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In the last 3 -4 seasons it seems that injuries are used my JP or the manager for why the team didn't do well - including this year. Is that fair to make that statement? Don't all teams go through injuries and our major problem is that the team isn't good enough to weather it as good as others?

The Mets would think so. Why wouldn't it be a good excuse for the Mets this year to say they were severely hurt by injuries? This link (http://www.ihatethemets.net/2009/08/inj ... uries.html) says they've missed 1100+ games to injuries through August. I remember reading that the Jays of 2007 had the most games missed to injury in major league history! Twelve players went on the DL that year including Overbay, Halladay, Ryan, Glaus, Johnson, Burnett, and Chacin . Last year and this year, they've been without Marcum, McGowan, and Litsch. Yes every team deals with injuries but the Jays seem to have been bitten much worse than the average team, mainly because they've been injuries to starters. These kinds of excuses don't go over well with the fans because it sounds an awful lot like whining.

I remember 2007 - that was bad. But it does sound like an awful lot of whining. I really don't want JP back and it feels like this excuse will come up again.