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2012
Our Amazin’ Mets, The Comeback Kids!
An article by Former Writers
After a sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays, the Mets laid an egg in a home series against the Red, dropping all three games. The Mets needed a bounce back series against Baltimore, who has been terrific the first few months of the season.
They did just that only alowing two runs in the three games and sweeping the Orioles at Citi FIeld.
Once again the Mets show their resiliency a resiliency that they have shown all year. Being able to bounce back from tough games or being on the losing end of series sweeps have not deterred them from their mission. Thats one thing that can’t be taught, it’s something that either a team has or a team doesn’t have.
It all started on Monday night with another masterful performance by R.A. Dickey, who has taken the National League by strom with his devistating knuckleball that has “baffled” many hitters. For his second outing in a row R.A. tossed a one hitter.
At 11-1 with a 2.00 ERA, Dickey has been arguably the best pitcher in baseball, leading the majors in almost every major pitching category.
In recent memory we have all been witness to some marvelous pitching seasons. Martinez in 99′ and Lee in 08′ just to name a few. With throwing a knuckleball and controling it the way Dickey has, the case can be made that come the end of this year, his numbers will be up there with some of the greats.
Obviously this team isn’t playing the way they have solely on the knuckleball of R.A. Dickey, but it’s a combined effort from this cast of characters that have bonded together beautifully. Whether it’s been David Wright, Scott Hairston or even in recent games the young Jordany Valdespin, the Mets are showing a unique trait that winning teams need, resiliency.
Winning on a consistant basis is so hard to do over the corse of 162 game regular season. Thats why a baseball season is not about how well you play for a week or two, but how you can recover from tough losses and series and continue to plow through and keep a positive winning attitude.
Enough isn’t said about how good of a job Terry Collins has done since he took the job as manager of the Mets. He completely changed the mindset of these players. Not accepting failure or even an average effort. From a leadership perspective, being able to get into these young players heads and getting them to play like a winner.
Obviously it’s still early in the season, it’s not even July yet, but the Mets are only 3.0 out in the division and currently hold one of the two NL Wild Card spots. For a fan base that has gone through and seen it all the last five years, it has been a sweet begining to 2012 and there’s still a lot to look forward to as we head closer to the mid-summer classic.
As the season moves deeper into the summer, it will be interesting to see how this team plays. For right now though its been a real pleasure to watch this group play night in and night out.
This weekend the Yankees come into Citi Field as the Mets look to even the score after being swept by the Bombers at Yankee Stadium eariler this month.
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I LOVE THIS TEAM , I am SO proud to be a mets fan . We all knew the yanks are arguable the best team in baseball , so lets get 1 win here , ONE win would mean 5 over by monday , i can live with that , LETS GO METROPOLITANS
Yes, Ang, I love them, too.
As I wrote on a disappointing Father’s Day owing to the Cincy sweeping:
“I believe in this team. Here’s my statement, and all should hold me accountable come late September:
The 2012 Mets will give us more joy than heartbreak; they will continue to Amaze.
Yanks are no slouches, but I think we will give them something they haven’t expected this weekend.
Good job Daniel! We need more enthusiasm, passion and support for this team from Wright, Johan and Dickey at the top, all the way down to Valdespin, Hairston and Nickeas at the bottom. This is a team effort and they show us the importance of that whenever they take the field. Lets Go Mets!
Yes! This is what the Mets are all about! The underdogs overachieving. Playing hard. Hustling. Enthusiasm. Pitching and timely hitting. Ya Gotta Believe!
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me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCApuPQStoM
Don’t know where this team will take us when it’s all said and done this season but I’m enjoying the heck out of this so far.
Past few seasons knowing we were going nowhere, many Met fans were yammering to just ‘play the kids’, let’s see what they’ve got. And besides their stellar SP lately, these kids who are playing just might be the key to what we’re watching. Enthusiastic, hoping to make a mark and stay permanently in the major. Couple with the few veterans, it appears to be a good mix that’s clicking well right now.
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Resiliency is a word that has become synonymous with the Mets thus far this 2012 season.
Off Topic: This from WSJ
BrianCostaWSJ (Beat Writer / Columnist) Mayor Bloomberg will be at Citi Field to present Santana with key to NYC Fri. Wait til he hears about the unlimited soda in media lounge
http://twitter.com/BrianCostaWSJ/statuses/215889662378655744
Also MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo has a nice read with quotes from Ike Davis on his struggles to get back on track this season.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120621&content_id=33689644&vkey=news_nym&c_id=nym&partnerId=rss_nym
Yup,
We saw it last year too and am sure we will for years to come.
LGM
“Enough isn’t said about how good of a job Terry Collins has done since he took the job as manager of the Mets. He completely changed the mindset of these players. Not accepting failure or even an average effort. From a leadership perspective, being able to get into these young players heads and getting them to play like a winner.”
That is spoken about NOW. Only later, we’ll hear “Collins sucks”, “No wonder he hasn’t managed in 10 years”, “He doesn’t know what’s doing”, “We should’ve had Backman as manager” and so on and so forth. Truth is, if not for Collins (good or bad decisions), we wouldn’t be where we are. For those of you who are foolish to say “This team is not exciting to watch”, have any of you heard about Jimmy Rollins, Chipper Jones, and Beltran saying that the Mets were underrated by “experts” and Collins is the reason where we are? Wrap your head around that. TWO of the most hated rival team’s players said that. As soon as the summer gets hotter, the Mets will as well. BELIEVE IT!
It has been a roller coaster ride at times, especially with the sweeps but this team surprises many but not themselves, they and their fearless leader, our Prof. X, Terry Collins who lately it seems has allowed his starter to go longer in games and allow them to wk out of jams.
This is helping to not expose the BP which TC was doing quite a bit early in season but lately he has found the right mix and hopefully FF hiccup on Wed was his monthly one and he won’t have another one for awhile.
I enjoy this team cause you never know who is going to provide the big hit, Spin, Nickeas, Ike, Duda, Hairston, Cap Kirk or even a pitcher as RA started that rally on Monday night.
They are fun to watch and they are never out of the game.
Lets Go Mets! I say 2 out of 3 against the hated Yanks.