Read: Wallace Matthews, Open Letter to Reyes
In his latest column for Newsday, Wallace Matthews writes an open letter to Jose Reyes, asking, “Reyes, do you want to be a Derek Jeter or a Rey Ordonez?”
Matthews continues on to write:
“Jeter’s name is synonymous with winner; Ordoñez’s name is synonymous with bust. So which is it going to be for you? Clearly, you can go either way. And depending upon which way you go, so, too, will go the Mets.”
…i wanted to write an open letter to matthews in response on SNY.tv, but i couldn’t wrap my head around the ordonez comparison… i don’t remember anyone ever suggesting ordonez would be able to hit – he wasn’t – and he went on to win three gold gloves and play a part in what some called The Greatest Infield Ever... of course, i’m not here to defend rey-rey, especially since by the end of the year, reyes will have far surpassed his career totals in just about every offensive category, plus reyes came into the league much younger than ordonez did…
…i don’t understand why reyes has to choose between being ordonez and jeter, since he has his own unique set of skills… matthews is right when he says reyes needs to get on base more, but maybe he should stop drawing silly comparisons and wait until a few more games have been played before he suggests that reyes’ name will be “synonymous with bust.”…
…added to by Matthew Cerrone…
…this is called a false choice…sort of like in politics of late, when they pit “Experience vs. Change.”…what’s more, it’s lazy-thinking from the writer…reyes has only one choice: to either be the best reyes he can be, or not…that’s it…either way, the name on the back of jersey will never change…
