Comments on: Health: Alou, Schneider and Castro http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/ Latest Mets News, Links, Rumors and Opinion Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: METS62FAN http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-147635 METS62FAN Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:24:17 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-147635 CAPSLOCK REQUIRED TO DEAL WITH DISABILITY, DEAL WITH IT! I DO! CAPSLOCK REQUIRED TO DEAL WITH DISABILITY, DEAL WITH IT! I DO!

]]> By: darkstar73 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146710 darkstar73 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:24:53 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146710 are you really saying you can't see why the Mets signed Pedro? It has nothing to do with his on the field performance, it has to do with him being Pedro Martinez. It revitalized the fan base, brought more attention to the Mets as a whole, and got more players to sign here because of it, both free agents and young latin playes (Fmart's main reason for signing here was Pedro, despite more money from another team). You may want to just focus on what he's done on the field, but you simply cannot brush aside the importance of the other things Pedro Martinez has brought this franchise and what that signing meant. are you really saying you can’t see why the Mets signed Pedro? It has nothing to do with his on the field performance, it has to do with him being Pedro Martinez. It revitalized the fan base, brought more attention to the Mets as a whole, and got more players to sign here because of it, both free agents and young latin playes (Fmart’s main reason for signing here was Pedro, despite more money from another team). You may want to just focus on what he’s done on the field, but you simply cannot brush aside the importance of the other things Pedro Martinez has brought this franchise and what that signing meant.

]]> By: Ollie Ollie Oxen Free http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146568 Ollie Ollie Oxen Free Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:28:53 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146568 No need to get personal. We're all fighting for the common good here. Fire Isiah!!! Oh wait. That's done already...sort of. No need to get personal. We’re all fighting for the common good here.

Fire Isiah!!! Oh wait. That’s done already…sort of.

]]> By: DjDeF http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146557 DjDeF Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:15:51 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146557 I am a supporter of Willie for the most part. I am not crazy calling for his head irrationally or crazy defending him in any way. What I think Willie needs to do is really flip a table. I know a lot of people say that it doesn't work but not doing anything doesn't either. I played college sports with a coach who was very much a players manager. Let us do as we pleased. The team went on a spring break trip and we kind of enjoyed ourself with the drinking and relaxing. We did get our work in but it was half-assed. After 2 straight days of playing lazily and stupidly and losing to teams we should have handled easily the coach ripped us a new one in between a double header. Completely flipped out threw a water cooler nuts. It changed our season. Sometimes a guy who is fiery all the time getting fiery doesn't change anything but when you get the relaxed calm guy to flip it can do wonders to waking the team up. My solution: Flip the f-in buffet table Willie. Call players out for letting balls go under their gloves for hitting like they have a stick up their behind. For giving up 3 grand slams in not even 1 month. Rip em all and wake them up. I don't think the alarm has sounded to wake them up from the off-season yet but a flipped table will certainly help. I am a supporter of Willie for the most part. I am not crazy calling for his head irrationally or crazy defending him in any way. What I think Willie needs to do is really flip a table. I know a lot of people say that it doesn’t work but not doing anything doesn’t either.

I played college sports with a coach who was very much a players manager. Let us do as we pleased. The team went on a spring break trip and we kind of enjoyed ourself with the drinking and relaxing. We did get our work in but it was half-assed. After 2 straight days of playing lazily and stupidly and losing to teams we should have handled easily the coach ripped us a new one in between a double header. Completely flipped out threw a water cooler nuts. It changed our season.

Sometimes a guy who is fiery all the time getting fiery doesn’t change anything but when you get the relaxed calm guy to flip it can do wonders to waking the team up.

My solution: Flip the f-in buffet table Willie. Call players out for letting balls go under their gloves for hitting like they have a stick up their behind. For giving up 3 grand slams in not even 1 month. Rip em all and wake them up. I don’t think the alarm has sounded to wake them up from the off-season yet but a flipped table will certainly help.

]]> By: The Ghost of Shea Past http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146506 The Ghost of Shea Past Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:07:35 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146506 Good for you. People will take you more seriously, as opposed to a delusional old man, if you stop using caps. Good for you. People will take you more seriously, as opposed to a delusional old man, if you stop using caps.

]]> By: therealsince86 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146495 therealsince86 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:00:59 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146495 Hey nice post but watch the caps lock if you can. :) Hey nice post but watch the caps lock if you can. :)

]]> By: METS62FAN http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146483 METS62FAN Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:53:41 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146483 GHOST, HOW QUICKLY U FORGET TRY TO REMEMBER OMAR IS A REAL LIFE GM WITH REAL LIFE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU MUST PAY EVERY PLAYER U SIGN AND USE ALL THE ONES ON THE 25 MAN. SO U WANTED HIM TO INK ADDITIONAL BULLPEN HELP IN '06 OFFSEASON? WHAT IF, AS EXPECTED, BOTH PADILLA & SANCHEZ RETURNED? WHAT WOULD U DO WITH THOSE EXTRA BODIES? HAD BOTH RET'D AS ANTICIPATED, LAST YRS PEN WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO IMPLOSIVE. OF COURSE U NEED TO BLAME, BLAME, BLAME! ARE U A STEINBRENNER BY MARRIAGE OR BLOOD? OR IS IT BY IMMATURITY. GHOST, I'M BETTING I HAVE SOCKS OLDER THAN U, BTW THE MONIKER W/'62 MEANS I'VE BEEN A FAN SINCE DAY 1, 1962. YOU HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF HAUNTING TO DO BEFORE U CAN TRULY COMPLAIN. SURE IT'S FRUSTRATING TO HAVE HEILMAN TURN INTO HELLMAN ala DR. JEKYL. PLEASE GLANCE AT A CALENDAR & REMEMBER THINGS DO CHANGE. WHY I BET YOU DON'T EVEN WET YOUR PANTS ANYMORE. DO U? GHOST, HOW QUICKLY U FORGET TRY TO REMEMBER OMAR IS A REAL LIFE GM WITH REAL LIFE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU MUST PAY EVERY PLAYER U SIGN AND USE ALL THE ONES ON THE 25 MAN. SO U WANTED HIM TO INK ADDITIONAL BULLPEN HELP IN ’06 OFFSEASON? WHAT IF, AS EXPECTED, BOTH PADILLA & SANCHEZ RETURNED? WHAT WOULD U DO WITH THOSE EXTRA BODIES? HAD BOTH RET’D AS ANTICIPATED, LAST YRS PEN WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN SO IMPLOSIVE. OF COURSE U NEED TO BLAME, BLAME, BLAME! ARE U A STEINBRENNER BY MARRIAGE OR BLOOD? OR IS IT BY IMMATURITY. GHOST, I’M BETTING I HAVE SOCKS OLDER THAN U, BTW THE MONIKER W/’62 MEANS I’VE BEEN A FAN SINCE DAY 1, 1962. YOU HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF HAUNTING TO DO BEFORE U CAN TRULY COMPLAIN. SURE IT’S FRUSTRATING TO HAVE HEILMAN TURN INTO HELLMAN ala DR. JEKYL. PLEASE GLANCE AT A CALENDAR & REMEMBER THINGS DO CHANGE. WHY I BET YOU DON’T EVEN WET YOUR PANTS ANYMORE. DO U?

]]> By: Ollie Ollie Oxen Free http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146430 Ollie Ollie Oxen Free Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:20:23 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146430 It's not so much the losing, as it is the way they are losing. They just look lifeless. Almost like they know they are going to turn it on in September (we saw how well that worked out last year). Bottom line is, they have been a .500 team since that horrific road trip to L.A. last year. Things aren't going to change if attitudes don't change. There is no tomorrow. They should hire Mariano Duncan to tell them before every game, "We play today. We win today. Das' it." Sounds silly, but that's really what they need. It’s not so much the losing, as it is the way they are losing. They just look lifeless. Almost like they know they are going to turn it on in September (we saw how well that worked out last year).

Bottom line is, they have been a .500 team since that horrific road trip to L.A. last year. Things aren’t going to change if attitudes don’t change. There is no tomorrow. They should hire Mariano Duncan to tell them before every game, “We play today. We win today. Das’ it.” Sounds silly, but that’s really what they need.

]]> By: Ollie Ollie Oxen Free http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146426 Ollie Ollie Oxen Free Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:17:25 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146426 I am completely with you on Sosa. The guy is good for a hanging slider in every one of his outings....and 9 times out of 10, it is mashed by a guy like Ronny Cedeno or Felipe Lopez. Regarding Heilman....ugh. Don't understand why he can look lights out one day and completely lost the next. May be time to move him somewhere that he can be an SP. Just a thought, but how about to Pittsburgh, along with Endy or Angel Pagan for the X-Man? I'm not sure how much Pittsburgh wants for him, or if he is even available, but I think that is value for value. Nady will see lots of action, especially with Delgado looking like Abdullah "The Butcher" at 1B. I am completely with you on Sosa. The guy is good for a hanging slider in every one of his outings….and 9 times out of 10, it is mashed by a guy like Ronny Cedeno or Felipe Lopez.

Regarding Heilman….ugh. Don’t understand why he can look lights out one day and completely lost the next. May be time to move him somewhere that he can be an SP. Just a thought, but how about to Pittsburgh, along with Endy or Angel Pagan for the X-Man? I’m not sure how much Pittsburgh wants for him, or if he is even available, but I think that is value for value. Nady will see lots of action, especially with Delgado looking like Abdullah “The Butcher” at 1B.

]]> By: Steal Home Jose! http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146424 Steal Home Jose! Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:17:08 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/04/25/health-alou-schneider-and-castro/#comment-146424 Obviously, first base is the biggest concern for next year (and this year). I would be OK with Pagan and Church in the corners next year, but of course my opinion is slightly skewed due to their performance so far this year. But as for 1st base, I don't see the Mets going into a retooling phase for the first year at Citi Field. Unless one of our minor league 1B really take off, they will bring a big name in to play. Obviously, first base is the biggest concern for next year (and this year). I would be OK with Pagan and Church in the corners next year, but of course my opinion is slightly skewed due to their performance so far this year. But as for 1st base, I don’t see the Mets going into a retooling phase for the first year at Citi Field. Unless one of our minor league 1B really take off, they will bring a big name in to play.

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