5
2009
Random Thoughts – Oliver Perez, Citi Field
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I don’t even know how to feel about that piss-poor performance by Oliver Perez yesterday. Only 24 hours from Opening Day, and he already has most of us worried including his own pitching coach who ripped him ten days ago for being out of shape, and his own manager who said he was very, very, very concerned. (<—- 3 verys)
At this point it’s something we can’t even do anything about… $36 million dollars and you can’t even say with all certainty that we have a chance to win when he’s on the mound because half the time he puts us in a position to lose.
Also, I should be the last one to complain because I clamored for him all off season citing his age, maturity and potential as big pluses going forward. What was I thinking?
Yesterdays excuse was that it was a little chilly and he can’t pitch when it’s chilly, but he will try to learn how because he heard it was chilly in Cincinnati too. That’s where we’ll see Ollie again as he pitches the final game of the opening day series.
On another note, how many games do the Mets have to play at Citi Field before we can say they have a home field advantage?
Is it just me, or did they look like a square peg in a round hole on the field the last two days?
I’m sure this must be something all teams go through when they get a new park, but I wonder how long it will take before everyone gets really acclimated? Fifty games, a hundred games, two-hundred game?
The Yankees looked right at home in their new stadium which was built definitely for the long-ball. Seven home runs were hit by the Yankees in two games so far, with Mark Teixeira belting a pair on Saturday, and none of the seven were cheap shots either.
As Mets fans, we’ve grown up loving the game at Shea Stadium, a pitchers park. Citi Field sure looks to be just that, and maybe even more so than Shea was according to Gary Cohen and Ron Darling during the broadcast.
It’s a beautiful stadium to say the least. Custom made for the Dodgers, I mean the Mets.
Damn, I wish Oliver Perez would just grow up already and take the next step…
About the Author: Joe DeCaro
Went to my first Mets game, a Mayors Trophy game at Shea, in '73. We beat the Yankees 8-4 and I was hooked. I marched in two Banner Day parades, and before the Grand Slam single, there was the "Hendu Can Do" grand slam - I was there. I've collected Mets memorabilia all my life and started Mets Merized Online to feed my addiction.
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Oliver Perez remains an enigma for the Mets but with his talent and the scarcity of good pitching out there, we will have to wait and hope for the best…What I don’t understand is why the Mets or other teams allow any of their players to participate in the WBC. Why shoud the Wilpons pay 36 million dollars to Perez so that he can play for his country and risk injury or the proper conditioning it takes to be ready for the long MLB season. If Dan Warthen was pissed off at Ollie for being in bad shape after the WBC, what kind of shape was he in when he arrived for the tournament? That answer proves that certain players are still immature and should be monitored during the offseason.
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MY CONCERN RE. OLLIE’S PERFORMANCE IS THE DEJA VOUS I’M FEELING BACK TO THE VICTOR ZAMBRANO SITUATION; I’M AFRAID HE’S HIDING SOMETHING THAT MAY HAVE GONE AMISS IN HIS WBC STINT, ESP THAT 80+ PITCH COUNT GAME.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT FEELING GOOD, HIS TOPPING OUT @ 87 IS INDICATION ENOUGH FOR AN MRI. IF INJURED SHUT HIM DOWNN BEFORE HE HURTS SOMEIONE, LIKE OUR CHANCES, CALLUP NEISE OR WHOMEVER TO TAKE THAT THIRD GAME START. HE MAY BE SELF-DIAGNOSING THAT IT’LL WORK IT’S WAY OUT JUST LIKE ZAMBRANO. WITH MEDIOCRE SPEED HE’LL NEVER BE ABLE TO PITCH FROM BEHIND & MORE OF FRIDAY’S EXPERIENCE WITH LOWRIE IS TO BE EXPECTED. I PRAY I’M WRONG; BUT HIS VELOCITY/SHAPE DIDN’T SEEM CAUSE FOR CONCERN BEFORE WBC. FROM THE LITTLE I’VE HEARD, BOTH VINNIE CASTILLO, MEXICAN MGR AND HIS PC WERE UNREACHABLE & DIDN’T RETURN NYM MESSAGES. IF THAT’S TRUE, MLB CLUBS SHOULD EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO IMMEDIATELY WITHDRAW THEIR PLAYERS FROM PARTICIPATION. IF OLLIE IS FOUND TO BE INJURED, BOTH CASTILLO, AH, & HIS PC SHOULD BE BANNED FROM WBC PARTICIPATION IN THE FUTURE. THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE A WBC TYPE TOURNAMENT WORKABLE IS FOR SELIG & MLB SUITS TO ENFORCE MLB TEAM’S RIGHTS FOR THE “GOOD OF THE GAME”.