Comments on: OF COURSE I’M HAPPY, CAN’T YOU TELL? http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2009/05/27/of-course-im-happy-cant-you-tell/ 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: David in Manhattan http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2009/05/27/of-course-im-happy-cant-you-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-148515 David in Manhattan Fri, 29 May 2009 13:35:26 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=1720#comment-148515 Man United humbled on the big stage...finally! I have to admit, my fav team in the English Premiership is crosstown rival Man City, so I already have an anti-United predisposition... but I enjoyed seeing mighty United so exasperated and ineffective, and Barcelona looked great. Arriba Messi, and Barcelona!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('148515','David in Manhattan'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('148515','David in Manhattan','Man United humbled on the big stage...finally!\r\n\r\nI have to admit, my fav team in the English Premiership is crosstown rival Man City, so I already have an anti-United predisposition... but I enjoyed seeing mighty United so exasperated and ineffective, and Barcelona looked great. \r\n\r\nArriba Messi, and Barcelona!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Man United humbled on the big stage…finally!

I have to admit, my fav team in the English Premiership is crosstown rival Man City, so I already have an anti-United predisposition… but I enjoyed seeing mighty United so exasperated and ineffective, and Barcelona looked great.

Arriba Messi, and Barcelona!

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]]> By: kranepool http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2009/05/27/of-course-im-happy-cant-you-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-148421 kranepool Thu, 28 May 2009 11:56:01 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=1720#comment-148421 <a href='#comment-148418' rel="nofollow">@Eagle</a> - It was nice to see Sir Alex' boys get there come upins. Man U looked very flat in the first half as Barca came out flying like a basketball fast break. Maybe it was the all white uni's I'm not used to seeing the Red Devils in white<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('148421','kranepool'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('148421','kranepool','<a href=\'#comment-148418\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Eagle<\/a> - \r\n\r\nIt was nice to see Sir Alex\' boys get there come upins. Man U looked very flat in the first half as Barca came out flying like a basketball fast break. Maybe it was the all white uni\'s I\'m not used to seeing the Red Devils in white'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Eagle –

It was nice to see Sir Alex’ boys get there come upins. Man U looked very flat in the first half as Barca came out flying like a basketball fast break. Maybe it was the all white uni’s I’m not used to seeing the Red Devils in white

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]]> By: Eagle http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2009/05/27/of-course-im-happy-cant-you-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-148418 Eagle Thu, 28 May 2009 10:33:50 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=1720#comment-148418 By the way, anyone see Barcelona teach Manchester United a lesson last night? That was a great game to watch.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('148418','Eagle'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('148418','Eagle','By the way, anyone see Barcelona teach Manchester United a lesson last night? That was a great game to watch.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> By the way, anyone see Barcelona teach Manchester United a lesson last night? That was a great game to watch.
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]]> By: Eagle http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2009/05/27/of-course-im-happy-cant-you-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-148417 Eagle Thu, 28 May 2009 10:32:32 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=1720#comment-148417 Rich, I don't necessarily disagree, but even against the Nationals someone has to get 27 outs and Livan did that all by himself. It's a bonus to have a guy spare the bullpen for the night. It's the one reason I preferred Hernandez over Redding or Figueroa or any of the other options. I like the way this team is constructed as compared with the previous years. The Mets have a good rotation and a solid bullpen. Not sure it's quite as good as 2006, but I think the closer is better than the Mets had then. Even the loss of a starter that the Mets were probably counting on for 15 wins hasn't been a big issue. (And, no, I haven't forgiven Omar for burdening the team with OP's contract.) Sheffield was a great signing. Even Ramon Martinez is looking acceptable as a third string shortstop. I wish there was more depth in the organization. I thought we'd see more homegrown talent coming through. I really thought Omar would build a solid youth program, but so far it's not been great.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('148417','Eagle'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('148417','Eagle','Rich,\r\n\r\nI don\'t necessarily disagree, but even against the Nationals someone has to get 27 outs and Livan did that all by himself. It\'s a bonus to have a guy spare the bullpen for the night. It\'s the one reason I preferred Hernandez over Redding or Figueroa or any of the other options.\r\n\r\nI like the way this team is constructed as compared with the previous years. The Mets have a good rotation and a solid bullpen. Not sure it\'s quite as good as 2006, but I think the closer is better than the Mets had then. Even the loss of a starter that the Mets were probably counting on for 15 wins hasn\'t been a big issue. (And, no, I haven\'t forgiven Omar for burdening the team with OP\'s contract.)\r\n\r\nSheffield was a great signing. Even Ramon Martinez is looking acceptable as a third string shortstop. \r\n\r\nI wish there was more depth in the organization. I thought we\'d see more homegrown talent coming through. I really thought Omar would build a solid youth program, but so far it\'s not been great.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Rich,

I don’t necessarily disagree, but even against the Nationals someone has to get 27 outs and Livan did that all by himself. It’s a bonus to have a guy spare the bullpen for the night. It’s the one reason I preferred Hernandez over Redding or Figueroa or any of the other options.

I like the way this team is constructed as compared with the previous years. The Mets have a good rotation and a solid bullpen. Not sure it’s quite as good as 2006, but I think the closer is better than the Mets had then. Even the loss of a starter that the Mets were probably counting on for 15 wins hasn’t been a big issue. (And, no, I haven’t forgiven Omar for burdening the team with OP’s contract.)

Sheffield was a great signing. Even Ramon Martinez is looking acceptable as a third string shortstop.

I wish there was more depth in the organization. I thought we’d see more homegrown talent coming through. I really thought Omar would build a solid youth program, but so far it’s not been great.

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]]> By: Rich http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2009/05/27/of-course-im-happy-cant-you-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-148365 Rich Wed, 27 May 2009 15:42:19 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=1720#comment-148365 Omar during the broadcast last night. "You don't want to put star players on the DL, because you won't have them for a long period of time." I'm not making that up, he said it. This is the guys who waits (May 13th Reyes injury, for example), lets him play 2 games (May 19th and 20th), then puts him on the DL, with a return date of June 5. If he had put Reyes on the DL on May 14th, Reyes would be healed and ready May 29th. You don't DL players because they will be out a long time? Is he kidding? If I'm Jeff, and my GM says that on tv with his history of similar incidents to Reyes, I'd fire him before the start of the next inning. Every time he opens his mouth, his incompetence shows even more. I want to like the guy, but it is impossible. And let's wait a bit before giving him too much credit for Livan. As Steve says, it was the Nats. If he throws a similar game in September against FL or ATL, then we should give Omar a star for Livan.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('148365','Rich'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('148365','Rich','Omar during the broadcast last night. \"You don\'t want to put star players on the DL, because you won\'t have them for a long period of time.\" I\'m not making that up, he said it. This is the guys who waits (May 13th Reyes injury, for example), lets him play 2 games (May 19th and 20th), then puts him on the DL, with a return date of June 5. If he had put Reyes on the DL on May 14th, Reyes would be healed and ready May 29th. You don\'t DL players because they will be out a long time? Is he kidding? If I\'m Jeff, and my GM says that on tv with his history of similar incidents to Reyes, I\'d fire him before the start of the next inning. Every time he opens his mouth, his incompetence shows even more. I want to like the guy, but it is impossible. And let\'s wait a bit before giving him too much credit for Livan. As Steve says, it was the Nats. If he throws a similar game in September against FL or ATL, then we should give Omar a star for Livan.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Omar during the broadcast last night. “You don’t want to put star players on the DL, because you won’t have them for a long period of time.” I’m not making that up, he said it. This is the guys who waits (May 13th Reyes injury, for example), lets him play 2 games (May 19th and 20th), then puts him on the DL, with a return date of June 5. If he had put Reyes on the DL on May 14th, Reyes would be healed and ready May 29th. You don’t DL players because they will be out a long time? Is he kidding? If I’m Jeff, and my GM says that on tv with his history of similar incidents to Reyes, I’d fire him before the start of the next inning. Every time he opens his mouth, his incompetence shows even more. I want to like the guy, but it is impossible. And let’s wait a bit before giving him too much credit for Livan. As Steve says, it was the Nats. If he throws a similar game in September against FL or ATL, then we should give Omar a star for Livan.
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