Comments on: Buzz: Vicente Padilla is not Johan Santana

By: wipron

wipron — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:06:30 +0000

Just had to add that GOMEZ hit for the cycle tonight. May 7th. 1st Twin to do so since Kirby Puckett in 1986. Thanks again for that front office spin-o-rama! Hows FMart doin’ again?

By: wipron

wipron — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:51:01 +0000

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
Mets front office spin-o-rama? I’m from MN, was and am happy with the trade. Spin on that!! Some of you New York people are over your own heads I think.

By: ravi3

ravi3 — Tue, 06 May 2008 04:48:16 +0000

dude…I’m sorry but that is an AWFUL analysis….Tex and Soriano had to go…they were both in their walk years (Tex was under contract for a season and a half, and the Rangers were outta contention anyway). The deal that sent the Reds Eddie Volquez netted them Josh Hamilton, who is the AL Player for the Month of April. Only the Chris Young move was a terrible deal for them.

Every team has given up a few superstars….at least recognize the context in which such a deal was made.

By: Midtown

Midtown — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:43:46 +0000

Hamilton is a great story, but nobody forced him to start taking heroin. To think he deserves any amount of respect from anybody is a bit ridiculous. The guy almost threw away millions of dollars and the chance to live a dream for drugs. Glad he overcame it, but I have no pity.

By: kandiman

kandiman — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:24:25 +0000

Pssst this trade is already completed, you can stop the mets front office spin-a-rama now.

By: TilMetsDoUsPart

TilMetsDoUsPart — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:11:13 +0000

Problems:

1. Clashing, dull colors. It looks like it tries to appeal to people colorfully yet it’s depressing. At this site for example, the colors perfectly reflect what the blog is about, and the banner at the top gives some nostalgia. At FJM, there is no color, so the focus is solely on the words and there is little dull color, because there’s little color.

2. Originality. You copy the stylings of MetsBlog and Hot Foot too much. You highlight player’s names and give little opinions. This is too similar to readers, who will get bored and just go to the sites you are copying. Try just writing in a newspaper-like format. It’s a much more universal style.

3. The classic pre-college mistake of show-don’t-tell. Don’t interject and give a 3 sentence opinion. Use the language like Deadspin or even Bissinger does. Just don’t be a Plaschke.

By: wipron

wipron — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:10:30 +0000

On the other hand, Carlos Gomez is the most exciting player I’ve seen in quite sometime. Johan had to/wanted to go, so bye! I believe Gomez has won at least as many games for the Twins as Johan has won for the Mets. Twins very seldom make bad trades. There are also three pitchers to consider too. So, while I’m glad you’re happy with Johan, don’t be too smug on this trade just yet. I think in the end, YOU may be surprised who gets the better of this trade!!

By: jws366

jws366 — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:29:25 +0000

Not funny. A heroin addiction is nothing to laugh at. Power to him for having the will power to overcome it…

By: Koko

Koko — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:29:02 +0000

Hey I mentioned this in the Franco post. Do I get credit?

Anyway maybe the Rangers will take Heilman and Sosa for Josh Hamilton. They seem high on these guys. We can thrown in Casonova too.

By: RetireNumber17

RetireNumber17 — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:27:59 +0000

I just checked-out ol’ Vinny Pecadillo on Baseball-Referenece.com and saw he was part of the package that went to the Phils for Schilling. The rest: Omar Daal, Travis Lee, and…wait, get ready for it…Nelson Figueroa. I wouldn’t trade Figgy straight up for Pecadillo now, especially since Vin’s making in the neighborhood of $9 mil.