Comments on: Interview: with Nelson Figueroa about Blogs

By: danthemanmurphy

danthemanmurphy — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:21:30 +0000

as a grown lady, this made me tear up too.

By: 31yonkers5

31yonkers5 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:17:09 +0000

Awesome feature Matt… keep up the great work. Can’t wait to read the next installment. Too bad Cliff Floyd isnt here for these questions, i’d love to hear his responses…

By: Geoffrey

Geoffrey — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:54:48 +0000

I went to two games at Shea in that last week and Nelson hung out by the dugout both times to sign whatever the fans wanted: balls, tickets, programs, DVDs, etc. And he made sure he got to every fan. He was the only Met to sign anything those nights and it must have taken him about 10 or 15 minutes to do that. Nelson definitely won over this fan and I’m sure he won over many others as well. I wish the guy the best of luck with whatever he does and I’ll always be rooting for him on and off the field.

By: Airfeet

Airfeet — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:20:31 +0000

Figeroua’s a complete scrub that simply is nowhere near good enoguh to pitch a game in the major leagues…lets get serious here

By: Ceetar

Ceetar — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:40:19 +0000

We need guys like Figgy to stay around and contribute. Many fans (particularly readers of this site or listeners to WFAN) are finding any reason they can to boo and hate just everybody on this team. Having guys that the fans can get behind and really like and root for would help put us in the right frame of mind.

Add that to Pelfrey and Murphy’s seeming emergence, Santanas brilliance and the comeback stories of Maine and/or Church could get some positive vibes going.

By: chico

chico — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:19:35 +0000

I caught up with Figgy at a minor league road game in between callups and was cheering my guts out for the Mets. When the game was over, he tossed me a game used ball and even signed it for me as well. Very cla*ss act from everything I saw. It’s nice to see him getting a little pub on the site.

By: TheBigStapler

TheBigStapler — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:07:08 +0000

For serious.

By: TheBigStapler

TheBigStapler — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:02:33 +0000

Yeah, it was definitely interesting.

By: remaxajf

remaxajf — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:38:29 +0000

I am sorry, I am a grown man but I couldn’t help but tear up when reading the following post from Mrs. figueroa on the last day of the season:

“We walked over to the apple and Renee (his daughter) and Nelson said Good-bye to that. Then we drove home.
On the way home Nelson said to me, “I’m sorry it took me so long to come out”. I told him it was fine and he said, barely above a whisper, with a crack in his voice, “I didn’t want to take the uniform off”. I took his hand, kissed his cheek and we drove silently back to Brooklyn.

2009 can’t get here fast enough!

By: Jaded1983

Jaded1983 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:39:55 +0000

especially since he did well out of the pen for us…..