Comments on: Note: John Maine is a Quality Pitcher http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/ 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: gipper91375 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-160280 gipper91375 Thu, 08 May 2008 20:13:44 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-160280 "We are not where we want to be but it could be a lot worse." I think you just stumbled on the marketing slogan for the 2008 Mets!!! :-) “We are not where we want to be but it could be a lot worse.”

I think you just stumbled on the marketing slogan for the 2008 Mets!!!

:-)

]]> By: Deadpanwalking http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-160134 Deadpanwalking Thu, 08 May 2008 17:36:03 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-160134 Yeah, Dodger fans by-and-large are a pretty classy act. The main complaints are that they arrive late to games and there are always a few burgeoning starlets talking non-stop on their mobile phones right behind home plate (Drives me crazy that they do that while sitting in those choice seats.) However, they know the game for the most part, have a solid attitude and a great history. Yeah, Dodger fans by-and-large are a pretty classy act. The main complaints are that they arrive late to games and there are always a few burgeoning starlets talking non-stop on their mobile phones right behind home plate (Drives me crazy that they do that while sitting in those choice seats.) However, they know the game for the most part, have a solid attitude and a great history.

]]> By: Deadpanwalking http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-160120 Deadpanwalking Thu, 08 May 2008 17:23:18 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-160120 We're lucky we've done as well with Cassanova in the line-up as we've had. No knock on Cassanova he's been pretty tight as a backup, but Schneider is one of the top game-callers around. Hopefully Pelf and Ollie will show some improvement now that he's back. We’re lucky we’ve done as well with Cassanova in the line-up as we’ve had. No knock on Cassanova he’s been pretty tight as a backup, but Schneider is one of the top game-callers around. Hopefully Pelf and Ollie will show some improvement now that he’s back.

]]> By: slangon http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-160033 slangon Thu, 08 May 2008 16:27:42 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-160033 thats funny. howie and wayne made it sound like they were also applauding pagan after his catch. sort of funny that they're getting applauded on the road and booed at home. go figure. thats funny. howie and wayne made it sound like they were also applauding pagan after his catch. sort of funny that they’re getting applauded on the road and booed at home. go figure.

]]> By: sdanzig http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-160008 sdanzig Thu, 08 May 2008 16:09:08 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-160008 John has nothing left to prove, in my eyes. John has nothing left to prove, in my eyes.

]]> By: Felonious Monk http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-159984 Felonious Monk Thu, 08 May 2008 15:59:27 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-159984 It's not just the velocity either. Someone, I think USA Today, polled hitters in the AL and NL last year and the pitcher they said was the hardest to hit against in the NL was Maine. One of them said that it's impossible to read his fastball or tell where it's going to end up and that in his opinion it was the best fastball in the league. I'll see if I can google the survey and post it if it's still around. It’s not just the velocity either. Someone, I think USA Today, polled hitters in the AL and NL last year and the pitcher they said was the hardest to hit against in the NL was Maine. One of them said that it’s impossible to read his fastball or tell where it’s going to end up and that in his opinion it was the best fastball in the league. I’ll see if I can google the survey and post it if it’s still around.

]]> By: Felonious Monk http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-159978 Felonious Monk Thu, 08 May 2008 15:57:11 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-159978 It was interesting to see the two of them pal-ing around a bit in the dugout at the end of the game as they came out on to the field. If the transition Maine made in 2006 (when at first he kept losing his focus and constantly needed Willie or Rick to get him back in the game, but then became a real rock of the rotation in the postseason) rubs off on Pelfrey, then very good! It was interesting to see the two of them pal-ing around a bit in the dugout at the end of the game as they came out on to the field. If the transition Maine made in 2006 (when at first he kept losing his focus and constantly needed Willie or Rick to get him back in the game, but then became a real rock of the rotation in the postseason) rubs off on Pelfrey, then very good!

]]> By: the Straw http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-159910 the Straw Thu, 08 May 2008 15:24:20 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-159910 Maine needs to be locked up immediately. He is just as important to the future of this team as wright or reyes! Maine needs to be locked up immediately. He is just as important to the future of this team as wright or reyes!

]]> By: keithc http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-159885 keithc Thu, 08 May 2008 15:13:18 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-159885 In Maine's last two or three starts he was getting visibly frustrated with himelf for not being able to work past 6. And that's why Met fans have so much more confidence in him than OP. In Maine’s last two or three starts he was getting visibly frustrated with himelf for not being able to work past 6. And that’s why Met fans have so much more confidence in him than OP.

]]> By: TurboDan http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-159852 TurboDan Thu, 08 May 2008 14:56:09 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/08/note-john-maine-is-a-quality-pitcher/#comment-159852 It was a nice gesture on the part of the Dodgers fans (at least those who remained in the 9th), largely giving him a standing ovation as he left the field. It was a nice gesture on the part of the Dodgers fans (at least those who remained in the 9th), largely giving him a standing ovation as he left the field.

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