Over the last week, it was reported that Johan Santana will not be ready to pitch Opening Day – a report the Mets would not initially confirm nor deny.
The next day, Santana declared himself fit enough to pitch Opening Day.
Far too often, the Mets have looked foolish in these types of health matters.
Last season, it appeared they mishandled the Ryan Church concussion injury by allowing him to dictate his ability to play, when clearly Church’s judgment was impaired by a significant head injury.
However, a significant injury to Santana is something the team cannot afford, since he is the most indispensable player on the their roster.
This is why it is not important that Santana pitch Opening Day, as it is simply symbolic – it is most important that make his 30-35 starts over the course of the 162 game season.
Regardless if Santana says he is ‘OK,’ why can’t the Mets still have a precautionary MRI performed to see if there is anything to be truly concerned about?
I’m sure the MRI machines in southern Florida will produce the same result as any in Manhattan – unless of course the Marlins have devised a way to sabotage the Mets season before Opening Day, rather than their customary last day of the season.
If nothing else, it puts the issue to rest and surely puts the organization and their fan’s hearts and minds at ease. Instead, the Mets and Santana continue to send mixed signals.
It wasn’t until late yesterday, Mets GM Omar Minaya finally told the media doctors had declared Santana ‘fine.’
I am alarmed it took the Mets over 48 hours to come to out with a clear message – but sadly, this is something we have become accustomed to.
Perhaps the entire franchise should take Manuel’s advice on being a ‘team,’ on and off the field.
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I don’t see any relationship between the Santana confusion and a the teamwork philosophy.
The Santana saga is merely a continuation of the front office and ownership buffoonery that we have all become used to.
But it has nothing to do with the players on the field acting in the best interest of the team.
Extremely well presented and an excellent point Mike.
Overall, Mike makes some good points here, and Mike generally writes well…but is plagued by grammar issues. The site really needs a copy-editor.
“to see if there is anything to be truly *concern about?” *concerned
“puts the organization’s – and their *fan’s”
*fans’
“*Its alarming it took the Mets over 48 hours to come to out with a clear message, but sadly, this is something we have become *accustom to.” *It’s & *accustomed
i agree with what you are saying here.
although i think it’s a stretch to make a connection between being a team and the way the mets are dealing with the santana health situation. that’s a PR thing, what does it have to do with the “team mentality”?
Yeah, I have to agree with this. The connection between the “team mentality” thing and Johan’s situation is a bit of a stretch.
Also, most of the confusion comes from the media, and not from the team. The media demands an immediate prognosis on for what is in reality a day-to-day evaluation, so they blow every new comment out of proportion. If the Mets’ personnel said “relax, we’ll let you know when we know,” they would be criticized as secretive.
The Mets may have botched the Ryan Church injury last year, but I’m pretty sure that Johan is more familiar with his arm than Church was with the lasting effects of a concussion. If he says he’s ready to pitch, that’s OK with me.
Honestly, I don’t care that the Mets do this. Arguably the most successful sports franchise of this decade, the Patriots, have a history of doing this…
In this market, things are going to be blown out of proportion of the Mets are close to the vest and things are going to get blown out of proportion if he goes for further tests. Not just by the fans either, but also by the media (local and national).
All I care about is how Santana looks and says he feels. The rest is just window dressing.
beat me to the punch wanny
I’ve never seen so much whining over by a fan base as I have seen over the Johan thing. Suddenly everyone sitting at thier computers has a medical degree?
The guy had a stiff arm at the begging of spring training, this is not uncommon, this is not news,
santana is the best pitcher in baseball and, as mike noted, the single most vital cog in the wheel of this team. management comes out and says he needs a mri and that he won’t start opening day. ok, so they retracted it, but this was the idea in the heads of fans for a day or two and it’s definitely cause for concern considering how they handled churche’s injury last year. tell me how this is not news please…
but the Mets made it news…saying he was going to NY for an MRI after pitching well in a bullpen session…then say he isn’t going…
It could have been handled a little better…it got more exposure than it was worth, but its like the Mets made it news when it really isnt
they said he was going for an MRI BEFORE he pitched that bullpen session, for PRECAUTIONARY measures, simply because they had time to do it. Since he felt fine in the bullpen, had no problems, why send him? LIke Omar clearly stated, the only reason they were sending him was a “why not?” kind of thing, when they had time. Now that he’s feeling better, back on a schedule, there’s no time to do that, and frankly, no reason. These people aren’t robots running a computer program, they make decisions, they change them, they go back and forth on things, it happens. They’re not there to make Mike Nichols feel all fuzzy inside so he doesn’t have to worry about Santana anymore.
i disagree. if an mri is ever even an option i don’t see why he doesn’t get one. i hate to parrot whats been said everywhere in the media, but can people get mri’s in florida or is ny the only place in the country where mri’s are given? don’t tell me there’s no time for it. the guy throws 35 pitches every few days.
If they MRI’d every player who had soreness, they’d spend about half a million on MRIs a year, if not more.
There was no other symptom other than ordinary soreness.
for the final time, its not about just getting an some random MRI, if there really were a problem, Santana would need to be examined by an orthopedist (at the hospital for special surgery, the best hospital for orthopedics in the country, which is in NYC) and furthermore, they’d want one of their docs there to get the MRI to know which angles they wanted, if they wanted contrast used, all that kind of stuff, which you can only decide to do when you actually have the patient in front of you. Going to some random MRI place in florida is worthless.
then why ever bring bring up the possibility? i’m not saying give an mri to every guy on the team with a blister or a hang nail. but when your season can be made or unmade by one man’s left arm and he has pain in his left elbow that doctors deemed, albeit only for a day, mri worthy, i still don’t see how this doesn’t make sense as a precautionary measure
the problem darkstar is that this involves Johan. The most important pitcher we have, maybe even player. Yes the media blew this thing up, and last week I was not worried about it. I just as-sumed its ST, its normal soreness stiffness, maybe he was compensating b/c of the knee…but once the team starts talking about a precautionary MRI that involves your best player, its hard not to get nervous. And then that MRI doesn’t happen, obviously you want to trust the team, but its like, why not just find out for sure. Any topic about your best pitcher involving “elbow” and “MRI” is not reas-suring
and darkstar, i’m not a medical professional of any kind, but ‘for the final time’ don’t tell me that they can’t do it cuz the logistics don’t work out. they’re the mets. they can fly whoever they want, wherever they want, whenever they want and they can pay them any amount required.
Some of you are as-suming the doctors deemed Johan’s soreness to be MRI-worthy for at least 1 day and that’s no necessarily so.
It could have been someone in the front office just being over cautious in this situation.
Again, It was nothing more than ordinary soreness that Johan had.
He is going to feel like this probably 20-30 times throughout the year. You don’t give him MRIs as if they were aspirin.
Logical fans understand it was probably general soreness but when you starting throwing around terms like MRI and elbow about your teams ace, fans get worried. Yes the media blew this story up, but there was enough doubt a week ago to even think about an MRI, precaution or no precaution, that still isn’t reas-suring
fans care therefore fans will worry about this. in all probability, he’s fine, but it’s natural to worry when you hear ‘mri’ come from the team. regardless, i think we’ve reached the point in the argument where neither side has specific enough information to win
Darkstar, you are 100% correctamundo. Things change, and you adjust by making different decisions on the fly. Some of these people who agree with this writer probably have no clue what it is to run a business or manage a department. Mets need no apologies here and should tell all the pundits–especially on SNY starting at 5 PM to shut the hell up.
Yaaaaaaay. Never been more proud of Barry Lyons.
this might quite possibly be the most idiotic and ignorant post I’ve ever read in the history of metsblog. Stop it with the opinion pieces when you clearly have no idea what you’re talking about. You sound like the rest of the NY media, creating a story out of nothing. There is no “squabble”, there’s simply a pitching coach looking to protect his player, and a player rearing to go, that’s it. You people amaze me.
I haven’t been able to post in a while because of FireFox issues. I have been to lazy to switch to IE but for this I did.
With that said, perfect post dark. The problem with NY and sports fans in general but especially NY Sports Fans is they let the media (NYP, NYDN etc.) who are trying to save a dying business skew their opinions. The reports this morning were laughable about the flip-flopping of the Mets.
Can people learn to think critically and not let others dictate your opinions?
thhanks for the heads up about firefox…ive been using it all week and couldnt post a damn thing w/o “moderation”…now back using safari and no problems, i had no idea what it was.
It’s Firefox’s newest version 3.0.6 that causes all posts to be ‘awaiting moderation’. I have no idea why. As I like Firefox, I re-loaded back to 3.0.5 and I’m good to go on this blog.
Don’t like using I.E. here b/c the formatting is horrible in I.E. on this blog. At least it is for me…..
You my friend get another yippie. I was thinking the same thing. What a joke of a post.
THANK YOU!! This is without doubt the most uninformed (and for blog purposes irresponsible in the sense that it totally disinforms their readers) post I have read in 3 years of metsblog. Im sorry to have to write this but it without a doubt classifies as an ignorant post. Looking down I see a lot of people are coming out to shed some knowledge on this issue so I wont repeat the facts here. But Nichols should come out and state the obvious: he has no idea what having an MRI done entails.
THANK YOU!! This is without doubt the most uninformed (and for blog purposes irresponsible in the sense that it totally disinforms readers) post I have read in 3 years of metsblog. Im sorry to have to write this but it without a doubt cla-s-s-ifies as an ignorant post. Looking down I see a lot of people are coming out to shed some knowledge on this issue so I wont repeat the facts here. But Nichols should come out and state the obvious: he has no idea what having an MRI done entails.
futhermore, why do they need a clear message? it’s a month before the season, get on with your life for chirst sake. they’re simply taking their time. WOW, is all i can say, stupidest post on metsblog EVER!
why don’t they just get every pitcher an MRI so they can put everyone at ease even more? This is so ridiculous. Santana’s arm is not bothering him anymore, why on god’s green earth would he need an MRI? EVERY pitcher gets tightness or soreness at some point, you sound like a freaking baby.
Sounds like a good idea to me. Don’t see why teams aren’t on board with this theory.
Schedule at least 2 MRIs per year (ST, AS break) for each of your pitchers (whom you’ve invested heavily in)
Maybe its smart not to follow the steroid mantra: “we didn’t know or care to test” Slight tears only require time to heal – seems like a small price to pay when compared to when these issues snowball from discomfort, to pain, to compensation, to surgergy
If doctors have evaluated him and have said he’s fine then he is fine. Remember, last year after his 2nd concussion Church went to several doctors who all told him he is fine. Just because he didn’t hit as well doesn’t mean he was still suffering from it.
This is more the media confusing the story by being too quick to publish it than waiting to get all the facts and publishing that.
people simply don’t understand concussions, and that includes the medical field, it’s extremely difficult to give a prognosis for them as well as simply to diagnose one. Of course, Mike Nichols doesn’t know that, but he’ll pretend to.
Agree again, concussions may show NO symptoms for weeks and then come on suddenly.
AROD out until May.
Am I a bad person for laughing meniacally at this?
take it for what it is worth, which is not really much at all. but a guy i know in boston said he knew a minnesota doctor that dealt with vikings and twins, and this bostonian dude told me the doctor informed him that johan’s arm would be trouble in 2 years time. that was about a year and a half ago. again, it’s one of those a guy who knows a guy type rumor things. just saying.
but yeah it is a stiff arm, which is totally normal at this time of year. thing is why do the mets handle it the way they do. why send messages? why say he was going to go to nyc for tests in the first place ? if it was even considered at one point with any seriousness, i think the investment they have in him is worth the precautionary measure of getting a simple test done.
that’s the biggest load of BS I’ve ever heard
MEMO TO THE METS ORG WHEN IT COMES TO A PLAYER AND INJURIES:
SHUT UP!!!!
and wait till the doctors declare if the player is fine or not
Even when they don’t say anything the media makes a big story about it and people panic.
For example, Santana misses his first ST start and everyone ask why? What do you tell them? Nothing? None of your buisness? Like that won’t become even MORE of a story?
You had me until you wondered why he couldn’t just get an MRI just to be sure. An MRI should never be done to reassure the fan base or the media. It is a medical procedure that should only be done for good medical reasons. Any decision about whether to get an MRI should be solely at the discretion of the team doctors.
ever? i think you are lying.
“Far too often the Mets have looked foolish in these types of health matters …. Last season they clearly botched the Ryan Church concussion injury,”
I strongly disagree with this common characterization of the Mets’ medical care. Yes, there were issues regarding the handling of Church, but the diagnosis and treatment of concussion symptoms in baseball players is in unchartered waters. And, at any rate, any blame belongs to the medical doctors involved here, not the front office.
Apart from Church, I don’t think there are any other instances where the Mets deserve criticism. People badly confuse the medical staff the Mets used before Omar became GM with what they have now, and they are two totally different groups.
As for the MRI situation, they likely have agreements in place with facilities in NY for diagnostic tests in terms of pricing and scheduling, and if there is no emergency or urgency, then there is no need to get an MRI in Florida. There was NO emergency or urgency with Santana.
I do agree however that the coaching staff and Santana could do a better job of getting on the same page in terms of his schedule.
Mets sign his check…they decide his schedule. That should be it.
In regards to the injury stuff…Pedro and El Duque injuries were random injuries to begin with so it was hard to deal with that (creating a new shoe for Pedro?) but there something wrong when El Duque screwed up both his calf muscles at the end of 2006…that was shady.
hey didnt handle the billy wagner thing well either, how could they not know he needed surgery? they let him pitch a bullpen and then decide nope…season over?
I didn’t see anything wrong with the medical handling of El Duque. If you did, why don’t you be specific.
As for Wagner, what did they do wrong? If a player says he is fine to pitch, then no one would know otherwise.
people act like Mets management and/or Doctors are gods or something. You can’t know something’s wrong until someone tells you, and even if they do, you can’t know exactly what’s wrong and/or how bad it is all the time. People like to believe modern medicine can do anything, but it’s just not true, there are more limitations than anything.
It felt like the Wagner thing, no one really knew what was wrong. there was a problem and i thought they had an mri and then it was lets let him rest…but then they found it later. I’m saying, and i dont know for sure, but it seemed they didn’t due diligence before hand and then they found out after weeks that he was done.
The el duque thing, I don’t remember the details, but he was injured August 2006 with a calf injury, correct me if im wrong, came back to rehabbing in september and then injured his other calf and was done for the year. Now, that could be bad luck, and may not be a result of anything the mets did (he was 38-44 years old) but just seems odd.
Most likely Wagner knew he would need surgery but wanted to pitch through the pain the rest of the season. Thus the going back and forth.
but it seemed they didn’t due diligence before hand and then they found out after weeks that he was done.
It seemed? You are just guessing here. What happened to Wagner often happens to pitchers and its not even always clear when that ligament incurred most of the damage — ie, whether it was gradual or mostly all at once. Just look at the Braves pitchers and how they all tried to pitch through pain last year. Smoltz, Hudson and Glavine all ended up needed surgery yet weren’t diagnosed right away. Are the Braves triply incompetent here.
And as far as El Duque goes, forget it. He was a medical disaster waiting to happen no matter who treated him. The Yankees had been complaining about El Duque’s vague and frequent complaints all the way back to 2000. There is no way you can bash the Mets medical doctors with El Duque.
And how about A-Rod, LOL. They say his hip has hurt since last year. So, are Yankee doctors incompetent?
I was just guessing…good points regarding atlanta…I guess with Wagner, they were hoping it was something minor that rest would heal, and obviously it wasnt.
I wasn’t pinning El Duque on the Mets…bad example b/c of his history. Duque and Pedro both had nagging injuries throughout their mets careers. Fact is, they were just breaking down.
I didnt think that Arod cyst was gonna be a big deal, I guess so. Bad timing too, people are gonna think he cant handle the pressure. maybe he was telling the truth when he said he didnt know how to inject himself.
I kinda feel bad for him though…i wanted him to have a monster start and shut people up. i know he brought this all on himself, but still feel bad for the guy….i really shouldn’t i know.
starz, when I said “last year” I meant during the 2008 season. So A-Rod has this pain during the 2008 season, and they apparently never ever gave him an MRI for it until this spring????
And his contract is twice the amount as Johan’s?
Gee, how can anyone get on the Mets after this?
I want to see all these Dr. journalist (like Davidoff) start bashing the Yankees over this one or they’ll just look like they have an anti-Mets bias.
By the way, off topic side bar, but here’s a quick hat tip to Cerrone and his crew for some excellent coverage the past few weeks (and especially this week). I’ve been reading since 2003 or 2004, and the site has really become insightful and advanced in such a short period of time. This is easily the best Spring Training coverage vis-a-vis any other outlet that I’ve ever seen. Thanks guys. Let’s Go Mets
Mike Nichols really needs to stick to posting recaps of games.
It’s not as simple as “slap him in an MRI machine in Dade County” and send a disc of the results to HSS.
With an actually valuable patient like Santana you want the doctor in the room with the tech — you need the doctor to say “I want an additional view” or “actually, inject contrast that we didn’t think we need” — the idea that you’d just as well by getting a prescription for “MRI L/ Shoulder” faxed to some MRI Tech in florida as you would with the mets team orthopedist monitoring the process in real time is just goofy.
Unless you all really believe the MRI you get when you hurt an ankle playing pick up hoops gets the same level of detail as the one on Santana’s arm.
The whole “well isn’t there an MRI machine in Florida” is one of the more poorly-thought out arguments around.
THANK YOU, however Mike Nichols doesn’t know anything about what you just said, which is unfortunate because he then goes on to write these posts with absolutely no knowledge of what he’s talking about.
guys, guys… you aren’t being team players…
What it does do is make a slow news day back into a 100+ comment post thus making more moeny for Metsblog. It’s clas sic media.
conspiracy rocks metsblog…lol
The amazing thing about MRI images is that they are digital and can be sent to any doctor, anywhere in the world by something called “the internet”
I think the points made above about the quality and characteristics of the images taken is valid. It’s not a matter of a particular phyisician seeing the images, it’s a matter of the physician controlling the images taken.
I agree in most part to what jpkmets said. My post was made without seeing his/her’s. When it comes to injecting contrast dyes, I can see why a MD with a high price athlete would want direct control over that. But good MRI images can be done without contrast, and any competent radiologist (MD)can image a complete exam that any other doctor in the world would be satisfied with the quality and completeness.
A-ROD reportedly needs hip surgery, out till mid may
http :// nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29529727/
wow….talk about a tough start to the year…
divorce…roids…out till may…..
i start to feel bad for him then I remember he gets paid $150,000 + per game.
And A-Rod said he felt this pain during the 2008 season. And they are only taking care of it now. And people are bashing the Mets over medical care?
Wow.
I agree with the above comments about this inept post. Information is given to the media on the progress of players as it occurs. After each subsequent bullpen or throwing session Johan has had, a comment was made on his status. To me, this is being handled properly.
As did all of the columnist on Around the Horn yesterday.
We’re all entitled to our own opinions, but when they’re as stupid as the ones presented in this post, I’d rather not be subject to them.
1. The Mets did not “mishandle” Church’s injury – concussion management is generally trial and error
2. The Mets are not sending mixed signals, they are being cautious
3. Who cares? The pitcher’s health is what is important
Another great post among lots of ignorance.
The Mets did mishandle Church. People with concussions should never fly in high altitude aircraft. The Mets did just that.
Aside from the fact that they generally screw these things up anyway, you know whose fault this is? (I know I’m gonna get slammed) Jay Horowitz. This guy has been in control of the Mets’ message to the media for decades, and it has always been as sloppy as he dresses.
People love the guy, I understand, but he is a nightmare.
The media are the ones not on the same page. They are making up BS stories and then are shocked when the Mets or santana say otherwise.
The only pages the media are concerned with are the back page and Page Six.
exactly, and potential injury to a teams ace sells papers, regardles-s of the accuracy.
I remember seeing the headlines and thinking, wtf? this isnt a big deal.
For those with the moderation problem, if you revert back to Firefox 3.0.5 that should fix it. It did for me and many others.
If you do, be sure to turn off automatic updates in options.
All need to relax!!! Doctors confirmed that an MRI is not necessary. Second, Johan has felt this pain before and knows what he is doing, unlike Ryan Church. If an MRI will slow down the progress, then why bother!
Actually, MRI machines DO produce different results as MRI machines cost $500k and up and, as a result, some are 20 years old and are not as good as the new ones. Plus, teams want the best doctors to look at them and they, get this, are often in New York.
So, Mike, ask a doctor before you make a joke aboutr MRI machines. Idiot.
Thanks for the personal insult. It’s appreciated.
You can’t be easily offended if you stick your neck out about something you know nothing about.
I have been called many names on here because I do post my opinion. Get over it.
I’m providing my opinion on the matter. That’s all. I don’t proclaim to be an expert. I’m just a fan like you. It just so happens that I have been giving the opportunity to voice that opinion in a bigger forum than you. Just because you don’t agree with my opinion does not mean its necessary to throw out personal insults.
I am not the one throwing out insults. I don’t usually do that. I do have the opinion that it was poorly written and you have no idea what you are talking about. Again, my opinion.
However, if you are going to make an opinion post on a blog then you have to expect some name calling. Especially if you are one that “have been giving the opportunity to voice that opinion in a bigger forum than you”. Your opinion is that the Mets screwed it up. You have no factual evidence of it. His opinion is that you are an idiot, he has very little factual evidence of it. It’s not a big deal. Get over it.
I am not the one throwing out insults. I don’t usually do that.
Haaa, please real you gotta be kidding.
Seriously, Mr. Bill. I have been on here for years and make as many post as anyone. It’s very rare that I call someone a name, especially unless they result to that first.
And what be even rarer would be for Fur*oso/DWright Unclu*ch/Mr Bill/Whatever to actually have an idea or a thought…..instead of just copying and pasting OTHERS’ thoughts and making inane remarks….
Now THAT would be rare indeed.
Mike, the problem is, you know even less about MRI’s and the medical field than you do about baseball, which frankly, should allow people to attack your opinions, because they’re entirely baseless and laughable.
i wouldn’t worry about it, man. people can be so discourteous sometimes it’s sickening. i guess it isn’t easy for some people to argue a point without trying to belittle their opponent personally at the same time
The idiot part is completely unnecessary. Everything else is spot on though. Terrible post.
Its amazin how much leg this MRI thing has gotten.
The big picture:
Church and Wagner handling of injuries last seaon scared people.
It doesnt matter if in fact Minaya handled it right or wrong the perception fair or not is it could of been handled better.
Fast forward 2009:
Your Ace experiences tendinitess is shutdown a few days and later says everything is fine.
Of course people will freak and want an MRI especially when the GM at one point was said to have him scheduled to fly to NY for one.
In the end we can only hope this will not come back to bite us fans and Minaya in the ass. Let’s all hold our collective breath for the next few weeks.
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Its amazin how much leg this MRI thing has gotten.
The big picture:
Church and Wagner handling of injuries last seaon scared people.
It doesnt matter if in fact Minaya handled it right or wrong the perception fair or not is it could of been handled better.
Fast forward 2009:
Your Ace experiences tendinitess is shutdown a few days and later says everything is fine.
Of course people will freak and want an MRI especially when the GM at one point was said to have him scheduled to fly to NY for one.
In the end we can only hope this will not come back to bite us fans and Minaya in the a-s-s. Let’s all hold our collective breath for the next few weeks.
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Why is this post here?
It sounds like talk radio fodder (creating a problem simply for sensationalism’s sake).
Bingo Mingo.
Mike – you gotta remember something, you basically said “All MRI Machines are the same” which is roughly equivalent to “All people who throw a baseball with their left arm are the same.” It’s an absurd statement. Better (generally newer) ones REALLY DO pick up more. Don’t act like there isn’t a reason they want Johan to go to NYC to take the MRI. It’s the reason people go to Dr. James Andrews of Birmingham, Alabama: You want the best.
So please, don’t keep saying that “all MRI machines are the same” crap like everyone else does. They’re not – and I’m not even a doctor (the last bio or chem class I took was in high school).
The whole premise of this post is that the media’s reaction is of utmost importance. Sure, the organization should try to manage health reports and corresponding expectations better. But, they shouldn’t care THAT much. At the end of the day, I don’t think it affects the clubhouse much, which should be the only real concern when managing media issues. So, there is some validity to this post, but way too much implied weight on the issue.
i still don’t see anything wrong with the post. there are a lot of people on this thread who should find something better to do with their time than jump down this guy’s throat.
Other than a total lack of understanding on the subject matter there is absolutely nothing wrong with the post. The intense response is mostly due to the fact that a lot of us have obviously grown tired of the repetitive, ill-informed posts on the MRI situtation posted on the threads. To now have the same lack of understanding fleshed out in one of the contributor’s posts is the proverbial straw the brok the camel’s back. Nichols is entitled to his opinion, but if he wants the priviledges of writing for metsblog he should also a-s-summe the responsability of researching a bit.
There is something very wrong with this post. It has been long over-exposed and it has become a non-story. The writer is grasping at straws just to criticize the Mets.
Jerry has been running a great camp, the Mets have been showing a nice chemisty amongst themselves, but some Debby Downer has to find fault with them any way.
The writer deserves all the flack he can get. It is an irresponsible story with little facts to back his riduclous assertions.
OK, This writer and all the pundits at SNY need to shut up. What is everybody complaining about?The news, as opposed to most other times when a Met injury is reported, turned out positive for once—yet all the writers need to criticize the Mets over basically…nothing. The fact is the Mets were alarmed over some initial tightness…so, that would be the normal reaction. They wanted to schedule an MRI. But, then Santana felt fine and it snowed in the Northeast, so the MRI in NY was cancelled. So..what’s the big deal? Santana continues to say he is fine and that should be the end of it. Stupid journalists making a mountain out of a mole-hill. The Mets owe you no explanations. Go cover A-Rod’s cist or something. Next!
As a reader of Metsblog for the past 3 years, I believe this wins the award for most irrelevant and most egregious soapbox post.
If you feel this way, join the discussion in the comments section fo 50% of the posts these days. Your opinion is no more correct than the 500 others debating this exact same topic. Just because you can put a jpeg of an MRI machine on yuor post doesn’t make it better. It doesn’t deserve to be on the front page; especially “48 hours” after a saga. Let it die, celebrate that Santana is elite and feels no pain, and watch the AAA players play Italy today.
There are times I miss the days Cerrone was the lone voice of this site (pre-SNY days)
I miss that too. I also miss when the writers on this bog didn’t have such big heads and egos.
I miss the pre-SNY days as well. I used to be a constant commenter but things have changed over the past 2 years or so.
There used to be far more posts, far more links with a break-down of the beat reporters stories, far more links to other blogs who have interesting tidbits (these blogs also got their own posts not just group listing).
Perfect example is the NYT has an article about CitiField. They took a tour with Jeff Wilpon. Is there a single mention of it on this site? No. How many contributers does the site have and how few posts actually occur.
Robin Williams was hospitalized in Miami, here’s the latest.
Local TV station WSVN reported that Williams was in an intensive care unit at a Miami hospital. The Miami Herald reported earlier today that Williams had been admitted to a Miami hospital suffering from “shortness of breath.”
However, the London’s Daily Mail is reporting that the actor will check out of the hospital later today.
Man…his publicist is really screwing this up. They need to get on the same page!
Lol!! Well done.
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