Comments on: “We Believe In Comebacks.” (Sure We Do)

By: mearls23

mearls23 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:26:58 +0000

Hey Tim…you’re right, the ’86 team had a lot of emotion, it was called coke. lol.

By: theonlymaskman

theonlymaskman — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:02:58 +0000

It’s my belief you can’t count Blanco as having replaced Schneider. Schneider was the starter and Blanco is a sub. That elevates Santos to starter and both Manuel and Warden have condemned him as a negative influence on the starters. Blanco is only a sub, how does he fill that gap? So we are net down at the catcher position IMO.

By: Erik Christensen

Erik Christensen — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:24:20 +0000

I have to disagree with you about catcher. You can’t get much worse than Brian Schneider.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:05:48 +0000

exactly!!!! i don’t think anyone on this team would have hustled down the line on that ground ball. thats the problem with the team, they have no heart, no desire!

By: theonlymaskman

theonlymaskman — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:17:12 +0000

Worse even, just standing in the box because he assumed Buckner would make the play.

By: terri grote

terri grote — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:41:02 +0000

Good points Rob.

I cant help but feel we have a long season ahead of us

By: Tie Dyed

Tie Dyed — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:47:51 +0000

Yes, you’re so right, Tim. I’ve also wondered the same thing–about this current team ‘making the last out.’

To take it 1 step further, I could see one of the current players hitting ‘that slow roller’ down the 1b line to Buckner—and standing in the batters box–assuming it would go foul! Mookie ran all out

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:22:54 +0000

we believe in comebacks when our team shows some sign of emotion. the 86 team had that emotion. they weren’t going to let anyone beat them. they had a certain attitude about them that this team has lacked the past 4 seasons, maybe even 5. this team is laid back, without a sense of, well anything. they need a manager who isn’t going to take this laid back attitude the team has. they need a manager who will “light the fire under their asses”, who will get them to go out there and play there hearts out. game 6 of 86, carter, mitchell, knight, all said they weren’t going to make the last out of the game, and they didn’t. would any of these mets say that?

By: theonlymaskman

theonlymaskman — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:00:19 +0000

That should have been David not Davis. Sorry.

By: theonlymaskman

theonlymaskman — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:59:19 +0000

It’s obvious that the Mets are taking the position that the return of injured players will makes us better. However, Dalgado is not returning and so Tatis will now share 1B with Murphy. So we’re worse at 1B. No replacement for Schneider and now Santos and Blanco share C. So we’re worse at C. Beltran is reinjured and so Pagan will start the year in CF. So we’re worse at CF. Reyes has not yet shown he can run. So SS is a ?. So we’re banking on returning surgeries to make the rotation better. That remains to be seen and Maine and Perez can flame out on a moments notice. The only place we’re demonstrably better is LF wth Bay. He is not going to carry this team just as Davis couldn’t last year. This is not going to be pretty! That comeback looks to be pretty thin on real meat and flame to cook it.

By: t agee

t agee — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:44:04 +0000

No.