Comments on: MMO Hits & Misses: Kid Patches Are Sweet, Buns Of Steel, Forever Young?

By: Ed Leyro

Ed Leyro — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:44:26 +0000

Stay strong, Joe! I’m on the bench if you need a pinch-hitter!

By: Denver Mets Fan

Denver Mets Fan — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:08:31 +0000

Damn even Mets bloggers can’t stay off the DL…… Good luck Joe quick recovery

By: Met Maniac

Met Maniac — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:47:31 +0000

Good luck Joe!

By: MetsMan86

MetsMan86 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:45:14 +0000

We all owe you a ton for everything that you’ve done for your fellow Mets fans with this site. I’m sure if there were anything that you needed, the collective of MMO regulars would GLADLY do everything in our power to see that you’re taken care of and come out the other end of this surgery 10x’s better than you went into it. Be safe Joe D.

By: MetsMan86

MetsMan86 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:27:28 +0000

Keep making the same arguments that don’t make sense.
“THE BORE SALUTES YOU!”

By: Joey D.

Joey D. — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:59:05 +0000

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”

“A Wilpon by any other would smell as…..”. – you guys fill in the blanks.

By: Donal

Donal — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:19:52 +0000

Stay classy, alex.

By: Alex68

Alex68 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:18:09 +0000

By “WE” you mean the sabergoons!?!?!?!!?

By: jeff

jeff — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:59:15 +0000

jeffy designed the shirts, freddy designed the stadium

By: trs86

trs86 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:20:19 +0000

Wow, way to bring us back to reality Joe. To think while you are worrying over this we are driving up your hits with pointless debates over which stat is more useful. LOL.

By: Mr North Jersey

Mr North Jersey — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:17:04 +0000

Best of luck Joe with the surgery.

By: trs86

trs86 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:15:58 +0000

Young did sign an MLB contract last year but was only paid 1.1M assuming there was not any protection in that for the Mets. The Mets also had a little more room on the 40 man to play with than they do this year.

By: stick

stick — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:07:39 +0000

that’s why young came in on (IIRC) a MiL deal last year, or at least one that was primarily incentives based.

So they really only paid him for what he did (and they got a good, albeit not very long, return on their investment !)

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:03:57 +0000

Good Luck Joe D!

By: Bayonne Mets Fan

Bayonne Mets Fan — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:03:33 +0000

all the best Joe, get well soon

By: t agee

t agee — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:02:49 +0000

All the best Joe and get off the DL ASAP.

One thing, probably the only thing all MMO readers can agree on is we’ll all be rooting for you and can’t wait to see you back.

By: Donal

Donal — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:59:37 +0000

Screw that hippy crap. Club House Fight Club. Just leave the imaginary friends at home.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:57:04 +0000

Goodspeed there Joe!

By: Alex68

Alex68 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:54:39 +0000

Joe D, the CORE is with you man.. good luck on your surgery.. And as long as the articles are not coming from that guy to talk about urinals and sabermetrics it’s all good.. (Roll eyes) he’s the worst out of the bunch…

By: Joey D.

Joey D. — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:43:00 +0000

Joe D.,

Most importantly, good luck with the surgery and we all know you’ll be doing fine.

As far as some of the reporting goes, I’m glad Alderson learned that one doesn’t offer a player who pitched only 20 innings the year before (and just 76 the season before that) a $1.1 million major league contract like he did in 2011. The amount doesn’t sound like much but it would have meant Young having to make the team and not taking away a roster spot.

It’s so ironic that an ownership so thoughtful in the way it developed a patch in memory of The Kid would also not have the hindsight to recognize how the players would react to the owner giving them underdog tee shirts, even if done only in fun. Obviously the patch was designed for his approval whereas the tee shirt was of his own inspiration – which isn’t surprising, considering the inspiration he had regarding the design of Citi Field.