Comments on: Poll: Would you Sign a Player on The List http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/ MetsBlog.com features the latest Mets rumors, player movement, and news circulating around the Internet, as well as Mets related insights and opinions by Matthew Cerrone and his team of guest bloggers. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:08:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: toomanyuniforms http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67688 toomanyuniforms Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:59:37 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67688 Yes, it's still cheating. Yes, it’s still cheating.

]]> By: stickguy http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67685 stickguy Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:58:25 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67685 here's a radical response to the continually harping at him for not "doing something" I contend he IS doing "something" What he is doing is trying to balance the teams present and future, and avoid overpaying (reaching) for the mediocre talent available. Sure, he could throw around money, there just isn't anyone worth buying. And apparently, the trade options offered (for pitching) have been skewed toward the other team. So, he retains his "chips" and either works toward a better deal, or just uses them on the field. All of which is perfectly logical. Making a trade or signing just to be seen as doing something rarely works out. If he can't get something acceptable to him, he should hold his cards. here’s a radical response to the continually harping at him for not “doing something”

I contend he IS doing “something”

What he is doing is trying to balance the teams present and future, and avoid overpaying (reaching) for the mediocre talent available.

Sure, he could throw around money, there just isn’t anyone worth buying. And apparently, the trade options offered (for pitching) have been skewed toward the other team.

So, he retains his “chips” and either works toward a better deal, or just uses them on the field. All of which is perfectly logical.

Making a trade or signing just to be seen as doing something rarely works out. If he can’t get something acceptable to him, he should hold his cards.

]]> By: 1-18-31-7 http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67679 1-18-31-7 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:55:03 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67679 i can care less about who is signed from that list. id just hope they came at a discount because of it. as for the hall of fame...cant say i agree with overrated and overcrowded. i love it. i happen to be a pretty big bonds fan and i have hated clemens for the majority of my life but they both (as well as mr. rose) NEED to be in the hall of fame. the HOF should be about the best players of their respective eras, not necessarily about the numbers. and these two happen to be two of the best during the steroids era. i can care less about who is signed from that list. id just hope they came at a discount because of it.

as for the hall of fame…cant say i agree with overrated and overcrowded. i love it. i happen to be a pretty big bonds fan and i have hated clemens for the majority of my life but they both (as well as mr. rose) NEED to be in the hall of fame. the HOF should be about the best players of their respective eras, not necessarily about the numbers. and these two happen to be two of the best during the steroids era.

]]> By: franco45 http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67676 franco45 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:51:24 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67676 I thought the most significant non-baseball development in baseball history (up to this point) was John Maine asking to try on a dress in a women's room. I thought the most significant non-baseball development in baseball history (up to this point) was John Maine asking to try on a dress in a women’s room.

]]> By: ajdell http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67675 ajdell Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:49:29 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67675 The HOF is overrated and overcrowded? The HOF is overrated and overcrowded?

]]> By: toomanyuniforms http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67670 toomanyuniforms Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:46:55 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67670 Um no. But I do (a) like UniWatch and (b) agree that the black uniforms and "dropshadow" suck . . . but I thought that before I had even heard of UniWatch -- I initially began to grow concerned about uniform proliferation during the Griffey years in Seattle. And then there was the time I saw a 1998 game at Shea in which the Mets wore white, blue-billed caps with their white uniforms. It was horrible. Um no. But I do (a) like UniWatch and (b) agree that the black uniforms and “dropshadow” suck . . . but I thought that before I had even heard of UniWatch — I initially began to grow concerned about uniform proliferation during the Griffey years in Seattle. And then there was the time I saw a 1998 game at Shea in which the Mets wore white, blue-billed caps with their white uniforms. It was horrible.

]]> By: metsfansberealistic http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67666 metsfansberealistic Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:44:32 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67666 like f'ing duh what drugs are YOU on today Cerrone? if you sign someone on the Mitchell report, you run the very real risk that their previous records were inflated due to use of substances they no longer take like Paulie is this even a legitimate question? frankly, the Mitchell Report will go down as the 2nd most significant non-baseball development in baseball history (up to this point) the 1st is, do I have to even mention the Dodgers moving to LA sign someone known to have had likely amplified performance due to illegal substances at your peril or are you suggesting everyone does it at which point Baseball is no cleaner than Harness Racing or Professional Wrestling who do you like in the 5th at Yonkers? like f’ing duh

what drugs are YOU on today Cerrone?

if you sign someone on the Mitchell report, you run the very real risk that their previous records were inflated due to use of substances they no longer take

like Paulie

is this even a legitimate question?

frankly, the Mitchell Report will go down as the 2nd most significant non-baseball development in baseball history (up to this point)

the 1st is, do I have to even mention

the Dodgers moving to LA

sign someone known to have had likely amplified performance due to illegal substances at your peril

or are you suggesting everyone does it

at which point Baseball is no cleaner than Harness Racing or Professional Wrestling

who do you like in the 5th at Yonkers?

]]> By: keithc http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67663 keithc Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:42:05 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67663 The winter leagues are on ESPN deportes and Fox Sports Espanol The winter leagues are on ESPN deportes and Fox Sports Espanol

]]> By: squad http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67662 squad Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:41:57 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67662 The Hall of Fame is a museum and as such should be a living, breathing history book for the game. To not allow guys like Bonds and Clemens into the Hall would be disingenuous. They were the best player of their era, albeit an era tainted by rampant PED abuse. This should be represented on their plaques... sort of their own Scarlet or Bronze Letter. Sure, these guys "cheated", but is it really cheating when the game's caretakers turn a blind eye and allowed this to persist for decades? Perry is a great example of this. The Hall of Fame is a museum and as such should be a living, breathing history book for the game. To not allow guys like Bonds and Clemens into the Hall would be disingenuous. They were the best player of their era, albeit an era tainted by rampant PED abuse. This should be represented on their plaques… sort of their own Scarlet or Bronze Letter.

Sure, these guys “cheated”, but is it really cheating when the game’s caretakers turn a blind eye and allowed this to persist for decades? Perry is a great example of this.

]]> By: stickguy http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67659 stickguy Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:35:13 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2007/12/17/poll-would-you-sign-a-player-on-the-list/#comment-67659 As much as posters here dislike Steve P,, he was actually very up front with this (well, maybe he held a little back!) He admitted having suspicions, but that was the rules he was playing under, and there was nothing he could really do about rooting guys out. At least based on the report he must have spent at least some effort avoiding questionable guys and trying to keep the clubhouse clean. Unlike his counterpart across town. As much as posters here dislike Steve P,, he was actually very up front with this (well, maybe he held a little back!)

He admitted having suspicions, but that was the rules he was playing under, and there was nothing he could really do about rooting guys out.

At least based on the report he must have spent at least some effort avoiding questionable guys and trying to keep the clubhouse clean. Unlike his counterpart across town.

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