Comments on: Opinion: I am more Naive than I thought

By: JavaJoe

JavaJoe — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:25:59 +0000

How’s the journalist woodshed decorated?

By: gem779

gem779 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:22:49 +0000

lol, nice reference

By: rM teM

rM teM — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:34:24 +0000

Like the Tom Hank’s character said in A League of Their Own,
“If it were easy, everyone would do it”.

By: jamie

jamie — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:24:00 +0000

sorry to tell you what you already knew; it seemed like you expect that he should be totally healthy, and that you weren’t taking the particulars of recovery into consideration, but I guess I was wrong.

The point I was making is that most players do treat baseball as a year round profession. I think maybe it (the amount of injuries) looks to be inordinate because we follow this team much more closely, and we have progressively more access and coverage each year. Will Caroll writes tons about injuries each season…maybe you should try writing him with your question; he’d certainly know. (may be ‘Carroll’ with 2 r’s, not sure).

the post was from the last 3 days, and the headline to look for is something like “beltran is worried about rehabbing”, or something similar, and it’s bolded in the post. I think it’s the “daily news roundup” that Matt’s been doing every morning.

By: scottmetsfan

scottmetsfan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:58:54 +0000

thanks for explanation, jamie. i’m familiar with arthroscopic knee surgery and what the recuperation is for a non-professional athlete, but i’d like to try to find that post you mentioned about beltran’s rehab. if you have an idea of where it might be, i’d appreciate it.
i wasn’t picking on beltran especially–my overall, general question remains: who is responsible for overseeing the training of the players in their off season? aren’t there prescribed regimens that need to be followed? i understand that they “have lives” but playing professional ball needs to be a year-round thing. the mets always seem to have an inordinate amount of injuries in spring training. i don’t have figures, but it seems that we have more than most teams. i might be wrong, but i’m guessing that there should be a way to avoid a significant percentage of them with proper off season training. i always thought spring training was a tune up not a major overhaul.

By: jamie

jamie — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:25:27 +0000

dude, you want to encase them in glass and put them on a shelf in the offseason. They have lives, and the vast majority of them take their fitness and health with deadly seriousness. Alou has spent most of his life performing at near-peak athletic performance, and the human body isn’t designed to do that forever. And since I guess you’ve never known anyone who’s had a knee scope (let alone both), what happens is your leg muscles atrophy because you can’t use them. Most people have to use a cane for a month (after being immobilized for two weeks)before they can even begin to hobble around. There was even a post on this site about it a couple of days ago; try to find that post and there’s a link to a story about Beltran’s rehab. he’s not slacking, it’s more effort than most people would choose to endure (however many millions you cite, most people simply cannot push themselves that hard.)

By: cver

cver — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:22:18 +0000

Yes Matthew, I do remember you writing some years ago about not wanting to be a standard journalist, because you wanted to stay a fan and not get too close and ruin that. Glad that you are enjoying your new role.

By: buenosdiazfive

buenosdiazfive — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:06:14 +0000

Learning is part of life…and you are living in a world that many of us would love to be in, Matt. Keep up the hard work. My younger brother played a few years in the minors and told me about all of the intense workouts they go through to put the product on the field. It’s truly amazing. Sure they make millions of dollars and can retire before any of us can dream, but it definitely takes a toll on them physically, especially in their later years of life. So I’ll take the trade. I personally make video games, which is, in my opinion, possibly the second best job in the world. Thanks for the insight Matt.

By: Fan from Daytona

Fan from Daytona — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:52:22 +0000

Matt,

You are living a dream. I for one am living it through your eyes. Your posts have been very interesting to read. In this post, it does sound like someone got to you. Were you schooled like other rookies?

By: NPerez

NPerez — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:51:47 +0000

There’s no reason to feel bad about a little naivety for two reasons – because you were able to learn & come out smarter, and because you were able to share that knowledge/experience with so many people that were also naive about the business. Keep up the great work.