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As Marty Noble alluded to last week at MLB.com, the Mets officially named Tom Nieto as the team’s first base coach today.
Willie Randolph, on Nieto’s new position…
“Tom is a knowledgeable baseball man and I know he will do a great job for us…
“He has experience on the bases and we will have the added bonus of having him the dugout between innings so he can interact with the players more, especially our catchers Brian Schneider and Ramon Castro.”
Nieto, on his new position…
“I am looking forward to the change. Every year I managed in the minors I coached third, so being on the bases is nothing new. Also being on the bench will help me assist the catchers with the game management.
“I think it is going to be an ideal situation.”
In an interview with WFAN at the end of last season, Mets GM Omar Minaya noted that Nieto had done a ‘great job’ as the team’s catching instructor, while also pointing out that he was initially invited to the organization by Randolph.
is ricky going to be coaching for a different team in ‘08?
rickey will be coaching for Oakland, they have a very colorful uniform.
i wanna know the real truth behind his departure
hey some other news….
As if anyone cares who the third base coach is. Ridiculous post Matt. We go from basically doing nothing to hiring a Mickey Mouse third base coach. I’ve had it with this team. Freddie Coupons, you are not getting a red cent from me!
Just kidding…=)
Is he as dumb as Willie?
I know that a true basestealer like Ricky might not have worked out and Vince Coleman might be more suited for a fireworks night, but isn’t this a bit like bringing in Gary Carter or Piazza to coach 1B? Catchers throw out guys stealing hopefully, but they don’t steal bases. Nieto seems to have done a nice job in his positions with the Mets and I can appreciate the efforts to reward his hard work and loyalty with a promotion. I’m just not sure this translates well. Even a 3B coach isn’t as involved in baserunning – obviously for those rounding 3rd, but not as many are stealing 3rd and obviously nearly never home. Also, I thought that the 1B coach is supposed to help out the infielders in their defensive practices (I could be wrong about that). Obviously, we’ve had outfielders as 1B coaches, but some were basestealing extrordinaires. Maybe Mookie doesn’t want the job anymore, but I wonder if he or someone else might have been better suited than Nieto (even Ho Jo).
I could see the experience of seeing the basepaths from the defensive side being an asset as a 1b coach, you’d think he’d have insight into pitchers tip-offs and what pitches to run on and that type of thing…
I do want the job btw ;)
Make Rickey the catching instructor.
If points guy was here he would have given you a +10
Does this mean Neito is no longer the Catching Instructor? If that is the case, this is a terrible move. 1st bases coaches are a dime a dozen, but a catching coach is much more skilled… Would you move Rick Petterson to coach 1st base… I don’t think so..
yeah, dont we have as stud 16 year old catcher in the making?
Why is he not coaching him?
Rickey isn’t qualified to sell cotton candy at Shea, let alone be a coach on this team.
bahahaha!
What a nice change it will be to have someone actually watching the game they are coaching at first base. Anything shy of an empty garbage can is an upgrade at that position… That being said, I will miss Ricky’s completely asinine commentary whenever they put a microphone near of him.
Next thing we know he’ll be pitching the 8th inning deep in september
I believe that Julio Franco should have gotten this job. I believe the real reason for the team playing so pedestrian last year was the loss of Franco to the Met dugout. I hated having to watch him pinch hit, but the guy helped out all the young players. If you ask me, they respected him far more than they respected Randolph, and they probably learned a hell of a lot more from him than Randolph as well.
I really think what was really missing was Trachsel, the true heart of the Mets. When he was pitching, frustration just built up, waiting for the next pitch to finally come. The slower Trachsel’s ball reached the plate, the faster the hearts pounded within the chests of every man, woman and child in Shea Stadium. Whenever the Mets could, they seized the moment, making fantastic catches, hitting grand slams. Now, the Cubs are the ones that bathe in his glory. We are left in a desolate, hopeless misery. :(
that was an awesome response
Off topic sad news.
Don Cardwell, a SP of the 1969 Amazing Mets, died today. We are starting to lose several of the most historic Mets team ever.
Yes, Don was not one of the “big name” pitchers on that team, but he and Cal Koonce were very big parts of it’s success.
RIP, big guy.
Up here we lost Johnny Podres on Sunday; a great man who was not afraid of no Yankees!
*********RETIRE # 17 *****************
No Disrespect to to Don….. but if the #17 ever gets retired.. it is going to say Hernandez above it
Gary Coleman said on WFAN that spanish dictator franscisco Franco was a bad influence in the clubhouse, and yelled at teamates. Don’t forget that after the fast start, the team went into a funk in June (the road trip against Detroit) when the dictator was still on the team.
PS How did Atlanta do when Franco went down to old dixie
That team needed yelling at. That was the problem all along. They had a “Don’t worry about it attitude.” Their manager talked about popping champagne while they were falling apart. Delgado was bored.
The Atlanta dugout and the NY Met dugout consists of entirely different players. The young Hispanic players need a Hispanic leader to look up to, like it or not. Franco was that leader throughout 06 and the early part of 07. Who stepped up into a leadership role when he left???? NOBODY!
The mets don’t need a bench player who gets 30 at bats a year and can only hit bloops into right field once out of every 10 pitch-hits to be a leader. I’m sure Derek Jeter never yells at anyone, or david ortiz.
I didn’t say bring him back to play, I said get him to be the 1st Base Coach.
Listen, some people lead through their extraordinary talents, while other’s lead through experience.
Franco has been playing professional baseball longer Jose Reyes has been alive. The only reason he has been able to play this long is that he has learned every trick, every pattern, and has seen everything that this game has to offer. That is the kind of guy that I want picking Reyes’ brain on a daily basis.
Jose valantine is supposedly aa very good influence on Reyes
“Franco has been playing professional baseball longer Jose Reyes has been alive. The only reason he has been able to play this long is that he has learned every trick, every pattern, and has seen everything that this game has to offer.”
And HGH
why would Gary Coleman say this? Did he say “whatchu talkinbout Julio???”
He said this on WFAN after el dictatore was traded
Small dark kid that talks too much?
I thought Gary Coleman was the love child of Gary Cohen and Ed Coleman????
Actually made m laugh out loud at work… That being said ..I do believe everything Gary Coleman says.. he’s too little an cute to lie
WHY IS NO ONE QUESTIONING WHY WE ARE NOW GETTING EXCLUSIVE METS INFORMATION FROM ARNOLD FROM DIFF’RENT STROKES??? WHERE’S THE GOOCH???
sorry for the caps, but really… i just love me some gary coleman. not as much as the dude who owned the bike shop, but you know what i mean…
ESPN is now reporting that the Yanks are still talking to the Twins about Santana, which contradicts a report earlier by the same that the Yanks had pulled all offers.
This is NOT good.
ugh
this is getting ridiculous
This is according to Hank Steinbrenner. As annoying and kind of scary it might be, lets not forget this guy has been wrong about everything.
He said in that ESPN report that no deal was ever on the table. However, doesnt he remember he had a deal on the table and gave the Twins an ultimatum about it?
People say “Don’t believe him when he says he’s out of it”. Frankly, I don’t see any reason to believe him when he says they are still in it. If the Twins are close to a deal with the Mets, they’re not going to inform Hankenstein how far they are in it.
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Sounds like LoDuca has finally stopped using roids and started blogging. Out of all the reasons I blog I never thought it would keep me ot of trouble, but low and behold, here I am not on steroids.
how do we know you’re not on steroids? do you swear?
I’m going to need some blood … you did get suspiciously large last off season
According to Frank Steinbrainer Cigarettes are the greates thing scince the wheel
How will he be able to catcher if he will be coaching third base when they are in the dugout?
*help the catchers if he will be coaching third base . . .
Chris Shelton was just Dfa’d. Go get him right away. He is RH and could be the replacement for Delgado. He has also played (very little of but still) the OF and catcher. He’s still only 27. He did not play last year but his career averages are .281 BA and a .825 OPS, those are by no means bad. Even if we platoon Delgado and Shelton it would be a great pickup.
Rickey had this to say, “This is egregious! Nobody coaches first like Rickey! Rickey is the greatest first base coach ever!”