Comments on: Mets Start Spring Training With 3-1 Loss To Nats http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/03/mets-start-spring-training-with-3-1-loss-to-nats.html Sun, 19 May 2013 08:52:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: XtreemIcon http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/03/mets-start-spring-training-with-3-1-loss-to-nats.html#comment-232452 XtreemIcon Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:26:56 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=73871#comment-232452 Exactly. A couple of more guys get on and the story could be different. Hits would have been great. But as the Nationals showed, having more guys on base opens up more run-scoring opportunities. They had exactly the same number of RBI hits the Mets did but managed to score two more runs, both scoring on outs because of the base runners.

]]> By: Donal http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/03/mets-start-spring-training-with-3-1-loss-to-nats.html#comment-232377 Donal Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:32:45 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=73871#comment-232377 Duda, Davis and Bay aren’t the “big boppers”?

]]> By: trs86 http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/03/mets-start-spring-training-with-3-1-loss-to-nats.html#comment-232350 trs86 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:50:35 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=73871#comment-232350 Yeah I think it is just their different styles of hitting. They were both successful so their way is right.

]]> By: Joey D. http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/03/mets-start-spring-training-with-3-1-loss-to-nats.html#comment-232347 Joey D. Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:47:03 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=73871#comment-232347 TRS86,

Now that is a debate worth listening too – Ralph and Keith disagreeing about how Wright’s stance and swing should be. That’s baseball. Having no idea whatsoever, my initial reaction would be to side with Ralph.

Could it be that Ralph was talking in terms of a power hitter and Keith in terms of a higher average?

]]> By: Bayonne Mets Fan http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/03/mets-start-spring-training-with-3-1-loss-to-nats.html#comment-232330 Bayonne Mets Fan Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:22:15 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=73871#comment-232330 Well all the RBI guys were sat early or did not play. It may be a different game if all the big boppers/the difference makers/the deal closers were left in the game but it’s only ST.

A couple of CLUTCH hits and it doesn’t matter if the Mets had only 12 baserunners. Big hits and RBIs in big spots are what make the story. That’s what wins games and that’s what makes a game a story – the RBI guys. The rest? They’re just doing what you’re supposed to do like any other sport but without the people who create the story, win the games, and are the difference makers – the big boppers – then they just sit there on base increasing their OBP.

No RBI guys? No wins

]]> By: trs86 http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/03/mets-start-spring-training-with-3-1-loss-to-nats.html#comment-232315 trs86 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:55:31 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=73871#comment-232315 That’s where Ralph and Keith get into it all the time. Keith keeps fussing at Wright to get rid of the upper cut and swing level. Ralph keeps saying keep the upper cut and stand with your right foot in the middle of the plate. Perhaps Jason needs to quit listening and do what he did to get where he was when he got the damn contract.

]]> By: stick http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/03/mets-start-spring-training-with-3-1-loss-to-nats.html#comment-232312 stick Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:33:47 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=73871#comment-232312 one of the many reasons to like Duda. Kiner really spoke highly of him (I believe Keith did too).

]]> By: XtreemIcon http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/03/mets-start-spring-training-with-3-1-loss-to-nats.html#comment-232310 XtreemIcon Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:20:48 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=73871#comment-232310 I liked what I saw, mostly. No one got hurt, which was most important, but I liked what the top of the lineup did when the starters were in, even though it was just a couple of PAs. It was mostly a bench vs. bench game, but it’s real hard to win with only 12 base runners in 9 innings, no matter who’s in there.

]]> By: Lifelongmetsfan http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/03/mets-start-spring-training-with-3-1-loss-to-nats.html#comment-232303 Lifelongmetsfan Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:46:40 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=73871#comment-232303 I agree Joey, Kiner knows hitting. It has been uncanny how Kiner has identified rookies who have turned out to be productive major leaguers. I wish someone could put together a compilation of Kiner talking about rookies throughout his years as a Met announcer.

]]> By: Joey D. http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/03/mets-start-spring-training-with-3-1-loss-to-nats.html#comment-232295 Joey D. Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:14:43 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=73871#comment-232295 While his colleagues at SNY were talking about how much better Bay looked at the plate last spring in St. Lucie, Ralph Kiner interjected that Bay was swinging the bat too level which would produce mostly soft line drives to the outfield or popups and that Jason thus needed to uppercut his swing more. If his plate approach is still the same, then we’re in trouble. If he has gone back to his old batting stance, it will still be a matter of bat speed.

I will be most anxious to hear Ralph Kiner’s comments over the next few weeks. I think his perspective will carry more weight than any mathematical formula or curve that also takes into account the reduced distances and heights in Citi Field. If Jason is still not swinging properly and/or turning the wrists quick enough to satisfy Ralph, then it wouldn’t matter how much the Mets reduced the home run distances.

]]> By: any http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/03/mets-start-spring-training-with-3-1-loss-to-nats.html#comment-232293 any Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:48:59 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=73871#comment-232293 this early in ST just surviving the game in one piece is enough to ask for.

One thing though is Bay. I suspect it will be real apparent quickly when the season starts if he has anything left.

]]> By: Joey D. http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/03/mets-start-spring-training-with-3-1-loss-to-nats.html#comment-232286 Joey D. Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:07:02 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=73871#comment-232286 And it was great chatting with you guys during the contest.

Tomorrow all that matters is how Santana appears. Don’t care if he’s off his game a bit as he is looking strong.

]]> By: NJstuckinTX http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/03/mets-start-spring-training-with-3-1-loss-to-nats.html#comment-232276 NJstuckinTX Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:30:08 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=73871#comment-232276 What a glorious phrase.

]]> By: Mr North Jersey http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/03/mets-start-spring-training-with-3-1-loss-to-nats.html#comment-232274 Mr North Jersey Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:26:39 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=73871#comment-232274 Nice job Dave damn your fast.

We’re back indeed. Santana 2morrow nice…

]]> By: srt http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/03/mets-start-spring-training-with-3-1-loss-to-nats.html#comment-232273 srt Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:25:00 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=73871#comment-232273 Baseball is back.

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