Comments on: I’m Reading: about Votto, Crawford & Bloggers

By: metskat

metskat — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:12:11 +0000

hey 2 angels are you really robert deniro……

By: Sylow59

Sylow59 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:58:18 +0000

Unless Jim Pohlad wants to finance a revival of “No, No, Nanette” don;t count on the Mauer deal seeing the light of day.

By: racemccloud

racemccloud — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:41:07 +0000

I’m sorry, I forgot to add “get it done, Omar” in all-caps.

GET IT DONE OMAR!!!!!!

By: racemccloud

racemccloud — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:40:32 +0000

Whoa whoa whoa whoa… don’t package Murphy and Thole. That’s too much. Use MURPHY to get Lincecum plus prospects, and Thole to get Kemp (but only if the Dodgers throw in Ethier, too.)

By: racemccloud

racemccloud — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:38:46 +0000

First, Votto’s not going anywhere. End of story.

Second, a general complaint. If you write anywhere publicly, where your words are seen in print, be it a newspaper or a blog or a magazine or a website or whatever… could you do us all a favor and learn how to overcome chronic punctuation and grammatical errors? One of the reasons that “MetsBlog” and “Faith and Fear in Flushing” are so popular, and the reason that I bookmark them both, are because the people who write for them actually know how to write.

I’m not talking about the occasional spelling gaffe or what-not. That’s forgivable. I’m referring to errors that are consistent and persistent. For example, this Nick Adamo person has no idea how or where to use commas. That kills the flow of his article and makes it terribly unpleasant to read. Consider “Bleacher Report” not-bookmarked.

Yeah, I know I’m a grammar Nazi. It bugs me, though. Just sayin’.

(Oh, and to even suggest that the Mets could get Joey Votto for a package highlighted by Daniel Murphy and John Maine… there’s another reason not to read this dud. Oh, I’m sorry. I meant “dude”. Sure I did.)

By: Beltranmynewfavmet

Beltranmynewfavmet — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:27:08 +0000

nonono, i was referring to the Cerrone post, not you

By: 2 angels and a pagan

2 angels and a pagan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:07:50 +0000

are you talking to me?

By: Beltranmynewfavmet

Beltranmynewfavmet — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:48:34 +0000

Totally. Then we can trade that Mejia dude in AA for Tim Lincecum, and Ruben Tejada for Felix Hernandez. I don’t know why Omar doesn’t know that these trades are available. PULL THE TRIGGER OMAR.

By: mos1982

mos1982 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:27:20 +0000

After the Mets get Votto (probably straight up for Parnell), Omar better get Mauer to fill the catching hole and Matt Kemp to play LF. I bet a sweet package of Daniel Murphy and Josh Thole could bring in these types of players. Great article.

By: thedude

thedude — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:10:37 +0000

Agree on Phillips/Harang, but it’s not that crazy that the Reds would trade Votto.

Their top prospect, Yonder Alonso, is another no-field first baseman like Votto. I can’t imagine either guy playing another position.

While they’ll likely hold onto Votto for another year or two, it’s not totally crazy they’d look to move him.