Comments on: Note: The Delgado ‘Bored’ Comment

By: therealsince86

therealsince86 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:41:53 +0000

Good post, but I did not post it??????

By: jdon

jdon — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:14:45 +0000

I actually think ‘Willie is hanging by a thread.

By: NYMBosco

NYMBosco — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:09:57 +0000

Thanks for this post. I must admit that I was reminded of how horrible that last day of the season was by viewing that clip. All of the mets should be forced to watch this clip at the beginning of the season this year to be reminded of what a debacle that was for this franchise and that hopefully something like this will never happen again….I hope willie watches this every day during the offseason…….

By: ScottN

ScottN — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:30:05 +0000

Unfortunately, I agree with this 100%. Seen it happen a million times. Hell, we saw it happen to Piazza in front of our eyes.

He might be able to adjust and still be productive, as Mike was to some extent, as he’s still extremely strong, but I can’t see him ever putting up numbers even close to ’06. I think you’ll see ’07 numbers if not worse.

By: icedrake523

icedrake523 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:24:20 +0000

Don’t spin this to make Delgado look like the victim. He wasn’t a clubhouse leader. He rarely talked to the media. He was one of the first guys to leave the clubhouse after a game. Even when something good happened. Remember the game he homered off Benitez? The first thing he did after all the high-fives was bolt into the dugout, didn’t even acknowledge the fans.

He needs to take his swiss cheese swing and “meh” attitude out of here.

By: Protes

Protes — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:58:59 +0000

Matt — what a spin job. He said what he said. Were the ’86 Mets ever “bored”? No, they had fire in the belly and an immense desire to win. If you’re “bored” of winning then go home and give your salary back.

By: jdon

jdon — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:54:56 +0000

incorrecto, mein host. To peg Delgado as careless and bored is accurate, whether the rest of the team is careless and bored or not. It is still true about him. He still doesn’t hustle on grounders, he still tries to pull through the shift when singles are needed, he is still a lazy and inattentive fielder, he still swings at every breaking ball he sees, and I suspect he is not in the best shape of anyone on the team. Sure, the rest of the team is accountable; if they had played hard in 80 per cent of the games this year they would have won walking away. But they took a game off almost every series. I suppose next year they will have something to prove. And the following year it will be more of the same. There are too many softies in this clubhouse.

By: Mister Koo

Mister Koo — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:23:35 +0000

It doesn’t matter how hard he works, he probably won’t be able to hit that inside pitch anymore. He’s simply lost his quickness with age. Instead of working hard physically, he should read over his notebook and realize that just maybe he should stop swinging at it, and then maybe pitchers might just stop throwing it.

By: Mister Koo

Mister Koo — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:18:59 +0000

Willie has a sense of entitlement. That’s a fact. Being around the yankees all those years when they were making the playoffs every year will do that. He emits over confidence. His players were overconfident last year as a result, and it bit them in the a$$. I can’t see him changing that part of his personality. Only way this team turns it around is if they do it themselves and use 2007 as an example. Because Willie will be doing his usual “no big deal, we’ll just get em tomorrow” stuff.

By: robmenna

robmenna — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:47:52 +0000

I really had enough of Delgado and his inability to hit the inside pitch. He would continually get beat by mediocre inside fastballs routinely.

He really needs to stop being bored and work his ass off this offseason.