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During today’s game, David Wright hit his 30th home run of the season, a) making him the third Mets player to hit 30 home runs and have 30 stolen base in one season, and b) the fourth youngest player to ever do so in MLB history.
…congratulations, david…
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What a shame. This team’s magic number should now be at 5. We should be carrying D Wright around Shea on our shoulders in anticipation of his MVP crowning in preparation for the playoffs.
OK David, this your time. Time for you to lead. Time for you to get on these guys. Get on Reyes for poor play in the field and at the plate. It rests on the two of you in the field and at the plate. Not Beltran, not Alou, not Green. Wright & Reyes. This is your team. Time for you to get in these pitchers faces. Get there asses in gear and get it done.
Lead them MVP, lead them!!!!!
Congrats on the 30-30!!!
WHERE WAS PEA BRAIN WILLIE TO CONGRATULATE HIS PLAYER AND CELEBRATE THIS ACHIEVEMENT IN THE DUGOUT. NO HE STOOD THERE AND LOOKED NORMAL WHICH IS STUPID. NO ENTHUSIASM ON HIS PART!!!
I think your caps lock button is broke or something dude.
Hahahahahah.
Well, if I remember correctly, in the lead-up to this game, all of Wright’s teammates seemed to have agreed that (Except Wright, I’ll give him that) on-field celebrations were a horrific faux pas.
Were they go out there and dance about the field?
And wake sleeping dogs?
No, that would not be classy.
Whipped cream on crap
If the Mets won this game, Wright’s MVP candidacy goes through the roof… Not so much, now, and obviously more so for Rollins.
Phucking Phillies…
Wright had 3 chances to make his case, in high-leverage situations with men on base. He struck out and flied out twice, and then hit a meaningless HR. He did not get it done when it mattered most.
Wright is batting .200 in Sept. Unless he goes on a monumental tear and carries this team on his back the rest of the way, he has played himself out of MVP contention.
But that was one of the most beautiful catches I’ve ever seen.
Yeah, he’s got a low batting average in Sept., but his OPS is over 1.000. That makes the batting average completely irrelevant.
“Wright is batting .200 in Sept. Unless he goes on a monumental tear and carries this team on his back the rest of the way, he has played himself out of MVP contention.”
WHAT??? I didn’t realize a 1.056 OPS with 7 runs and 10 RBI in 12 games was ‘playing yourself out of MVP contention???
Come on people… it’s not too hard to do a little research and a little thinking before opening your mouth.
If Rollins had had a great series, I can see where he might have bolted ahead of Wright. But he didn’t. He had just 1 more RBI in the series than Wright.
IMO, they are basically in the same place in the MVP race as when the weekend started. Neither did anything remarkable enough to change things. Maybe the MVP will be won in the next 2 weeks.
Stupid comment, Why? Rollins hits leadoff and Wright hits in an RBI spot.
No offense, but I though you Mets fans were a little more logical than that,
Ok, tell me what Rollins did so great this weekend that Wright didn’t do, either in terms of production or OBP. Don’t just say my comment is stupid. Support your statement with a relevant fact. I actually gave a fact. You didn’t.
I repeat — no matter how you look at their respective spots in the lineup, neither did anything special this weekend to change the race. I still stand by that.
IMO, before the series started, Wright was more deserving of the MVP than Rollins. He still is.
Hmm, why am I not surprised you’ve failed to supply any supporting facts? No offense, but I really shouldn’t have expected anything more from a Phillies fan.
Rollins produced when it mattered a lot more. Just for example, he blasted a hard line-drive into center field for a two RBI triple that Beltran had to chase down.
Wright? He hits a solo dinger when they’re down by 5. Nice, homerun, woo. But that wasn’t a momentum changer. Not like Beltran had done today (Which the Mets squandered quickly.)
Or… Like what Jimmy Rollins had done over this past weekend.
You mean the ball to center that Beltran usually catches? Ok, lets give Rollins that one, but what else? You said “for example” so what are the other examples
from this series?? There aren’t any others, right?
On Friday, Wright’s HR gave his team the lead. That’s just as important as Rollins’ triple. So they each basically had 1 big hit in the series. Now, how in the world would that impact the MVP race?
Lets face it. No player on either team had a standout series of the type that might make a significant shift in an MVP race with the possible exception of Dobbs. And of course, he isn’t even in the MVP race.
Congrats David, this is a great milestone for you to accomplish at such a young age.
he’s batting .200 over like 14 games, get over it. if you think he’s gonna do this the rest of the month dont even come here dude. have at least a little faith in him.
sorry that was for 4JoeOrsulak i forgot to say that
Do I need to remind you that he hit .244 for a month already this year? I guess I do. I’m not saying he’s going to this month, but it’s not unprecedented.
Great, on a day that the Mets looked like crap, we celebrate an individual honor. Maybe, that’s all we’re getting this year.
i dont understand how you cant be proud of david wright for having an amazing year. there is nothing wrong with individual achievement.
You’re putting words in my mouth. I never said I wasn’t proud of DWright. If you didn’t understand my comment, I’ll try to reiterate (for you):
It’s a team game. I’m happy for him, but on a day that we witnessed a 3 game sweep at the hands of our closest divisional rival, a sweep that put the team’s chances at winning the division a notch lower, I’d look for a tempered excitement for an individual achievement.
30-30 is a good achievement, but can we win the stinking division before we celebrate? I believe Wright would probably say the same thing.
Whether the Phillies (or Brewers) make the playoffs or not, David Wright has been the MVP in the National League this year. I’ve thought for a while that if the Brewers get in they will give it to Fielder, which has me rooting for the Cubs (even though I admire the Brewers, as I do most exciting, young, good teams). The Mets are going to win the NL East. The saddest thing that may come of this series is that it may end up screwing DWright out of the MVP award, this time to a Phillie.
Wright deserves to be the first Mets MVP ever, as did Dwight Gooden in 1985. If the Mets had beaten out STL that year the MVP prolly would have gone to Darryl, but Gooden deserved the Cy Young and the MVP. That’s how far above every other NL player he was.
The Mets have never had an MVP or a no-hitter…and, it doesn’t matter. As much as I’d like to see one or both of these happen, I’d far and away would rather see another World Series win.
I’d say that it matters, it’s just not prioritized over a ring. Nothing comes before the ring! But there’s no reason they have to be mutually exclusive…why can’t we have both?
I guess we could, but like I said before, I’d take a WS win over all other things.
by the way, when pedro got his 3000th strike out, and glavine got his 300th win, no one was bitching about it being “whipped cream on crap”. its a great achievement. i am very happy i was wrong about Dwright.
Pedro’s 3000th and Glavine’s 300th weren’t “whipped cream on crap” because the Mets actually won the games that these milestones occured in. Think about it dude.
Dwright surprised me after his start to put up these numbers is great. Willie just doesn’t show emotion and I don’t know how to judge his managing of players, but until I hear differently it must be ok, besides it has to be better then the way he manages the game.
Correction: “…A certifiable cretin”
Since this is a worth Mets bashing day, I’ll add this:
As I type this….all of Fenway is singing “Sweet Caroline” in the 8th inning.
This song..as we all know is a tradition in Boston. They’ve done it for many years.
I wonder if the New York Mets front office realizes how completely assenine it is, that they have to rip off other teams traditions, such as that song…and then have the nerve to play it at Shea. I love my team, but why can’t we get some originiality. There are alot of songs out there…do we have to steal Boston’s?
Sweet Caroline and the New York Mets have absolutely nothing to do with each other, and whenever they play it at Shea and I’m there…its pretty embaressing.
[...] 30-stolen base club. Wright is also the fourth youngest player in MLB history to join the club, according to MetsBlog. Wright hit his 30th HR Sunday afternoon after the game against Philly turned into a blowout. [...]
Jesus Christ, David Wright is not some 5 year old kid that you have to congratu