Comments on: READ ALL ABOUT IT http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/04/27/read-all-about-it/ A daily account of the trials and tribulations of the New York Mets. Contact me at sinymets@aol.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rich http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/04/27/read-all-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-60298 Rich Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:58:38 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/04/27/read-all-about-it/#comment-60298 Good for the Klapper. Someone needs to call Minaya out for his ridiculous relinace on older players. The Mets don't rely on veterans, they make a sham out of it by having an infatuation with guys over 35. Uh, Omar, did we hear Alou got hurt AGAIN? Does this mean Freddy and Jeffy can pay him $8 million for NOTHING? And, Omar, if we as humble fans could have scripted that, how could you, as GM, not have seen it? And what are the Wilpons gettng from El Duque? Hmm, another 40+ year old being paid to be on the DL. Well, raise your hand if you're surprised. Again, if the public can see it and the GM can't, we have a problem. That having been said, I'm thrilled to have beaten those guys 2 out of 3. Now is the test. A motivated team uses the weekend, and the win over Smoltz, as fuel to go on a roll. A complacent team goes 4-6 over the next 10 is still basically .500 in about 2 weeks. What are the guys made of, Wille? We'll see.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('60298','Rich'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('60298','Rich','Good for the Klapper. Someone needs to call Minaya out for his ridiculous relinace on older players. The Mets don\'t rely on veterans, they make a sham out of it by having an infatuation with guys over 35. Uh, Omar, did we hear Alou got hurt AGAIN? Does this mean Freddy and Jeffy can pay him $8 million for NOTHING? And, Omar, if we as humble fans could have scripted that, how could you, as GM, not have seen it? And what are the Wilpons gettng from El Duque? Hmm, another 40+ year old being paid to be on the DL. Well, raise your hand if you\'re surprised. Again, if the public can see it and the GM can\'t, we have a problem.\r\n\r\nThat having been said, I\'m thrilled to have beaten those guys 2 out of 3. Now is the test. A motivated team uses the weekend, and the win over Smoltz, as fuel to go on a roll. A complacent team goes 4-6 over the next 10 is still basically .500 in about 2 weeks.\r\n\r\nWhat are the guys made of, Wille? We\'ll see.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Good for the Klapper. Someone needs to call Minaya out for his ridiculous relinace on older players. The Mets don’t rely on veterans, they make a sham out of it by having an infatuation with guys over 35. Uh, Omar, did we hear Alou got hurt AGAIN? Does this mean Freddy and Jeffy can pay him $8 million for NOTHING? And, Omar, if we as humble fans could have scripted that, how could you, as GM, not have seen it? And what are the Wilpons gettng from El Duque? Hmm, another 40+ year old being paid to be on the DL. Well, raise your hand if you’re surprised. Again, if the public can see it and the GM can’t, we have a problem.

That having been said, I’m thrilled to have beaten those guys 2 out of 3. Now is the test. A motivated team uses the weekend, and the win over Smoltz, as fuel to go on a roll. A complacent team goes 4-6 over the next 10 is still basically .500 in about 2 weeks.

What are the guys made of, Wille? We’ll see.

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]]> By: David in Manhattan http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/04/27/read-all-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-60293 David in Manhattan Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:25:48 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/04/27/read-all-about-it/#comment-60293 Great links, Steve, especially the Davey Johnson interview. Really interesting that he brought up that people were messing around with Doc Gooden's delivery, along with the drugs issue, for why the brilliant young pitcher's career declined so early and disastrously. If his version is to be trusted, and if it was (as one might suspect) someone in higher level Mets management that intervened with Doc about changing his delivery, it is one more example of how management needs to leave the field operations and player relations to the manager and coaches. Too many bosses is a tough way to work, wherever you are. Davey Johnson seems to have aged very well, smarter than ever, and man, if they brought him back to manage now, at 65, I would be alright with that.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('60293','David in Manhattan'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('60293','David in Manhattan','Great links, Steve, especially the Davey Johnson interview. Really interesting that he brought up that people were messing around with Doc Gooden\'s delivery, along with the drugs issue, for why the brilliant young pitcher\'s career declined so early and disastrously. If his version is to be trusted, and if it was (as one might suspect) someone in higher level Mets management that intervened with Doc about changing his delivery, it is one more example of how management needs to leave the field operations and player relations to the manager and coaches. Too many bosses is a tough way to work, wherever you are.\r\n\r\nDavey Johnson seems to have aged very well, smarter than ever, and man, if they brought him back to manage now, at 65, I would be alright with that.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Great links, Steve, especially the Davey Johnson interview. Really interesting that he brought up that people were messing around with Doc Gooden’s delivery, along with the drugs issue, for why the brilliant young pitcher’s career declined so early and disastrously. If his version is to be trusted, and if it was (as one might suspect) someone in higher level Mets management that intervened with Doc about changing his delivery, it is one more example of how management needs to leave the field operations and player relations to the manager and coaches. Too many bosses is a tough way to work, wherever you are.

Davey Johnson seems to have aged very well, smarter than ever, and man, if they brought him back to manage now, at 65, I would be alright with that.

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