Comments on: Quote: Church, Willie and Perez on Perez

By: Another Matt

Another Matt — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:31:09 +0000

Lots of people are giving Church credit. Just check out all the posts saying he’s this team’s MVP so far. Which he is.

There’s plenty of well-deserved man-love for Church around here. Thank God for Church!

By: MudvilleNine

MudvilleNine — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:28:19 +0000

I’m waiting for the screen name DebbieDowner.

By: Another Matt

Another Matt — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:26:52 +0000

We should try to resign Ollie, but it shouldn’t be a total blank check.

I haven’t really seen anyone say ‘let him walk’, just a lot of people resigned to the possibility that the price will be too high.

By: gipper82475

gipper82475 — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:13:11 +0000

Of course there’s lots of negativity. How can you expect anything else after The Collapse and then this years highly mediocre, inconsistent play?

Let’s hope this is the start of some consistency.

By: euchreking

euchreking — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:09:41 +0000

I also noticed–reading after the game the comments posted during the game–the incredible amount of pessimism and gloom/doom expressed by posters. It’s kind of fun and interesting to follow the trail of messages as the game (any game) progressed last night. I thought the Yanks were dead after their rally fizzled and Delgado came through even after his home run was denied (how amazing was that?! Delgado coming through in the clutch not once but twice in one at bat!!). Yet the posters quickly fell into an amazing funk, seeing the home run denial as part of the cosmic conspiracy against the Mets. As a long time loyal fan I do admit of my own pessimism at times. But what was great about 2006 and about other similar years, is the feeling that we’d come back and emerge victorious whatever came the team’s way (like last night). I think this blog has more than its share of debbie downers, but maybe this will change as the team gets an aggressive identity. However pitiful the Yanks are right now, they still had their ace on the mound last night, and we made mincemeat of him!!

By: CaseStreet

CaseStreet — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:00:21 +0000

In the words of Plaxico, “Can somebody give “Church” some credit? He played a great game.”

By: Danny1986

Danny1986 — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:30:26 +0000

Because we are not getting enough strikeouts out of our first baseman. duh.

By: Paid Like Mike Gallego

Paid Like Mike Gallego — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:19:52 +0000

Expecting to win 2 out of every 3 games is foolhardy. The Mets have potential but only historically great teams win 2 out of every 3 (which pro rates out to 108 wins against 54 losses). I don’t have the numbers but its probably been a decade since a 100+ win team has won the World Series.

By: darkstar73

darkstar73 — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:01:35 +0000

he also kept his arm slot up for most of the game, there were maybe 2 pitches all game that he dropped down on, one was immediately following the HR, and you could see Schneider hold up the ball and his arm with his arm over his head. I hate when Ollie does that kind of stuff. Luckily, he didn’t revert to crazy Ollie there, and went back to dominating Ollie, but sometimes its that easy with him. Just throw over hand, don’t throw side arm like you think you’re able to, you can’t invent pitches.
Over all though, Perez had a good game because he dominates lefties, and the Yankees are incredibly lefty dominant. I”d like to see him do this against a more balanced line up before we gush all over him.

By: mkepzza31

mkepzza31 — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:28:24 +0000

Ollie had a different delivery yesterday, going straight back before coming home instead of to the 3rd base side. seemed he was more under control, balanced