Comments on: Minute: Life without Billy Wagner

By: guigsy

guigsy — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:15:00 +0000

Good luck with Brian Stokes and Nelson Figueroa…..that should take this team far

By: gameball

gameball — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:02:19 +0000

My guess is that Grimaldi’s wasn’t offering the big bucks.

By: gameball

gameball — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:48:34 +0000

Stokes has been great, yes, but I have a feeling he can become overexposed. I know that guys who throw mid-upper 90s with location don’t grow on trees, but he’s been beat up in the AL, probably because he hasn’t shown any reliable secondary pitches, and hitters have learned to go after him the way he goes after hitters.

Don’t get me wrong, I like Stokes, but I don’t see him as a bullpen savior for the longterm, and if I were Jerry Manuel, I would be careful about using him against the Cubs during the upcoming four games, since they are a team we may face in the postseason, and I would rather not allow them too close a look at him.

By: Boscov

Boscov — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:33:55 +0000

Matt – there’s no other pizza place you can advertise for? Papa Johns pizza is a travesty – it’s disgusting man. How can you advocate for such trash pizza?

By: gameball

gameball — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:28:12 +0000

I suddenly have the strangest urge for a Papa John’s pizza — it’s uncanny; I’ve never even eaten one before, so I can’t imagine how this notion just popped into my head.

By: patrick

patrick — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:21:54 +0000

I am more than happy with how Stokes has contributed, but at the same time I am not exactly counting on him turning into a gem of late innings reliever just yet.

By: richmurg

richmurg — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:13:55 +0000

Stokes has been HUGE. I expect it to continue down the stretch.

I agree patrick. The offense has to pick it up over the next 4 series and get this thing done. I’m looking in the direction of Mr. Wright

By: patrick

patrick — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:06:51 +0000

Tall order perhaps but the Mets offense has got to minimize how many times in the remaining 19 games they head into the 7th, 8th and 9th innings with leads of less than 3 runs.

I realize that both Acta and Cox will be trying to rally their teams around the idea of being the spoiler, but you have to aggressively take these teams out of it early. When you get a 2-0 lead in the first couple of innings, you have to try and surprise them with bunt hits and hit and run plays, be aggressive and make the opponents wish the game and season were over.