Thursday, May 03 2012 The Mets' acquisition of Johan Santana was largely symbolic.
Sure, there was that whole acquiring arguably the best pitcher in baseball thing - but in looking at how the Santana trade was viewed by Mets fans and pressfolk - it was a symbolic trade.
Johan going to the Mets, rather than the Red Sox or Yankees? Symbolic - there's a new sheriff in town.
Omar Minaya nabbing Johan with dogged persistence, and doing so without giving up Fernando Martinez or Mike Pelfrey? Symbolic - in him we had lost confidence after fumbling away Brian Bannister and an entire relief corps; now, it was In Omar We Trust all over again.
The Mets managing to get a negotiating...
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