Comments on: Read: Milledge Speaks Out http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/ 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 06:15:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: thrilledge 4 prez http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105375 thrilledge 4 prez Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:38:45 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105375 now they have that gutterslut church to kick balls around in the corner like green used to. i cant wait for millz to play like chipper does against the mets. screww the former 7&8 hitters for the nats. now they have that gutterslut church to kick balls around in the corner like green used to. i cant wait for millz to play like chipper does against the mets. screww the former 7&8 hitters for the nats.

]]> By: Volume11 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105368 Volume11 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:44:43 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105368 Castro isn't a full-time starter. He has a bum back and isn't all that young, either. Schneider plays better defesne and has been rumored to call better pitches... Castro isn’t a full-time starter. He has a bum back and isn’t all that young, either. Schneider plays better defesne and has been rumored to call better pitches…

]]> By: Airfeet http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105364 Airfeet Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:15:57 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105364 I disagree....we could have just let Castro sit behind the plate and picked up some scrub to back him up and play once every few games. Castro has better offensive ability and is the man. On the other hand...Milledge's value was rock bottom. We could have waited half a season just to see if Milledge may have blossomed. If he blossomed...we have ourselves an all star. If he has attitude and is a loser but is an all star...we could have traded him for some prospects or even some very good major league talent. This was not a good trade no matter how u look at it. I mean we coulda just let him play in AAA...and if he hit .330 with 30 HRs and 100 RBI he woulda had 0 negative effect on our team and we coulda unloaded him for god knows what talent I disagree….we could have just let Castro sit behind the plate and picked up some scrub to back him up and play once every few games. Castro has better offensive ability and is the man. On the other hand…Milledge’s value was rock bottom. We could have waited half a season just to see if Milledge may have blossomed. If he blossomed…we have ourselves an all star. If he has attitude and is a loser but is an all star…we could have traded him for some prospects or even some very good major league talent. This was not a good trade no matter how u look at it. I mean we coulda just let him play in AAA…and if he hit .330 with 30 HRs and 100 RBI he woulda had 0 negative effect on our team and we coulda unloaded him for god knows what talent

]]> By: Volume11 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105363 Volume11 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:11:23 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105363 Trades are made to address specific needs on a roster. We needed a solid catcher with defense and game-calling skills, not a corner OF with a lot of potential and a lot of baggage. Endy can out field him anyday and Beltran will own him season to season in both defense and offense until he retires. Meaning his assets weren't important. We have bats...too many really, we needed a solid catcher and pitching and the Mets have acquired both with spades... Trades are made to address specific needs on a roster. We needed a solid catcher with defense and game-calling skills, not a corner OF with a lot of potential and a lot of baggage. Endy can out field him anyday and Beltran will own him season to season in both defense and offense until he retires.

Meaning his assets weren’t important. We have bats…too many really, we needed a solid catcher and pitching and the Mets have acquired both with spades…

]]> By: Volume11 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105362 Volume11 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:08:11 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105362 Because those guys respected the Vets and paid their dues. Even after winning the WS last Fall, Ellsbury and Pedroia were humble and talked about how hard they worked and how much they respected the vets and relished the opportunity to play. Its a simple equation. Shut your mouth and pay your dues until you can back up your smack talk. Milledge acted as if he was Sheffield when he was barely a 7th spot hitter. The horse was put before the cart. Because those guys respected the Vets and paid their dues. Even after winning the WS last Fall, Ellsbury and Pedroia were humble and talked about how hard they worked and how much they respected the vets and relished the opportunity to play.

Its a simple equation. Shut your mouth and pay your dues until you can back up your smack talk. Milledge acted as if he was Sheffield when he was barely a 7th spot hitter.

The horse was put before the cart.

]]> By: Volume11 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105360 Volume11 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:57:12 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105360 I don't recall ever bringing up his race/ethnicity... Most of us don't like him because he threw block parties with DJs and champagne on the base paths after hitting singles and rubbed everyone in the clubhouse the wrong way. And the 86-88 teams at least kicked arse and took names...Milledge was only potential... ... unless you have secret statistics of his bizarro world league phantom performance in another dimension of Hawkings-esque time and space to go by, his MLB performance was mediocre at best and he sucked at the corners... remember him playing the green monster in 06 during the inter-league play? I don’t recall ever bringing up his race/ethnicity… Most of us don’t like him because he threw block parties with DJs and champagne on the base paths after hitting singles and rubbed everyone in the clubhouse the wrong way.

And the 86-88 teams at least kicked arse and took names…Milledge was only potential…

… unless you have secret statistics of his bizarro world league phantom performance in another dimension of Hawkings-esque time and space to go by, his MLB performance was mediocre at best and he sucked at the corners… remember him playing the green monster in 06 during the inter-league play?

]]> By: Volume11 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105358 Volume11 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:51:30 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105358 Because even after being traded for not fitting in and repeatedly breaking the rules of baseball conduct, despite his potential talent, he chooses to talk smack on the Mets in a back-handed way instead of learning from the situation and maturing. Like another poster said above, he will never get it and will never be a franchise player for any team, even if he puts up monster numbers and becomes a perennial all-star. I'm glad he is gone, the coked up me-me-me glamour days of the 80s Mets are long gone, and at least those teams delivered for a few years and got along with each other. Milledge was marginal talent at best with a horrible downside. Because even after being traded for not fitting in and repeatedly breaking the rules of baseball conduct, despite his potential talent, he chooses to talk smack on the Mets in a back-handed way instead of learning from the situation and maturing.

Like another poster said above, he will never get it and will never be a franchise player for any team, even if he puts up monster numbers and becomes a perennial all-star.

I’m glad he is gone, the coked up me-me-me glamour days of the 80s Mets are long gone, and at least those teams delivered for a few years and got along with each other. Milledge was marginal talent at best with a horrible downside.

]]> By: Airfeet http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105357 Airfeet Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:48:12 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105357 The fact that Millege had 2 home runs in his final game played at age 22 or however old he is makes the schneider church trade awful. A guy with that much potential who breaks out and hits 2 home runs in his final showing makes the trade a joke The fact that Millege had 2 home runs in his final game played at age 22 or however old he is makes the schneider church trade awful. A guy with that much potential who breaks out and hits 2 home runs in his final showing makes the trade a joke

]]> By: ae41h http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105341 ae41h Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:39:10 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105341 He may have "attitude problems", but if he can play baseball well who cares? He may have “attitude problems”, but if he can play baseball well who cares?

]]> By: cgpublic http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105338 cgpublic Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:54:22 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/27/read-milledge-speaks-out/#comment-105338 Lastings received the raw end of a bad deal in NY, especially from the fans as evidenced in this thread. Good luck in DC, and always remember you'll be hitting your stride after Alou, Beltran and Church are long gone. Lastings received the raw end of a bad deal in NY, especially from the fans as evidenced in this thread. Good luck in DC, and always remember you’ll be hitting your stride after Alou, Beltran and Church are long gone.

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