Again?

Back in 2005-2006 everyone in baseball wanted Lastings Milledge but the Mets wouln't trade the "future star" for anyone.. Just for the fun of it I went back this morning to see who we could have gotten for him..

Here are some highlights:

November 2005 - Manny Ramirez to the Mets for Lastings Milledge and Yusmeiro Petit

-Denied.

Feb 2006 - Barry Zito to the Mets for Lastings Milledge and Aaron Heilman

-Denied.

March 2006 - Barry Zito to the Mets for Lastings Milledge and Brian Bannister

-Denied.

July 2006 - Roy Oswalt to the Mets for Lastings Milledge and Aaron Heliman

-Denied.

So, the Mets held fast to Lastings who ended up hitting a MASSIVE .241 in his 2006 debut season and .272 in 2007 before being traded for Ryan Church and Brian Schnieder who are not even in the same league as the players listed above! Where is Lastings now? In Pittsburgh's minor league system. He hit .167 this year before Washington dumped him.

Why am I bringing up old news? Because what is old will be new again.. Last night the Mets turned down a deal for Roy Halladay because Toronto wanted Fernando Martinez. Martinez is listed in the "top 50 prospects of MLB" and is only 20, but he hit .176 this year before going down with season ending knee surgery. Why can't we learn from our mistakes.. I am so angry at the Mets for not making this move. The rest of the trade included Bobby Parnell (2-3 with a 4.39 lifetime ERA), Jon Niese (1-1 6.57 lifetime ERA), and Ruben Tejada (SS hitting .272 in AA so far this year)..

Let's just have one big WTF for Omar Minaya! How can you not make this trade!

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In other not annoying news.. Jessie bought me banana leaves the other day and last I night used them for the first time. I made a tilapia with garlic, pepper, white pepper, ancho chili powder and lemon wrapped in the banana leaves and grilled. It was so good. If the rain stops later I may be making it again for tonight's dinner.