Recap: Delgado on WFAN
Mets 1B Carlos Delgado recently appeared as a guest on 
WFAN, and talked about being a new father, why teams love beating New York, the attitude in the Mets clubhouse, and he had the following to say about the ‘collapse,’ and his poor performance last season…
“I’m ready to go…It was very disappointing for us. We were definitely better than that…You put it behind you, learn from it and make it better next year…We can analyze it all we want, but it’s not gonna do us any good…I’m personally hungry and looking forward to next season because we are better than that…We try to do the absolute best we can to win for the fans, win for us and win for the city. I won’t lie to you. It was tough. The same way they looked in the stands, so did we. The one message we have is that we’re gonna make it better, we’re gonna play better next year. We are not happy about what happened last year, it was terrible for us and for the fans, but we’re definitely gonna make it better in 2008…
“This is the same team that was playing in April, May, June and July. It didn’t have anything to do with passion. Every body was fired up to get back to the playoffs and finish what we started in 2006…
“I showed up in spring training and felt good. I had a bad year. My timing was off. I didn’t make adjustments as quickly as I needed to. I didn’t have a good year. I’m preparing myself to having a better year, like I am used to having and that’s my goal for 2008.”
Delgado also discussed Extra Bases, his charity that has raised and will present $500,000 in mid-January to youth and education organizations in Puerto Rico.
To listen to Delgado’s entire interview, go to WFAN.com.
By the way, earlier today on a conference call with reporters, Delgado said that, while it would be great if the Mets acquire Johan Santana from the Twins for the right price, he believes the team can win as is.
