Comments on: Opinion: Fight, Win, Hope and a New Day

By: hbrill61

hbrill61 — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:05:54 +0000

I guess you haven’t noticed but the Mets have been trying to buy a title for some time now…I think its time to give somebody else that grocery list!

By: DWright31

DWright31 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:00:54 +0000

Except the Mets cant embrace the ‘underdog role’ as he says at all. We have a 140 million dollar payroll, tons of marquee players, and a lot of expectations coming into the year. This isnt the 07-08 Giants. We are the laughing stock of the league right now, and its sickening.

By: Sasseroni

Sasseroni — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:57:17 +0000

That feeling ended for me in the early 90s with the failure of Greg Jefferies. I never was able to get it back after he bombed so badly……….shame.

By: heart of the city

heart of the city — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:26:49 +0000

LETS GO METS!!

By: toomanyuniforms

toomanyuniforms — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:27:22 +0000

. . . which is still better than being the number 1 team in Philly.

By: toomanyuniforms

toomanyuniforms — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:24:34 +0000

Hmm . . . no Schneider, no Reyes. I’m guessing this is more of the rigidly hierarchcal clubhouse dynamic that Willie is famous for, and that hasn’t helped. Veterans first. Always. What won’t know is if these are the recognized leaders, or players Willie wants to kick in the ass to become leaders.

By: Cactus

Cactus — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:50:04 +0000

The Mets are not an underdog…they’re an underperforming favorite. Big difference.

By: GTSFan

GTSFan — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:42:55 +0000

ReyesRock…you are so SPOT ON!!!!

I could not have said it any better.

We are Mets fans…we thrive as underdogs…count us out and we come back because we are Amazins’. No denying our roots or Mets culture; we have our fair share of losing but this is a new era and this has been a train wreck of late. But we are Mets and you can never count us out.

Our leadership wants this for the fans and NYC. We love to bring down the Yankees BECAUSE of their air of superiority. Our fans should never forget where we came from. Read the literature young ones; it’s out there!

Lets Go Mets!!!!

By: GTSFan

GTSFan — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:36:43 +0000

Hey stumped1, we need to feed on some W’s.

Quite frankly, that West Coast trip SUCKED. I mean 2-1 three times in a row! Willie needs to add some ground rules on after hour stuff…assuming that is out of control. But once we start a nice W streak (now sustainable with a consistent rotation) the confidence will return. Having grit is INDISPENSABLE: imagine Alou, Church and Nixon available ALL THE TIME?! Should be interesting…
Also, those young guys still need more time and the downside is we rush them too early and their value goes from uncertain to no value. So we must not be too quick or else we lose leverage on future trades.

LGM!

By: GTSFan

GTSFan — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:30:18 +0000

I love Seaver’s foxhole analogy. My take is each teams character is different; some you can motivate with “rah-rah” speeches; others thrive on controversy; others play hard on and off the field; and then there is our laid back team of veteran professionals. I thought that what this team needed the other night, hung over Willies office was a banner with “Ya Gotta Believe” but then how many of these players will buy into that (maybe Wright or Maine). But what the t-shirts are about is a Willies way of calling out who he sees as the leaders on the field: a bullpen guy (Wagner), a bench guy (Marlon), a power hitter (Beltran), an infield captain (Delgado), a media facilitator (Wright) and a rotation guy (Santana/Pedro). I hope this works and I think we should start paying more attention to body language than box scores. Sure wish SNY had more camera angles!

LETS GO METS!!!!