en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/480799 Comments by bkfitz http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/20/note-mets-to-erase-docs-signature/#IDComment19439744 "…i would like to see more attention paid to guys like Casey Stengel" I'd rather not pay attention to Casey Stengel because it reminds us of the teams he managed. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:29:05 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/20/note-mets-to-erase-docs-signature/#IDComment19439744 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/19/news-figueroa-dfad/#IDComment19395428 Tendonitis is not a DL injury. Putting him on the DL is dumb. Figuerora won't be picked up by anyone else. And really, if we lost him it's not the end of the world. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:53:48 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/19/news-figueroa-dfad/#IDComment19395428 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/19/news-figueroa-dfad/#IDComment19392846 Figuerora pitched decently. He did not pitch "a very good game." Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:30:05 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/19/news-figueroa-dfad/#IDComment19392846 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/19/news-figueroa-dfad/#IDComment19392758 Fossum has done well in AAA. Ohman is overrated. Before last year, he sucked. There was a reason why they called him Will "Oh, man" Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:29:11 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/19/news-figueroa-dfad/#IDComment19392758 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/19/news-figueroa-dfad/#IDComment19381492 Matt, If the Mets wanted to keep O'Day, they'd have to keep him on the roster all year. That is going to limit their moves in the future. Letting him go allows for more changes to be made. Adding Fossum gives Jerry another lefty. If you hadn't noticed, Feliciano is up and throwing in the pen just about every game. While he may not come into a game, warming up every game is going to wear him out a bit. The only move we should be questioning today is why Jerry put in 2 righties against a righty. Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:33:23 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/19/news-figueroa-dfad/#IDComment19381492 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/19/news-tatis-to-start-at-2b-today/#IDComment19332546 He's probably playing the bench guys b/c Suppan is pitching and he's been awful. Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:31:59 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/19/news-tatis-to-start-at-2b-today/#IDComment19332546 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/17/post-game-mets-5-brewers-4/#IDComment19169700 They won't trade a young starter for a guy who is going to be a FA the following year. Look more at guys like Kevin Millwood as possible trading targets. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:47:42 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/17/post-game-mets-5-brewers-4/#IDComment19169700 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/17/post-game-mets-5-brewers-4/#IDComment19169587 I'd rather keep O'Day over Redding. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:45:00 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/17/post-game-mets-5-brewers-4/#IDComment19169587 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/17/links-willie-citi-yankee-stadium-murph-and-sheff/#IDComment19125295 I was going to post a similar joke even though I don't think Jerry backstabbed him last year. Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:39:17 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/17/links-willie-citi-yankee-stadium-murph-and-sheff/#IDComment19125295 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/16/tonight-call-in-to-the-happy-recast/#IDComment19054130 None of their starers have had 2 straight years of success either due to ineffectiveness or injury. Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:12:17 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/16/tonight-call-in-to-the-happy-recast/#IDComment19054130 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/16/tonight-call-in-to-the-happy-recast/#IDComment19054074 It IS a Thursday night in mid-April against the Padres. Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:11:11 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/16/tonight-call-in-to-the-happy-recast/#IDComment19054074 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/16/links-good-ollie-bad-ollie-wrights-ks-docs-day/#IDComment18863442 I recall reading an article on Yahoo that said the average ticket price at NYS was around $76 (might have been $79). At Citi Field, it was around $35. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:14:48 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/16/links-good-ollie-bad-ollie-wrights-ks-docs-day/#IDComment18863442 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/16/links-good-ollie-bad-ollie-wrights-ks-docs-day/#IDComment18863325 Agreed. I like Joe, Evan can be ok sometimes. But they can be embarrassing. Joe ALWAYS kisses the Pope's ring. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:12:14 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/16/links-good-ollie-bad-ollie-wrights-ks-docs-day/#IDComment18863325 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/16/links-good-ollie-bad-ollie-wrights-ks-docs-day/#IDComment18863188 High Ks do not mean someone is an impatient hitter. More often, the impatient hitters have fewer K's b/c they make contact a lot (e.g. Juan Pierre). It's been what? 8 games? It's too much of a small sample size. There's a thing called the law of averages. Wright has struck out 113-118 times the last 4 seasons. Chances are good he'll meet that total again. He's also walked 94 times the past 2 seasons. When he's hitting 260/330/400 and has 60-70 Ks at the ASB, then I'd worry. Until then, everyone needs to chill out. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:09:12 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/16/links-good-ollie-bad-ollie-wrights-ks-docs-day/#IDComment18863188 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/16/links-good-ollie-bad-ollie-wrights-ks-docs-day/#IDComment18855215 “David Wright needs to cut down on the strikeouts, which is a problem that doesn’t seem to be going away.” His BA has been over 300 the last 4 seasons. His OBP has been over 380 the last 4 seasons. He's fine. "Wright is on pace to strike out more than 200 times this season, nearly twice as many times as a struck out last season." The Nationals are on pace to go 0-162, Marco Scutaro is on pace to score 231 runs, Evan Longoria is on pace to hit 135 HR and drive in 270, Chien-Ming Wang is on pace to give up at least 225 runs. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:00:03 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/16/links-good-ollie-bad-ollie-wrights-ks-docs-day/#IDComment18855215 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/16/health-pelfreys-forearm-now-what/#IDComment18854396 "Closer Billy Wagner’s season-ending injury last year, for instance, was originally called forearm tightness." Forearm tightness =/= Forearm tendonitis Also, Wagner's mechanics were not good. He had extreme hyperaubduction which put great stress on his elbow. However, Pelfrey has superb mechanics which greatly reduce his risk for injury. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:54:17 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/16/health-pelfreys-forearm-now-what/#IDComment18854396 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/15/tonight-call-in-show-with-kevin-burkhardt/#IDComment18822540 Matt, could you have a poll asking us about which comment format we prefer? I wouldn't mind the change so much if we were asked. I hate to be a squeaky wheel, but the comment section is for us so we should have a say about it. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:02:43 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/15/tonight-call-in-show-with-kevin-burkhardt/#IDComment18822540 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/14/opinion-day-1-in-citi-field/#IDComment18737603 "Oliver Perez and Luis Castillo were also booed, while Francisco Rodriguez and Johan Santana got the biggest ovation." Castillo did not get booed as bad as Perez. At least from what I heard. You forgot to mention Santana was not present b/c his wife gave birth to their son. The crowd probably cheered loudly for that in addition to it being Santana. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:57:24 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/14/opinion-day-1-in-citi-field/#IDComment18737603 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/13/post-game-padres-6-mets-5/#IDComment18705998 3-1 you're likely going to get your pitch to hit. Just didn't get good wood on it. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:24:39 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/13/post-game-padres-6-mets-5/#IDComment18705998 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/13/post-game-padres-6-mets-5/#IDComment18705899 Albert Pujols Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:22:30 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/04/13/post-game-padres-6-mets-5/#IDComment18705899