MLB chatter 2009-10: The Offseason
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Well, I'm calling BS on that one, since if he hates the Mets so much he wouldn't have signed with them in the first place.
In any case, he's a professional - he'll take the job he's given, and play his best, so I really don't care about rumors anyway.
News: Man sues Royals for being hit - by a HOT DOG. linky
In any case, he's a professional - he'll take the job he's given, and play his best, so I really don't care about rumors anyway.
News: Man sues Royals for being hit - by a HOT DOG. linky
The Mets wouldn't be my first choice either. They are coming off a terrible season, still have the specter of the collapses in 07 and 08 hanging over them, have no starting pitching beyond Johan, no first baseman, a joke of a front office, and a spacious outfield where home runs go to die.
But, you take the job that's offered to you.
But, you take the job that's offered to you.
you can call BS if you want, but you claim to be a Mets fan, and that WAS the word going around at the time, so...? Why do YOU think he sat on the Mets offer so long before accepting it? As for why he signed it? $65 million in cash, and no other competing offers...
Also, if you were a player, and had multiple choices, would YOU go to the Mets? Big market, sure, but the team has been a non-entity for several years, though bad signings, trades, mis-management, injuries, collapse, etc. Just not much going there right now, and the nice big ballpark is hurting everyone's power numbers as well. Since Bay is a power hitter, well...
I wouldn't, and I'm a fan of the team.
If it was just an unfair share of injuries last year, you can chalk it up to bad luck. But there's a stench surrounding that team.
Mishandling the injuries, Bernazard going loony, Minaya blaming a reporter for the incident, the Castillo contract, the Perez contract, Citi Field's obsession with the Brooklyn Dodgers, the 47 different uniforms, depleted farm system, poor judging of talent, rolling over and choking in 07, an encore in 08, etc.
They're a mess!
Perhaps, but a player could think they had a chance to *help* them out of that funk.
Not usually the top thing on a free agent's mind. Top dollar, playing/living environment, and chance for championships are usually the top 3, in some sort of order.
Being a hero and saving a franchise in trouble aren't usually a big concern, seeing as how baseball is tough to effect that much change on as an individual. Besides, if the difference between playing for a contender and playing for a rebuilding team is a couple million, most players will chase the rings instead. Easier, don't have to carry the load, and you're part of history. Better to be remembered as part of a championship team than part of a team that "started to turn it around" so a team could eventually win later.
Drew Bledsoe saved the Patriots, but Tom Brady is the guy everyone loves...
Being a hero and saving a franchise in trouble aren't usually a big concern, seeing as how baseball is tough to effect that much change on as an individual. Besides, if the difference between playing for a contender and playing for a rebuilding team is a couple million, most players will chase the rings instead. Easier, don't have to carry the load, and you're part of history. Better to be remembered as part of a championship team than part of a team that "started to turn it around" so a team could eventually win later.
Drew Bledsoe saved the Patriots, but Tom Brady is the guy everyone loves...
^Mo Lewis gets a little love now and again too...
Look at Pedro. When he showed up in 05, he was the sign the Mets were serious about contending. After that came Beltran, Delgado, etc. When his contract was up and he was a shell of his former self, he got run outta town.
A-Rod was supposed to put the Yanks back on top and he was villified for years.
Not everyone can pull off a Drew Brees.
Look at Pedro. When he showed up in 05, he was the sign the Mets were serious about contending. After that came Beltran, Delgado, etc. When his contract was up and he was a shell of his former self, he got run outta town.
A-Rod was supposed to put the Yanks back on top and he was villified for years.
Not everyone can pull off a Drew Brees.
Very cool to see all the fantasy magazines with Tommy Hanson on the cover... and to see all the Braves talk on MLB.com.
I figured as much. I'm just glad it's not Cabrera plastered over everything.
okay...about time to close this thread, innit, since Spring Training games are about to start? Isn't that the cue to start Major League Baseball 2010? 
^Then start one.
just personal opinion, but i'd rather keep this one going until the actual season is about to kick off. Tough to talk about a split-squad pre-season game like it matters or anything, or how a starter's 1.2 innings (planned, not pulled because of sucking) really looked great, even though he announced he wouldn't be throwing his changeup yet.
Just silly shit, not worthy of an official 2010 season thread yet
Just silly shit, not worthy of an official 2010 season thread yet
I think spring training counts. Or at least it should count.
just tough to get excited about a game that only starts 2-3 "regular" players, and they get pulled after 2 innings, or 1 at bat, or whatnot. Short of an injury, not much to talk about. In spring training, everyone's doing great, everyone's in the best shape of their lives, etc. Meh...
If the guys on the field have numbers in the 80s and there are 2 or 3 guys in shorts running around the warning track, it doesn't count.
Watching a AA prospect face some aging non-roster invitee doesn't exactly bake my noodle.
The battle for back-up middle reliever isn't scintillating.
If your best starter's 2 inning tune up is scratched because the team wants him to get an MRI on a suspected hangnail, it's probably not a big game.
Watching a AA prospect face some aging non-roster invitee doesn't exactly bake my noodle.
The battle for back-up middle reliever isn't scintillating.
If your best starter's 2 inning tune up is scratched because the team wants him to get an MRI on a suspected hangnail, it's probably not a big game.
The Marlins beat University of Miami 19-3 today. 
Boston beat Northeastern 15-0, then Boston College 6-1
Boston beat Northeastern 15-0, then Boston College 6-1
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