Bobby V Interested In Buying A Stake In Mets

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• 86mets February 28, 2011 at 12:34 pm

  How about this: Bobby Valentine joins a group including Tom Seaver and Donald Trump to buy the Mets outright? If the Rangers can have one of their legends buy their team, why not the Mets? Can you imagine a Seaver owned Mets team facing a Ryan owned Rangers team in the World Series? I know I’m just dreaming, but it don’t hurt to dream does it?
  • Shamsky February 28, 2011 at 1:08 pm

    The only problem with that is that Seaver is happy as can be owning a vineyard and making wine in Napa Valley.
    • 86mets February 28, 2011 at 3:12 pm

      Yeah, guess you’re right. Why would he want to get involved in the Mets’ mess? Oh well, like I said, it’s just one Mets fan’s dream!
    • Jeffrey February 28, 2011 at 6:20 pm

      I wish Seaver wasn’t as happy making wine and would become our pitching coach!
      • any February 28, 2011 at 6:35 pm

        might as well just get ronnie out of the booth to do it.
        • t agee February 28, 2011 at 6:49 pm

          For that matter I think Keith would be an OUTSTANDING hitting coach.

          But I would miss him in the booth.
          • Metsie March 1, 2011 at 12:35 pm

            He would never make the commitment. And he likes to party so that wouldn’t go over too well in the press.

            In fact I can’t imagine anyone who really wants to go through that, You get none of the credit and all of the blame!

            And you don’t make a lot of money either!

            Ever wonder why the coaching and manager positions are always being filled by guys who were decent but never great when they were players?

            Mostly because te ones who WERE good made enough money to not have to work anymore after they retired and didn’t need to keep working in baseball to make money!
            • Donal March 1, 2011 at 1:00 pm

              No, the great ones sell their World Series rings on QVC.

              I think it has as much to do with personality and intellect as anything. Maybe having a guy closer to average helps him work with and evaluate the middle of the road players.

              Or maybe, just being really great at something doesn’t mean you understand it or know how to communicate it.
              • t agee March 1, 2011 at 1:35 pm

                Yeah I’m sure that as much as Keith likes to talk hitting (and defense) he wouldn’t want to do it full time for a number of reasons and while I agree that the greats have a difficult time teaching less talented individuals I feel that Keith’s success as a hitter had less to do with an overabundance of natural talent and more to do with his approach at the plate.

                Hernandez was much more of a thinking man’s player than many of his peers. Teaching the thinking part of the game is much easier to get people to understand and translate into performance than just technique alone. Understanding why makes everything easier to learn.
              • Metsie March 1, 2011 at 1:38 pm

                No it is more like they were not great athletes with humongous talent and they made up for that by learning the nuances of the game to compensate and that allowed them to keep their jobs. Once you LEARN it is logical to be able to teach.

                ALSO

                Because they were not great players on their own they probably got a lot more coaching then lets say a guy like Beltran who doesn’t need it and because of that they absorb more knowledge and advice that they can then pass on to others. If you spend a lot of time with someone who is doing their job at some point you will also learn HOW to do their job even if you yourself could not translate that experience in your own career.