Comments on: Q&A: Mets Beat Writer Gives Spring Insight

By: true mets fan

true mets fan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:18:25 +0000

Im a diehard met fan but the guy that wrote church can hit lefties is an idiot, thats church’s biggest problem and the mets biggest issue while facing lefties (hamels) he made some good points but the bottom line is staying healthy, and playing better against the phils, and not blowing games (wagner) it should be a fun year.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:48:50 +0000

Let’s also keep in mind that the Phillies were decimated in every way imaginable last year with injuries. I think we had more minor leaguers pitch for us than the Blueclaws! Additionally, Howard has to have an upswing this season (doin’ alright in Florida), maybe Burrell can spark it up again, Utley is consistently great, Victorino is a superior fielder to Rowand (and he won’t endanger himself and the rest of the team, a la The Collision and The Collision part Deux) and really, how much can we possibly think Rollins is going to slide?

100 wins is a lot, but I’m certain we’ve got more coming our way this year than last. Hell, we may even pull off a winning April!

By: dan

dan — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:32:29 +0000

Sorry Rob, but at the end of the season, it’s not a matter of winning or losing one game anymore. The Phillies won the pennant and the Mets fell short. In any sport, it makes no difference how much they lost by. They just lost. You can argue as much as you want about how much Santana will make up for your team but until it actually happens, your talk doesn’t mean jack. The Phillies are division champs until they lose that title.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:36:02 +0000

Utley did not have a career year last year. He’s that type of player, and will be that type of player, year in and year out. Not to mention he missed 1 month, so he’ll certainly pick up more HR, RBI, and R. And you dbags were the ones saying that Rollins had a career year in 06. How’d that work out in 07? I forget.

I’m always baffled by aholes who go to opposing teams message boards to make posts. I go to this site to get excited about the season with fellow Phillies fans, not idiots from Queens. Worry about your own team on your own boards. Jesus. It’ll all settle itself out on the field anyway.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:31:27 +0000

to say that mlb.com writers drink their team’s kool aid is a vast understatement, you could change the team name and the player names to the nationals and marlins and this interview would read exactly the same

By: rob

rob — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:34:09 +0000

xfactor – First off, let me summarize the importance of confidence in baseball.

Were the Mets confident when they left Philly after getting waxed in a 4 game series?

No way.

Yet, within a blink of an eye, they started winnig again and their lead went back up to 7, thanks in large part to the ultra-confident Phillies dropping a bunch of games they shouldn’t have.

Were the Phillies confident when they were down by 7 with 17 to play?

Of course not.

But 3 weeks later…they were division champs!!!

Were the Phillies confident after pulling off one of the greatest comebacks in divisional history?

Of course they were!

Confident enough to promptly get swept by the Rockies.

So yes…let’s talk about who is the more confident team. Its very important!

Lets deal with the tangibile.

Nowhere did I say that we should erase the Mets final three weeks of ‘07 in handicapping this race. What I did say is they pitched horribly in that stretch, and they addressed that, and likley in a big way.

I’m simply surprised by many Phillie fans’ dimissal of the Mets. I suppose all it takes is a one game margin to alter the universe.

That’s ok…we’ll play ball soon and Madsen will pitch lights out, Hamels will become the 20 game winner this site predicts him to be, Lidge will close 90 % of his save opps, Rollins and Utley will both put up repeat career years, Howard will return to ‘06 form, Victorino will make you all say “Aaron who?”, Feliz will be reborn in Citizen’s, and JC Romero will spin a sub 2.00 era all year long. All on the way to 100 wins and a division title, validating J-Roll’s roll as hardball prophet.

It’s in the blogs…I mean stars.

By: chris m

chris m — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:48:02 +0000

Alou, Church, and Beltran are 3 GREAT outfielders? They have 2 average outfielders and 1 pretty good outfielder. (Even though Beltran is an overated fielder as they found out agianst the Phillies when he lost that one game by himself.) This guy is a joke, I don’t even want read him agian so please don’t have this bonehead on agian.

By: xfactor

xfactor — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:30:53 +0000

Met fan Rob:

In case you forgot, the Phillies did everything they could in April to give the Mets the division. So if you erase the Mets collapse you also have to erase the Phillies April.

All the talk means nada. And no, you still haven’t made up that game because the season ran out on you. There’s no way the Mets can be more confident than the Phillies because we torched you 8 straight times to steal your lunch when it mattered most.

This is going to be a great season and a great three-way race. If we can agree on anything with Mets fans, it’s “beat the Braves”.

By: rob

rob — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:17:02 +0000

I’ll preface this by saying that – as a Met fan – there are a lot of things that Anthony DiComo said that I don’t agree with. Just off the top of my head, Church and Alou are not great hitting outfielders. For an outfielder, Church is barely a “good” hitter, and Alou is virtually powerless. He hits like an infielder now. Endy Chavez is a fantastic sub, but loses his value tremndously if he has to play everyday. Not enough pop to be an everyday outfielder. There’s a host of other things as well.

However…

since when did it become so outrageous for a Met fan to be optimistic about his 88 win team, but totally appropriate for Phillie fans to be over the moon about their 89 win team?

The Phillies lost their 4th best offensive player, added a platoon outfielder, a replacement level closer, and inserted Brett Myers into the rotation, and now they’re riding the J-Roll express to 100 wins and a division title?

But the Mets add Santana, Pedro and Sanchez to a team that pitched to nearly an 8.00 era during their 3 week collapse, and they haven’t made up that 1 game yet?

Ok.

Cool.

By: Tim Malcolm

Tim Malcolm — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:40:21 +0000

Also, I need to reitterate this conversation happened Feb. 25, before the Church and Delgado problems and before some of the nicks surfaced. I waited to post this because of the first few games and the Hamels stuff.