Comments on: NIESE NOT SO NICE http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/02/niese-not-so-nice/ 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: Paul http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/02/niese-not-so-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-110290 Paul Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:16:26 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=634#comment-110290 The way that Figueroa & Stokes are pitching the pen right now, leave them there. I would rather take my chances with Niese, then screw up the way those guys are going.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('110290','Paul'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('110290','Paul','The way that Figueroa & Stokes are pitching the pen right now, leave them there. I would rather take my chances with Niese, then screw up the way those guys are going.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The way that Figueroa & Stokes are pitching the pen right now, leave them there. I would rather take my chances with Niese, then screw up the way those guys are going.
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]]> By: Frank from Jersey http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/02/niese-not-so-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-110206 Frank from Jersey Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:50:22 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=634#comment-110206 My observations on Niese last night. First, it was *maddening* how he could not find the strike zone with any of his pitches. Yes, there was a lot of nervousness and this is completely expected but he never seemed to be able to shake that off and get mad and start pitching like he can. Definite plus curveball but it seemed to fool no one. His changeup looked nice but it looked like you could almost tell he was going to throw it. All that aside, I think he has the pitches to become a real nice #3 or #4 pitcher in the future with a couple more years of minor league seasoning. I liked him and look forward to seeing him in the future. As far as the phillies go, they aren't going to be given the division on a silver platter like last year, no sir! The Mets are not going to lay down and die because Manuel won't let that happen. I can't believe the difference in watching them now as apposed to even a month ago. This team is playing with so much confidence right now. I still think it will come down to the last week but if the Mets continue to play like this, I can't see the phillies overtaking them.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('110206','Frank from Jersey'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('110206','Frank from Jersey','My observations on Niese last night. First, it was *maddening* how he could not find the strike zone with any of his pitches. Yes, there was a lot of nervousness and this is completely expected but he never seemed to be able to shake that off and get mad and start pitching like he can. Definite plus curveball but it seemed to fool no one. His changeup looked nice but it looked like you could almost tell he was going to throw it. All that aside, I think he has the pitches to become a real nice #3 or #4 pitcher in the future with a couple more years of minor league seasoning. I liked him and look forward to seeing him in the future.\r\n\r\nAs far as the phillies go, they aren\'t going to be given the division on a silver platter like last year, no sir! The Mets are not going to lay down and die because Manuel won\'t let that happen. I can\'t believe the difference in watching them now as apposed to even a month ago. This team is playing with so much confidence right now. I still think it will come down to the last week but if the Mets continue to play like this, I can\'t see the phillies overtaking them.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> My observations on Niese last night. First, it was *maddening* how he could not find the strike zone with any of his pitches. Yes, there was a lot of nervousness and this is completely expected but he never seemed to be able to shake that off and get mad and start pitching like he can. Definite plus curveball but it seemed to fool no one. His changeup looked nice but it looked like you could almost tell he was going to throw it. All that aside, I think he has the pitches to become a real nice #3 or #4 pitcher in the future with a couple more years of minor league seasoning. I liked him and look forward to seeing him in the future.

As far as the phillies go, they aren’t going to be given the division on a silver platter like last year, no sir! The Mets are not going to lay down and die because Manuel won’t let that happen. I can’t believe the difference in watching them now as apposed to even a month ago. This team is playing with so much confidence right now. I still think it will come down to the last week but if the Mets continue to play like this, I can’t see the phillies overtaking them.

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]]> By: voice of reason http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/02/niese-not-so-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-110183 voice of reason Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:30:29 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=634#comment-110183 Kudos to Carlos Beltran. 2 important home runs this week, proving all the nay sayers wrong once again. All I hear all year is how he is having an awful year, how he can't play hurt, how he should be traded (when the Mets were doing poorly). At this point he has nearly 100 runs score, nearly 100 rbi, plays a gold glove centerfield, and leading the Mets in games played. In his stay with the Mets he has endured, breaking his face on Mike Cameron (coming back to play against the doctor's advice from what I've been told), knee surgery before this season (which caused him to miss almost all of Spring Traing, and was probably a major reason for his awful April) and boos from Mets fans on opening day. Sounds like a "problem player" to me. But, no matter what he does, it seems he will always be the Met equivalent of the Yankees Arod.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('110183','voice of reason'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('110183','voice of reason','Kudos to Carlos Beltran. 2 important home runs this week, proving all the nay sayers wrong once again. All I hear all year is how he is having an awful year, how he can\'t play hurt, how he should be traded (when the Mets were doing poorly). At this point he has nearly 100 runs score, nearly 100 rbi, plays a gold glove centerfield, and leading the Mets in games played. In his stay with the Mets he has endured, breaking his face on Mike Cameron (coming back to play against the doctor\'s advice from what I\'ve been told), knee surgery before this season (which caused him to miss almost all of Spring Traing, and was probably a major reason for his awful April) and boos from Mets fans on opening day. Sounds like a \"problem player\" to me. But, no matter what he does, it seems he will always be the Met equivalent of the Yankees Arod.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Kudos to Carlos Beltran. 2 important home runs this week, proving all the nay sayers wrong once again. All I hear all year is how he is having an awful year, how he can’t play hurt, how he should be traded (when the Mets were doing poorly). At this point he has nearly 100 runs score, nearly 100 rbi, plays a gold glove centerfield, and leading the Mets in games played. In his stay with the Mets he has endured, breaking his face on Mike Cameron (coming back to play against the doctor’s advice from what I’ve been told), knee surgery before this season (which caused him to miss almost all of Spring Traing, and was probably a major reason for his awful April) and boos from Mets fans on opening day. Sounds like a “problem player” to me. But, no matter what he does, it seems he will always be the Met equivalent of the Yankees Arod.
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