Comments on: postGame: Mets 6 Nationals 0

By: gipper91375

gipper91375 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:56:23 +0000

Dude, I’m not saying we should begiven medals…I’m just asying the media emphasis is on the booing, not the often supportive nature of fans far and wide.

I thought my post was positive – didn’t expect such a virulent response!

Also, I have said many times anybody who was booing Santana is just foolish.

By: cmcm750203

cmcm750203 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:18:27 +0000

Has everyone forgotten this little gem from Lastings? I’m sure it contributed to the fan reaction last night. I know I didn’t forget:

“Enough is enough,” David Wright said yesterday. “You’re a Washington National now. Don’t worry about what happened last year or the year before that. Just go out there and try to help the Nationals win.

“It makes no sense to bash your former team. He just needs to turn the page and worry about helping the Washington Nationals. Forget about what we’re doing over here. Forget about the New York Mets.”

Earlier this week, from a safe distance at the Nationals camp in Viera, Milledge chirped to SI.com that he was miserable with the Mets and also suggested that he was mistreated in the clubhouse by his teammates.

“I can’t go through anything worse than I went through in New York. It only gets better from here,” Milledge said. “A lot of veterans didn’t like the way I play the game. They thought I didn’t respect it.”

Milledge added: “The vets here (on the Nationals) have no problem with me. They know I respect (the game). They know I work hard.”

By: WozzyBearRU

WozzyBearRU — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:10:39 +0000

Matt, Milledge defintiely did not trade himself. However, I think the loud boo’s in his direction this evening were a direct result of his disparaging spring training comments about the Mets, not the trade.

By: helicopter ben johnson

helicopter ben johnson — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:06:09 +0000

they should boo LMILLZ – he was a part of the 07 Mets. booooooooooo!

By: toomanyuniforms

toomanyuniforms — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:02:03 +0000

A couple of years ago, Burrell came out of the gates in a dreadful slump (he finally played the way he looks — tired, bored mule.) Tired of booing him, the notoriously negative Philly fans tried something novel — encouragement. Now, I’m pretty sure it didn’t help Burrell, but it certainly didn’t hurt him, as booing may have. He ended up with a solid second half, and has played (or hit, at least) quite well since.

By: toomanyuniforms

toomanyuniforms — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:58:41 +0000

I think Gipp is right, though someone should ask “Uniwatch.”

Actually, I kind of like the names on the back. Still enjoy seeing posters with “Strawberry” crammed on the back of Darryl’s jersey — Carter, 8; Gooden, 16; Piazza, 31. Can’t lose that. Glavine, 47 . . . OK, perhaps not that one, but you get the point. Also, fans can put their own name on jerseys. Not exactly my cup of tea, but a lot of people get a kick out of it.

By: VCarver

VCarver — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:32:14 +0000

GWG, was it you I had the long discussion with over Pelfrey’s ability to pitch in the majors? I can’t remember who it was with. But that person basically said Pelfrey still wasn’t ready tp pitch successfully at this level. And I kept saying he showed enough last September to show he had progressed. Even if El Duque couldn’t pitch, many didn’t want Pelfrey in the rotation. They kept calling for someone like Marquis or Lohse or Livan.

At any rate, it is a good problem to have with Pelf pitching well and others in the wings. However, I honestly don’t think El Duque is ever coming back. Omar said in the papers today that he can’t even drive a car. That’s how bad his foot is. Bottom line is he can’t pitch without his old delivery. And he can’t use his old delivery without re-injuring his foot. So I think his career is over.

I think it just goes to show how misleading spring training numbers can be. In 2007 Pelf’s spring numbers were great but he stunk out of the gate. This year his spring numbers stunk but he’s great out of the gate. Go figure.

By: VCarver

VCarver — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:22:11 +0000

Mets players on and off certainly laud Mets fans in general. Players like Wright, Piazza, Floyd, Lo Duca etc. I don’t know what more you want. A medal? Flowers? Love notes? Occasionally reports talk about Mets fans in far-flung places too.

I don’t think the fan bases of the Red Sox or Yankees or Cubs are lauded any more than Mets fans. Yet the ire they express at their clubs is not anything like what we’re seeing at Shea these days.

And why expect Show to applaud Mets fans when the only thing he’s ever gotten out of them are boos? That makes no sense.

You can’t seriously be saying you feel a lack of love and attention so that’s why you boo. If so, that’s a little sick.

And why direct booing at Santana who basically just got here? Makes no sense and is so counter-productive. Mets fans are like babies these days. They need constant attention or they cry.

By: Another Matt

Another Matt — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:17:29 +0000

Although of course they do still have the last player in MLB to wear 42 outside of Jackie Robinson day.

By: Another Matt

Another Matt — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:15:26 +0000

Yeah… the weather’s still cool, which increases the chance of injury. Pelfrey has also said that ST is not enough to stretch his arm out, he doesn’t really hit his stride until May.

One big part of the reason pitchers don’t go as deep into games is that teams have so much more invested in them than they used to. As a result of $137.5 million contracts, teams now have to ensure their players are going to stay healthy for the length of the contract, whereas in the past if a pitcher blew his arm out and never threw again… sucked for him, but all the team’s lost is a replaceable player.

For every Tom Seaver out there, how many guys were there that broke down before they could throw up numbers that’d get them remembered by anyone?