Comments on: Quote: The Next Chapter http://www.metsblog.com/2008/12/12/quote-the-next-chapter/ 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: D-Day http://www.metsblog.com/2008/12/12/quote-the-next-chapter/#comment-406449 D-Day Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:03:28 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=23763#comment-406449 honestly its best for both sides that heilman goes, that much is obvious. i probably booed him as much as anyone but oh well, whats in the past is in the past and a wish him good luck. honestly its best for both sides that heilman goes, that much is obvious. i probably booed him as much as anyone but oh well, whats in the past is in the past and a wish him good luck.

]]> By: eligoodrich http://www.metsblog.com/2008/12/12/quote-the-next-chapter/#comment-406110 eligoodrich Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:45:07 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=23763#comment-406110 good bye. I will never miss you whatever you do with another team.You are a nut case...,but yea i never did boo you and booing you as you come out to the mound,before you even through a pitch is rediculous and i dont blame you for not wanting to pitch well.(if that was the case) good bye. I will never miss you whatever you do with another team.You are a nut case…,but yea i never did boo you and booing you as you come out to the mound,before you even through a pitch is rediculous and i dont blame you for not wanting to pitch well.(if that was the case)

]]> By: iluvbuckner http://www.metsblog.com/2008/12/12/quote-the-next-chapter/#comment-406093 iluvbuckner Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:24:07 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=23763#comment-406093 A chance will do you good Aaron. NY is a tough crowd. Best of luck. FYI...I never booed you. A chance will do you good Aaron. NY is a tough crowd. Best of luck.

FYI…I never booed you.

]]> By: hsimms http://www.metsblog.com/2008/12/12/quote-the-next-chapter/#comment-406035 hsimms Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:34:56 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=23763#comment-406035 I attended Aaron's first professional start at PSL on August 7, 2001. On that basis I'll miss him. I attended Aaron’s first professional start at PSL on August 7, 2001. On that basis I’ll miss him.

]]> By: yagottabelieve http://www.metsblog.com/2008/12/12/quote-the-next-chapter/#comment-406018 yagottabelieve Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:25:12 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=23763#comment-406018 97mph fastball, plus changeup. From 2005-2007 he was possibly the best set-up man in the National League, and during the awful collapse of '07, he was the only pitcher who stepped up and gave us solid innings out of the pen time after time. Yes, he had one really bad year in 2008 but he deserves much more respect than he's ever gotten. I was at Shea for his one-hitter and it was no fluke. When he was on, he could dominate a ballgame. I'm glad we got Putz and I'm happy (for his sake as well as ours) that he's gone. But I hope he gets his chance to start and I hope he excels. 97mph fastball, plus changeup. From 2005-2007 he was possibly the best set-up man in the National League, and during the awful collapse of ’07, he was the only pitcher who stepped up and gave us solid innings out of the pen time after time. Yes, he had one really bad year in 2008 but he deserves much more respect than he’s ever gotten.

I was at Shea for his one-hitter and it was no fluke. When he was on, he could dominate a ballgame.

I’m glad we got Putz and I’m happy (for his sake as well as ours) that he’s gone. But I hope he gets his chance to start and I hope he excels.

]]> By: bucknersankles http://www.metsblog.com/2008/12/12/quote-the-next-chapter/#comment-405999 bucknersankles Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:10:52 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=23763#comment-405999 THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT HEILMAN NEEDED A CHANGE OF SCENERY, HOWEVER, LETS NOT FORGET ONE THING IT WAS RICK ( I CAN FIX ZAMBRANO IN 10 MINUTES ) PETERSON THAT TURNED HIELMAN INTO A 2 PITCH PITCHER WHEN IN FACT HE IS A 4 PITCH PITCHER. HEILMAN HAS THE STUFF AND THE SIZE TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL, NUMEROUS TIMES HE CAME OUT OF THE BP AND WAS LIGHTS OUT. DO YOU THINK THAT THE INTEREST IN HEILMAN BY OTHER TEAMS WAS PITY OR IS IT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT HEILMAN WAS RESTRICTED FROM USING HIS FULL REPERTOIRE ? WHY DO YOU THINK THE METS DID'NT UNLOAD HIM AFTER THE INFAMOUS HR BY THE IMMORTAL YADIER MOLINA OR SUBSEQUENT HR'S THEREAFTER?BECAUSE HIS STUFF IS NASTY, UNFORTUNATELY FOR US HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE JOB DONE ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, BUT WHO'S FAULT IS THAT ? MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM A SHOT IN SPRING TRAINING FOR THE 5TH STARTER SLOT, IN ANY EVENT, WE GOT PUTZ AND I'M SATISFIED, THAT SAID, I HAVE A FUNNY FEELING THAT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO START IN SEATTLE HEILMAN IS GOING TO THRIVE. THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT HEILMAN NEEDED A CHANGE OF SCENERY, HOWEVER, LETS NOT FORGET ONE THING IT WAS RICK ( I CAN FIX ZAMBRANO IN 10 MINUTES ) PETERSON THAT TURNED HIELMAN INTO A 2 PITCH PITCHER WHEN IN FACT HE IS A 4 PITCH PITCHER.
HEILMAN HAS THE STUFF AND THE SIZE TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL, NUMEROUS TIMES HE CAME OUT OF THE BP AND WAS LIGHTS OUT.
DO YOU THINK THAT THE INTEREST IN HEILMAN BY OTHER TEAMS WAS PITY OR IS IT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT HEILMAN WAS RESTRICTED FROM USING HIS FULL REPERTOIRE ?
WHY DO YOU THINK THE METS DID’NT UNLOAD HIM AFTER THE INFAMOUS HR BY THE IMMORTAL YADIER MOLINA OR SUBSEQUENT HR’S THEREAFTER?BECAUSE HIS STUFF IS NASTY, UNFORTUNATELY FOR US HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE JOB DONE ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, BUT WHO’S FAULT IS THAT ?
MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM A SHOT IN SPRING TRAINING FOR THE 5TH STARTER SLOT, IN ANY EVENT, WE GOT PUTZ AND I’M SATISFIED, THAT SAID, I HAVE A FUNNY FEELING THAT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO START IN SEATTLE HEILMAN IS GOING TO THRIVE.

]]> By: stillbelieve http://www.metsblog.com/2008/12/12/quote-the-next-chapter/#comment-405953 stillbelieve Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:48:11 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=23763#comment-405953 heilman wasnt a relief pitcher he was a disaster heilman wasnt a relief pitcher he was a disaster

]]> By: Free Aaron Heilman III http://www.metsblog.com/2008/12/12/quote-the-next-chapter/#comment-405950 Free Aaron Heilman III Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:46:50 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=23763#comment-405950 "Don’t give me this he relished the role crap. They get paid to play. If Heilman tried less because he wanted to start I have no respect for him (and he did try, and he did care he just choked.)" Sorry, but it's absolutely true. Benitez was a closer by training and trade ... and signed a big contract with the Mets to continue to do it. Heilman NEVER wanted to be in the pen and his agent told Omar that a few years ago. And until this past season when he made just over $2 mill, he was making relative peanuts. Of course he didn't try less. He is a pro. But motivation and desire always play into performance and I'm sure that was the case with Heilman. If he were still on the team in April, the only one I would be killing is Omar. “Don’t give me this he relished the role crap. They get paid to play. If Heilman tried less because he wanted to start I have no respect for him (and he did try, and he did care he just choked.)”

Sorry, but it’s absolutely true. Benitez was a closer by training and trade … and signed a big contract with the Mets to continue to do it.

Heilman NEVER wanted to be in the pen and his agent told Omar that a few years ago. And until this past season when he made just over $2 mill, he was making relative peanuts. Of course he didn’t try less. He is a pro. But motivation and desire always play into performance and I’m sure that was the case with Heilman.

If he were still on the team in April, the only one I would be killing is Omar.

]]> By: grotesmask http://www.metsblog.com/2008/12/12/quote-the-next-chapter/#comment-405947 grotesmask Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:45:23 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=23763#comment-405947 Like most fans, I don't hate Heilman the man, the person. I hate who he was a as a Mets player. He became one of those guys you could not depend on to make or or help us win. After 2007, 2008 was his second chance to put things right. He didn't and he absolutely had to go. I wish him great success as long as it isn't against my Mets. Lastly, I find it impossible to listen to any professional athlete who says booing doesn't bother him. Paaaalleeeeeezzzee. Like most fans, I don’t hate Heilman the man, the person. I hate who he was a as a Mets player. He became one of those guys you could not depend on to make or or help us win.

After 2007, 2008 was his second chance to put things right. He didn’t and he absolutely had to go.

I wish him great success as long as it isn’t against my Mets.

Lastly, I find it impossible to listen to any professional athlete who says booing doesn’t bother him. Paaaalleeeeeezzzee.

]]> By: Chris Jelic http://www.metsblog.com/2008/12/12/quote-the-next-chapter/#comment-405923 Chris Jelic Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:38:20 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=23763#comment-405923 For two and a half years, Heilman was one of the best setup men this team has had. For four and a half years, he did whatever this team asked. His first game when he was moved to the pen (which followed a 1 hit shutout) was a Kris Benson start in which KB was returning from the DL and could only throw 3 or 4 innings, so AH filled in the rest. By the final month of that season (2005), he was the closer (once BL shut down). He never wanted to be in the 'pen, but each year, once the season began, he never complained, protested or blamed the pen for his failures. His pitching in '08 was awful, and for his own sake and that of the Mets, he needed to go, and Seattle might be the best (other than Japan). While I'm convinced he can never be better than a #5 starter, I'm glad he'll get that opp. Stand up guy. For two and a half years, Heilman was one of the best setup men this team has had. For four and a half years, he did whatever this team asked. His first game when he was moved to the pen (which followed a 1 hit shutout) was a Kris Benson start in which KB was returning from the DL and could only throw 3 or 4 innings, so AH filled in the rest. By the final month of that season (2005), he was the closer (once BL shut down). He never wanted to be in the ‘pen, but each year, once the season began, he never complained, protested or blamed the pen for his failures.

His pitching in ’08 was awful, and for his own sake and that of the Mets, he needed to go, and Seattle might be the best (other than Japan). While I’m convinced he can never be better than a #5 starter, I’m glad he’ll get that opp. Stand up guy.

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