Comments on: Read: Wallace Matthews, Open Letter to Reyes

By: WrightOn

WrightOn — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:28:45 +0000

It’s forced choice…not false choice.

By: nymetsjeff

nymetsjeff — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:58:33 +0000

Take the names of Jeter and Ordonez out of the article and he makes a very valid point. We’re getting back to the impatient, swing at every first pitch and most likely pop-out Reyes that drove all of us crazy.

Take more first pitches. In fact, take more pitches in general. We need you on base.

We’re frustrated with him because we know he can be phenominal day in and out, but he hasn’t been. I’m sure he’ll come around, but we have to address the here and now.

By: hotfoot86

hotfoot86 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:44:51 +0000

I wasn’t bashing Ted Berg. I simply said “Who?” because frankly I’ve never heard of him. I wasn’t defending Matthews’ column, I was defending Matthews as a journalist who’s only doing the job he’s being paid for. Metsblog wouldn’t be “the best source of Mets news” if it wasn’t for newspaper or guys like Heyman, Verducci, Lennon, and yes, even Matthews. My problem with Berg, was that he was critizing Matthew’s for a shiesty COLUMN. Don’t you find that a bit hypocritical, seeing how Berg writes COLUMNS for a living – where he is entitled to his own opinion and therefore conveys it on paper, same as what Matthews did.

And no I am not Wallace Matthews.

By: itsmetsforme

itsmetsforme — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:23:35 +0000

By: Felonious Monk

Felonious Monk — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:05:59 +0000

Ted Berg has consistently provided some of the most insightful commentary on Major League Baseball and is a true pioneer in covering baseball on the internet.

Are you one of these people that think that Joe Morgan is the epitome of baseball wisdom? I have no idea how anyone with a clue can bash Ted Berg and defend Wallace Matthews at the same time.

Unless…. are you Wallace Matthews??

By: Felonious Monk

Felonious Monk — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:55:28 +0000

You’re kidding, right? Newsday has had some decent writers over the years–Jon Heyman, Tom Verducci… David Lennon still writes for them, but he’s probably the only one still worth reading. Wallace Matthews, OTOH, is a Yankees fanboy who wouldn’t know sports journalism if it bit him in the rosin bag.

Honestly, Metsblog is probably the best source of Mets news, especially since its phenomenal growth over the past year, and the Daily News and the Record are probably the best in print. David Lennon’s blog is worth reading over at Newsday.com, but it’s about the only thing worth reading over there.

By: Felonious Monk

Felonious Monk — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:45:54 +0000

If you discount personality and longevity, I don’t think it’s really that big a stretch to compare the two.

By: Felonious Monk

Felonious Monk — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:44:49 +0000

I wonder if Rawlings will have an all-time Gold Glove Mistakes team someday… with Jeter taking SS honors, and of course, Rafael Palmeiro at 1B… ;-)

By: randytate

randytate — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:39:40 +0000

I know Matthews – I worked at the same paper as him some time ago. Just as he says about Reyes, Matthews had a choice to make – and he choose to become a hack.

Sad, but its true.

By: itsmetsforme

itsmetsforme — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:35:21 +0000

he may not have gone to journalism school, but he did go to mustache academy.