Comments on: Beware Of The Blob!

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:56:27 +0000

AS PROBABLY THE OLDEST TO POST TO THIS COMMENT SO FAR, LET ME START BY SAYING, AS A KID I DID MY BEST TO SEE EVERY HOROR FLICK POSSIBLE IN THE THEATERS, OF ALL OF THEM, THE BLOB WAS THE ONLY ONE TO SUPPLY DISCOMFORT FALLING ASLEEP. WHY: IT WAS TOTALLY SILENT & COULD BE FAST & THEY ONLY IIMMOBOLIZED IT INSTEAD OF KILLING IT. FOR A KID WHOSE BEDROOM WAS AT THE TOP OF THE MAIN STAIRS, THAT WAS FREIGHTENING. HELL, BY THE END IT COULD’VE SWALLOWED MY ENTIRE HOUSE WHILE PENETRATING IN THROUGH THE WINDOWS.
AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS BAY IS A BETTER INVERSTMENT THAN HOLLIDAY? BAY’S POWER SEEMS MORE PULL ORIENTED(LF) WHILE HOLLIDAY’S MORE WRIGHT PIAZZA TYPE(RCF) HAVE U MEASURED CITI LATELY? BESIDES SINCE ’04 HOLLIDAY HAS MADE A TOTAL OF 31 ETRRORS IN LF COMPAERED TO BAY’S 18 IN THE SAME POSITTION OVER SAME TIME PERIOD.HOLLIDAY MADE MOST OF THOSE ERRORS PATROLLING VAST LF IN COL. THE ONLY COMPARATIVE ACRAGE TO CITI’S IN LF. IS BOSTON GOING TO GO “ALL IN” AFTER THEY ALREADY ACQUIRED BAY’S POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT IN HERMEDA?
WOULDN’T IT BE SWEET TO PULL A SWITCH ON BORAS FOR A CHANGE?
I STILL MAINTAIN A PURSUIT OF PRINCE IS OUR MOST PROMISING OPTION & A PKG OF PELFREY/MAINE/MURPHY CAN GET THAT DOG WALKED. TO FURTHER SUPPORT MY HYPOTHESIS BREWS AREN’T LOOKING FORWARD TO A POTENTIAL 20M ARBI AWARD AFTER THIS SEASON I SUGGEST READING:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?sid=aew0QKinAX2c&pid=20601079
CERTAINLY NOT THE SENTIMENTS OF AN OWNER PREPARED TO BREAK THROUGH THE 100M PAYROLL BARRIER. ESP FOR A PLAYER WHO DESPITE TREMENDOUS OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION HAS NOT BROUGHT A POSTSEASON BERTH WITH HIM. WHILE THE MINIMUM POTENTIAL OF 20 ADDITIONAL VICTORIES BY MAINE+PELF COULD.
I MAY BE A GREYBEARDED OLD SCHOOL GUY; BUT A RH 1B IN THE NL? AL PERHAPS; BUT NOT WHEN RUNNING GAME IS SO PREVELANT IN NL. TO ME RH FIELDING IS MURPH’S BIGGEST WEAKNESS @ 1B; BUT 2 RH FIELDING 1B IS REDICULOUS IN NL JUST ASK MEX.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:35:28 +0000

LMAO That’s brilliant!

By: Bob L

Bob L — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:26:22 +0000

Also, i’m trying to think outside the box: how about Xavier Nady as an addition to the 2010 Mets, IF deemed healthy…and IF he can play 1B?

By: Bob L

Bob L — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:46:37 +0000

i doubt the Yankees will pursue Matt Holliday. The Cardinals are interested; do not know who else might be, perhaps Boston, if they failed to re-sign Bay…the Dodgers?
Actually, i’m guessing the Mets have a good shot at the guy, surely NOT in the $180mm-range broached by Boras…but a $20mm+/yr package over 4 – 5 years, i bet gets him.
Our first priority this off-season, at theend of the day, must be the starting rotation. There, i’d load it up: sign Lackey, try to trade for Doc Haliday, AND also sign Marquise and as a lark Ben Sheets. Stockpile the pitching. Then, we have the luxury of seeing if Pelfrey (if not part of a Haliday trade, of which i think he’d be an attractive piece for the Blue Jays)and Maine can rebound. And we could send Ollie on a 1-way train ride to Siberia.
Pitching, pitching, pitching; then a LF like Holliday, then a solid right-handed 1B (Jackson, DeRosa) to either back Murphy up or dig in solo for 1 – 2 years while Davis develops.
i’m not high on Murphy like many Met fans are, but am basically neutral on the guy, although if the Blue Jays wanted him as part of a package of some ML-ready players + legit prospects for Doc…hallelujah!
My fantasy package to get Haliday would include: Pelfrey (but only if we add at least 2 top starters to the mix), Murphy, Mejia, Martinez, and Tejada. (If we had to give up Flores or Holt instead of some of the above, i’d do it to snag Haliday, whom i believe would dominate the NL for a few years.)
i think it’s time for Met fans to think LARGE and pressure the front office to do rebuild this team right.
And i’d bring the fences in…but forget about that one. Let’s focus on pitching, pitching, pitching and some added power.

By: kevin

kevin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:58:59 +0000

You definitely have too much time on your hand. lol