principal Owner, Fred Wilpon, signed a mix of Class B & C Free Agents, but no offense. The Saturday Denizens of Shea Stadium, felt as if they were paying MLB Prices, to watch the Norfolk Tides;

Often, in '01, Mets Fans used to call for shipping some sub-wonder to the new Single A Short Season Team at Coney Island's Keyspan Park. It was a cruel time;

Phillips had a BUSY Off-Season. In '01, Cleveland's All Star 2nd Baseman, Robbie Alomar, was traded for. He had over 100 RBIs in '01. By '02, he was gone in regards to fielding & hitting skills. Chants of "Mallomar, You Suck" filled Shea Stadium. But, the "Coup De Grace" was obtaining a broken-down Mo Vaughn, from the LA Angels Of Anaheim. He could hit a BOOMING Homer, but he was clumsy, old & just off the DL. When he was a healthy Free Agent, the Mets were NOT Interested;

Could Mr Theo Epstein, be headed down this slippery slope?

Pat, a gentleman who I know from "The Incarnations Of Boston 212" & Professor Thom's, & who lives in Briarwood, Queens, actually saw the Brooklyn Dodgers Last Saturday Home Game. I saw him during the Mets last '06 Homestand, with the Mets playing the Washington Nationals(Nee' Montreal Expos), where a chant, directed at Yankees Fans in A-Rod Gear, of "Gay-Rod...Jeter's Boyfriend" was heard with frequency. He initiated those chants;

We had a discussion about the deals the Red Sox had made over this Fall & Winter & posed the Phillips Scenario. Two years after Mets Post Season, they were treading water & collapsed, despite great deals on paper(Though Theory & Practice Complement Each other, each is different). Let's suppose that JD Drew is a Mo Vaughn Style Flop. Let's also suppose that Dice-K is just another Hiddeki Irabu-style flop(Or as I used to call him Irababbabooey-a "Stern" Thing);

Theory always looks great-Practice is another matter;

Play Ball and We''ll See!