Comments on: MMO Fan Shot: Closing The Book On Jason Bay

By: BringbackCasey

BringbackCasey — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:34:40 +0000

“Nice guys finish last” … Leo Durocher

By: TruthsaboutMurphy

TruthsaboutMurphy — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:43:09 +0000

2011…he sucked!!! Get your facts strait. 2011 was another crap year. There is no way he scored 109 runs!!! Whoever is in charge of editing at this site needs to be fired.

Whoever picks the fan shots needs to actually read them first!

By: Just-Da-Damaja

Just-Da-Damaja — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:43:53 +0000

Brown people are too fast to hustle

By: Just-Da-Damaja

Just-Da-Damaja — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:41:11 +0000

so wait…ur saying that castillo bunted for base-hits…and showed plate discipline…

and somehow these are examples of him being lazy

lmao

and as far as his “attitude”…he played in pain…without complaining…and helped mentor tejada at 2B in 2010 while he was on the bench…

Justin Turner
Daniel Murphy
Jose Reyes
Ruben Tejada
Carlos Beltran

Castillo’s ex-teammates in FL + Minny

all these folks came to his defense when the press was trying to make Luis look like Jerry Sandusky…

but thats not enough to change your mind…

Castillo played in pain but forgot to smile

lol met fans

By: Sloatsburg Mets Fan

Sloatsburg Mets Fan — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:24:56 +0000

Are we forgeting that Castilo signed, almost immediately with the Phillies? Then he loafed in late to ST and was cut, then he was never heard from again.

By: Sloatsburg Mets Fan

Sloatsburg Mets Fan — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:21:34 +0000

Castillo hustled all the time. REALLY? Castillo was a nice guy. REALLY? I loved Castillo’s game when he was a young man but he was always somewhat dour especailly as he got older. He absolutely loafed quite often. That was one of the gripes many had about him. The fact that he bunted or tried to walk nearly every at bat also drove me nuts.

By: Bayonne Mets Fan

Bayonne Mets Fan — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:36:16 +0000

Yeah especially when anything good about the roster today is largely due to Omar (Harvey, Ike Davis, Tejada, etc..and the minors). You’re so far off the mark you should be embarrassed. Yeah, real buffoonery in saying he has a 5 year plan and has the team in the post season in year 2.
Alderson and his crew of buffoons couldn’t sniff Omar’s ASS when it comes to recognizing talent and the Mets will NEVER reach the post season as long as guy is running the team. Can’t make a trade, want’s to lowball players and gives us one scrap heap signing after another. Another second guesser who spews a lot of hot air

By: taskmaster4450

taskmaster4450 — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:25:19 +0000

The comments are astounding. Nice guy…who gives a crap. The on focus is on performance and his sucked. Attitude comes into play if a player negatively affects a team but if he produces enough, everyone can live with it (ala Manny being Manny). Bay gave the Mets nothing in return for the $66M. The Mets lost and it will continue to haunt them for another year or so. Omars gift that keeps on giving.

By the way, Alderson has to make 10 Pagan for Ramirez deals to equal up to the buffoonery of this one. There is a big difference about not harming the long term prospects of a team and totally handcuffing it.

By: USMF

USMF — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:22:27 +0000

I’m one who liked Bay, you hear all the time about his hard work and stuff….I also believe that the Mets mishandled Bay and put the blame in Mets management for some of Bay’s issues here. I think their hitting philosophy in Bay’s first year messed up his approach and he spent too much time tinkering and trying to dig himself out of the hole. Last year, I saw some positive signs from him, but got hurt as soon as his timing down he got hurt…then the Mets in their wisdom, stuck Bay back into the lineup with no time in the minors to work out his timing…not once, but twice! The 2nd time was after a concussion and told Bay he’s got two weeks or he’s benched.

Anyways…even though I liked Bay, I’m glad he’s gone…it’s the best thing for him and for the Mets. But it is time to move on, but Mets fans love to pick at old wounds.

But I love the dbl standards…Beltran and Reyes are two of the best players the Mets have ever had and they constantly vilified.

Castillo was a good player whose knees gave out, but he hustled his ass off all the time…other than the length of the deal, it wasn’t that bad of a contract. Especially when he was the best option at 2nd (but even Omars 2nd choice) at a time that the Mets had nobody even close to play 2nd unless they wanted to resign Kaz.

Ollie…left a bad taste in my mouth and he’s probably more of a product of Boreass than anything else.

By: Fonzie13

Fonzie13 — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:21:03 +0000

Bay had a strong overall 2011 campaign? Huh? He had 109 hits not 109 runs and if you call a 245 BA and 374 Slug% with 12 HR and 57 RBI’s a solid year then Daniel Murphy looks like Rogers Hornsby at 2B.

By: Bayonne Mets Fan

Bayonne Mets Fan — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:14:59 +0000

nobody is saying that so don’t be dumb. It’s just a nice human interest story and it would be nice if MORE ballplayers did this

By: srt

srt — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:47:07 +0000

Sad story and a life cut way too short.

Bostock’s decision just proves that there’s always an exception to every rule. Nothing is absolute.
Expecting all ball players who don’t live up to their contract to ‘give back money’ though is just naive.

By: Bayonne Mets Fan

Bayonne Mets Fan — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:05:13 +0000

http://www.cooloftheevening.com/minnesota_twins_deaths.htm

By: Alex68

Alex68 — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:53:35 +0000

Bayonne, thanks for commenting and reading.. I did not want castillo here, but once we signed the guy i was all in. but once he started sucking bad and to some degree sulking the whole team along with him, i did not want the guy here any longer. but the man worked his butt off, he cared and hustled all the time.. But no, jason bay gets all the credit because even though he sucked horrible he hustle… You kinda wonder about mets fans and how they perceive a player based on how they look… It’s really sad and pathetic..

By: srt

srt — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:53:29 +0000

Just like we heard about Francoeur every time he swung a bat for the first year or so after he left NY.

By: srt

srt — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:52:30 +0000

Give money back?
Speaks good English?

Some of the comments on here lately are just mind boggling.

It’s called a contract for a reason.
The Mets lost out on value for the dollar for Bay’s contract, just like they made out like bandits on Dickey’s contract. It’s always the roll of the dice. You can look at a player’s stats, you can read the scouts analysis, but nothing is guaranteed going forward. It’s always an educated guess and a calculated risk.

By: Bayonne Mets Fan

Bayonne Mets Fan — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:43:12 +0000

You just pointed at the MOTHER of all double standards!

Luis Castillo ran hard and hustled ALL the time and the Mets even got a little something out of his contract. He was no where near as much as a flop as Jason Bay.

Yet Jason Bay who was a hundred times worse as a bust gets lauded as a nice guy and he hustled. Luis Castillo was also a VERY nice guy by all accounts as well and he hustled.

That is the ultimate double standard and a clear case of it too.

By: Alex68

Alex68 — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:39:37 +0000

I really don’t get the affection of som mets fans either… Jose reyes was a nice guy too, he was a hell of a NY city role model. never got in trouble, donates tons of money to needed kids in DR for schools and hospitals out there.. Same with carlos beltran who’s wife is involved in many charities in PR and even in NY. yet i can’t hardly remember any article or people calling team nice guys… Jason bay was assumed to be a nice guy because of his soft spoken voice and good well spoken english, how about providing actual things he did to make us believe he was a nice guy? A nice guy or a great teammate would’ve said, go sign reyes and somehow defer my contract until i get better or something.. He’s just another greedy ballplayer who got release and took all his money with him.. Good guy my ass… You know who hustle all the time too? Luis Castillo, yet he was perceived as the devil by mets fans. The double standard and side taking it’s pathetic… Jason Bay was the biggest POMFS as a player i’ve seen in a mets uniform as a FA and it’s not even close.. Good guy comments towards him are just that, comments, but not because we know he’s a nice guy, just because we assume he is… F___ JASON BAY!!!!!!!!!! Good riddance and if we never hear from him in this blog the better…

By: Mr North Jersey

Mr North Jersey — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:33:53 +0000

it really hasn’t as well.

By: Mr North Jersey

Mr North Jersey — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:32:02 +0000

Is it really closed though? Unlike Ollie & Castillo where Castillo was never heard from again in MLB and Ollie didn’t see the Majors again till this past season. I think we will see Bay find himself in some capacity on a major league team in 2013 and unless he continues to progress as he has as a Met I expect we will hear about him every time he hits a HR or has a good game which I would wager will soon be followed by posts titled “Did the Mets give up on Bay to soon?” So metaphorically speaking I get why as you wrote “the book closes on the Mets” for now but at the same time it really isn’t as well.