Comments on: Whatever Happened To Having Fun In Flushing?

By: Kaneseo

Kaneseo — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:25:27 +0000

Amen.
That 2006 smile was wiped clean off their face in Game 7 of the LCS that year. They were just not constructed to overcome that knockout punch…

By: theonlymaskman

theonlymaskman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:34:23 +0000

I think the issue about Jose’ is not whether he’ll be playing with fun next year, but rather, will he be playing with ability? If he returns with his talents restored, fun will follow; if not, then all bets are off! Foremost, let’s play attention to the quality of his return performance.

By: sarge

sarge — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:13:13 +0000

Boy there sure a lot of stuffy supposed Met fans out there. Do you prefer professional, quiet behavior while losing? It always comes back to Jose doesn’t it? This season showed how much a 100% Jose meant at bat and in the field to the Mets. I wish all those Jose and latin bashers would stop it already. Baseball is a game played by kids and adults and I don’t see anyone telling youngsters to be serious before a game. Come on. Everyone prepares in his own way. Some pitchers will not talk to anyone on the day of game, all have some kind of ritual to prepare, Jose’s and some others is to listen to music, dance, etc in order to get loose. If you don’t relieve the tension before big games for some then the tension is taken to the field, mound or plate. Let them have fun within the clubhouse allowances, later for Francesa and the media.

By: Kay

Kay — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:20:59 +0000

I meant 70’s, but the early 80’s were horrific too.

By: Kay

Kay — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:20:21 +0000

This is not nearly as bad as the 80’s is just freshest in everyone’s minds.

By: frank62

frank62 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:40:26 +0000

Winning creates fun, lets try to win something and the fun will take care of itself

By: Luis Venitucci

Luis Venitucci — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:24:26 +0000

Been a Met fan since 1969, and they are making it pretty hard to stay one now, and I was a Fan in the late 70s!! Nino Espinosa, Frank Taveras, Doug Flynn-Good God they were bad

By: JT

JT — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:39:00 +0000

Rollins definitely does not hustle all the time. He certainly does not run every ball out. He dogs it plenty, and got in trouble last yr for not even bothering to show up to a Mets/Phils game on time. Yeah, thats a model citizen right there. And Victorino is not as bad, but he doesn’t run every ball out either. Phillies fans actually complained quite a bit about him when it came to that stuff early last yr. Than he started hitting, so they didn’t really care anymore.

The Phillies win b/c they have a great team. Not because the run harder than other teams. They have a great lineup, and their guys have produced in crunch time.

And LOL at your friend’s story about what made him stop being a Mets fan. What do they need to all hold hands and sing before a game?? In the middle of the WS, Myers and Hamels are fighting…guess that means the Phillies are in shambles as well.

By: Shamik

Shamik — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:43:08 +0000

I’d rather have the players on the mets spend more time watching film, working out, and practicing the fundamentals they clearly lack, rather than figuring out 25 different handshakes. What a joke, what the hell is wrong with a fist bump or two and a pat on the butt?

By: Shamsky

Shamsky — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:35:54 +0000

Sorry Greg, but I couldnt care less if they were having fun. First and foremost I want hardened fundamentally skilled players. Secondly, I expect these players to conduct themselves professionally on the field and bust it 100% of the time. Finally, it’s for us the fans to have fun, not the players. Their job is to give us wins.