Quotes: Mets going to Atlanta
The Mets took two of two from the Yankees this past weekend, and will travel to Atlanta to play four games against the Braves starting this afternoon.
Ryan Church, talking to reporters on Sunday, on beating the Yankees and whether it provides momentum heading in to Atlanta, said:
“There’s some momentum, this is where we should start making a run…(The double-header on Tuesday) is gonna be huge, gonna be tough. Hopefully we come out ready to play.”
Carlos Delgado, on the same topic, said on Sunday:
“It’s a big lift. We came in (to the Bronx), we played some good baseball…Hopefully it’s a nice building block…We’ve just got to continue to do what we’re doing…We need to go down to Atlanta and have the same approach.”
Willie Randolph, on the same subject, and the team meeting’s impact from Friday, said:
“It’s only two games…We just need to build off of this. We have a big series coming up with Atlanta. Hopefully this is where we start to take off. There a lot of teams around the league that have sputtered up and down and we’re no different, hopefully we’re ready to hit our stride. We’ll see…
“I will say this, talking to them in [Yankee Stadium], I found myself getting very emotional, thinking about Thurman, Catfish, Reggie, Lou and all the others and all the winning we did here. We won because we played smart. We played the game right. We hustled. We were accountable to each other and, yeah, we even fought sometimes.”
David Wright, on going to Atlanta after the hype of playing the Yankees, as quoted by the New York Post:
“We can’t have a letdown series. The Subway Series can be physically and mentally draining, so it’s going to be a challenge for us to bring the same intensity to Atlanta that we had [at Yankee Stadium].”
For more quotes and commentary regarding the Mets trip to Atlanta, check out the Post, Newsday, the Journal News, the Daily News, the Bergen Record, and the Star-Ledger.
