Comments on: Opinion: I Can’t Fall Asleep http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/ 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: Kingman73 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-344448 Kingman73 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:58:50 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-344448 Matt, I couldnt relate to what you just said moree. My night from the point that Jason Marquis cleared the wall to the end of the game was spent lurched forward on my couch with my face in my hands and my girlfriend rubbing my back to calm me down. Then I couldnt sleep so I laid awake watching any replay I could find of the Mets hightlights just to torture myself. Luis Castillo's at bat to end the game was mind boggling. Just mind boggling. I just want him to go away. Matt,
I couldnt relate to what you just said moree. My night from the point that Jason Marquis cleared the wall to the end of the game was spent lurched forward on my couch with my face in my hands and my girlfriend rubbing my back to calm me down. Then I couldnt sleep so I laid awake watching any replay I could find of the Mets hightlights just to torture myself. Luis Castillo’s at bat to end the game was mind boggling. Just mind boggling. I just want him to go away.

]]> By: MH http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-344162 MH Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:08:01 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-344162 Yeah it's Manuel's fault we have no bullpen. It's the everyday players' fault we have no bullpen. WE HAVE NO BULLPEN. For this everyone is ready to gut the team and ditch the manager? I hope there are no doctors posting on this site. Bad diagnosis. Someone has an infected toe and you want to cut off all four limbs. As for denial, the Mets still have the lead in the wildcard. Do you want to members of the team to focus on last year's collapse and psych themselves into another one. Being in denial usually involves pretending something isn't so and therefore not dealing with it. No one is denying the bullpen is a problem. Frankly last year's collapse involved the bullpen rather prominently as well but whereas it seemed to have a domino affect on the rest of the team at times last year, this year the everyday players are generally producing and the established starters are pitching well. They are doing a good job of blocking out that counterproductive negative thought...the kind of cancerous thought that can make its content self fulfilling. But when the team loses, fans start flailing around and lash out at everyone connected with the team. The collapse-obsessed media and fans have the potential to be a part of the problem--I don't see how this kind of negativity and anxiety is part of the solution. Yeah it’s Manuel’s fault we have no bullpen.
It’s the everyday players’ fault we have no bullpen.

WE HAVE NO BULLPEN. For this everyone is ready to gut the team and ditch the manager? I hope there are no doctors posting on this site. Bad diagnosis. Someone has an infected toe and you want to cut off all four limbs.

As for denial, the Mets still have the lead in the wildcard. Do you want to members of the team to focus on last year’s collapse and psych themselves into another one. Being in denial usually involves pretending something isn’t so and therefore not dealing with it. No one is denying the bullpen is a problem. Frankly last year’s collapse involved the bullpen rather prominently as well but whereas it seemed to have a domino affect on the rest of the team at times last year, this year the everyday players are generally producing and the established starters are pitching well. They are doing a good job of blocking out that counterproductive negative thought…the kind of cancerous thought that can make its content self fulfilling. But when the team loses, fans start flailing around and lash out at everyone connected with the team.

The collapse-obsessed media and fans have the potential to be a part of the problem–I don’t see how this kind of negativity and anxiety is part of the solution.

]]> By: mr.gee21 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-344007 mr.gee21 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:07:59 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-344007 Wow, guess we weren't focusing on the "keep it positive" point of that post, eh? We are ready to argue about everything here! (don't get me wrong, you have a somewhat valid point, just no need for it here...) Wow, guess we weren’t focusing on the “keep it positive” point of that post, eh? We are ready to argue about everything here! (don’t get me wrong, you have a somewhat valid point, just no need for it here…)

]]> By: ehog http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-343994 ehog Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:54:46 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-343994 Amen, my friend Amen, my friend

]]> By: ehog http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-343991 ehog Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:51:50 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-343991 How can you dog Sabathia? Look at his record with the Brewers. Not only that, he's man enough to go out on short rest when he knows he won't even be there next season. If the Mets had someone who could man up like him, we not be talking about all this. How can you dog Sabathia? Look at his record with the Brewers. Not only that, he’s man enough to go out on short rest when he knows he won’t even be there next season. If the Mets had someone who could man up like him, we not be talking about all this.

]]> By: toomanyuniforms http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-343988 toomanyuniforms Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:45:13 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-343988 I like "let's roll", but not for sports. I like “let’s roll”, but not for sports.

]]> By: toomanyuniforms http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-343987 toomanyuniforms Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:44:18 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-343987 This talk of jinxes and lucky numbers is nothing short of idiotic. Are we really that desperate to have our own "Billy Goat" to whine about? Folks, we don't need the phantasms. Luis Castillo is all too real. This talk of jinxes and lucky numbers is nothing short of idiotic. Are we really that desperate to have our own “Billy Goat” to whine about? Folks, we don’t need the phantasms. Luis Castillo is all too real.

]]> By: darknova http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-343946 darknova Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:20:19 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-343946 Sadly, it's hard to think any other way right now. Everytime I manage to get myself feeling optimistic, they crush my spirits once again. This is more frustrating than the end of the season should be. Sadly, it’s hard to think any other way right now. Everytime I manage to get myself feeling optimistic, they crush my spirits once again. This is more frustrating than the end of the season should be.

]]> By: nostradamus http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-343932 nostradamus Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:13:50 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-343932 are you a normal fan? are you a normal fan?

]]> By: hbrill61 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-343926 hbrill61 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:09:26 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/09/23/opinion-i-cant-fall-asleep/#comment-343926 Oh and I guess these "poor borrowers" should bear no responsibility on excepting loans they knew they could not afford. Oh and I guess these “poor borrowers” should bear no responsibility on excepting loans they knew they could not afford.

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