*** Jose Reyes has received the brunt of criticism when the Mets lose. It’s mostly unfair. Knowing what a stand-up guy Keith is, and what a great person Jose is, I know that both of them have already put this past them. And if they haven’t yet, I’m sure they soon will.

*** I can understand why Jose Reyes was angry when his family told him that Keith referred to Reyes as being immature and acting like a baby. The Mets need to advise Reyes that playing in New York and getting criticized is all part of playing in this great sports metropolis. The Mets need to salvage this situation and get the most exciting player in team history to focus on baseball and not on his public perception.

Jose Reyes was called a baby and immature by the media for trying to play through pain and asking his manager to stay in the game…( in a NON-WALK YEAR )

…everytime Reyes made an error, it spoke to his “commitment” or “maturity level” or “intelligence”

How many times did we hear stuff like that…

Reyes is physically gifted…but a headcase…not smart…doesnt have the intangibles…

In 2007/2008, Met fans wanted a David Eckstein type player…and were tired of the Reyes dancing they loved in 2006

( there is a hilarious article on the whole gritty theory here http://deadspin.com/5644755/little-man-gigantic-exaggeration-of-his-abilities )

Brandon Tierney goes on a rampage and bashes Reyes for being too exuberant…and says we should trade him…

same with John Harper…

In 2009….Lets trade Reyes

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-crossroads-erratic-shortstop-jose-reyes-article-1.410967#ixzz0FayvesRP&B

then we heard the same thing about Beltran…yes…that Beltran…

according to Steve Phillips, a guy hitting .367 with power in CF, having won 2 GG in the past 3 years was not a smart player…

Even SI wrote an article on how bad Steve Phillips was off…

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/joe_posnanski/05/19/carlos.beltran/index.html

Hilariously, they never mentioned Steve bashing Johan Santana for the mets lack of run support…

he said Johan’s problem is that his pitching does not inspire his teammates to give him run support, so they relax and wait for the 1-0 outcome

Steve must’ve been on that Molly that night…

SI unfortunately does not have the reach that ESPN does…

http://metsmerizedonline.com/2008/04/mets-fans-have-destroyed-their-homefield-advantage.html#comments

When the Brooklyn Dodgers left us starving for National League baseball, we were left with a giant hole in our hearts. The Mets filled that heart with joy and it didn’t matter how bad they were, we loved them.

In 1969 they rewarded that love and loyalty with a World Series trophy that we could all be proud of. Since then the team has had their ups and downs like any other team, but their love affair with their fans was a thing to marvel at.

Those days are now gone because of an impatient society that has been fueled by sports reporters and beat writers who couldn’t care less, a sports talk radio show that revels in the failures of the team and it’s players, a team sponsored network that is disconnected from the team, and a blogosphere that has gone out of control with negativity and the fascination with the power it yields irresponsibly.

It’s a cocktail for disaster and the New York Mets are unfairly swept inside it.

The most unfortunate part is that all those things I mention are not representative of the majority of undying loyalists to the team like myself. The majority of Mets fans are the most supportive fans on earth, but their voices simply are not loud enough to drown out the mindless utterings and negative rantings of the aforementioned.

For the majority of Mets fans it’s a travesty… a travesty that is perpetuated each day with the constant barrage of sensationalizing each and every player’s misstep or dissecting and over analyzing every players quote. It’s not only sad, but disgusting as well.

NAILED IT

I am looking up old Reyes posts and I have yet to see the objective outlook that you have with Wright.

If this fairness does exist on record, than please excuse.

When I speak, I am not really talking about the way MMO folks were from 2005-2011, I wasnt even on this site to speak to their individual posts…

I am talking about in general, the way folks on message boards and in the general media were from 2005-2011 on reyes compared to how they were on wright

Reyes endured far more hate than Wright with far less people defending him. If you were one of them, than props to u.

That article I looked up when you were critiquing Wright in 2008…this is what u had to say

“Let me preface this post by saying David Wright is my favorite Met by far. Okay, that said, let me proceed with the utmost of caution…”

When bashing Reyes on any board…that is NOT NECESSARY….

not even after he wins the 1st batting title in team history….

we all know what’s up….

There were others but they didn’t enter into the meat of the discussions they just said they hoped Reyes came back…

And never once did JoeD or I ever have to use the phrase “YOUR A HATER/NOT A FAN” to defend our position!

As you said 1-5 on the Wright side….
And I’ll vouch for ya….You were NOT one of them!

Take the count of those who got all up on Reyes for that last game of the season…
Take the count of how many people said he wasn’t worth what Miami paid him…
Take a count on all those who complained about his injuries and missing too much time to resign…
Take a count on everyone who agreed with the policy of not even making an OFFER to him…
Tell me how many you come up with?…I assure you It’s more than the guys on Wright’s case!

The only difference between them and the Wright haters is THEY got thier GUY the Reyes guys didn’t….

And let me say THIS too….
I took a hell of a lot more heat for my Defense of Reyes than I ever got for my defense of Wright!

And I never once ever had to say “Your a Hater” or “Your Not a Fan”!
Because I could make my case without it….

Not exactly happening here now is it?

Hell one of your own writers even posted an article the day after Reyes was gone for good about how GOOD a day Sandy had!

There was just as much Hatred thrown at Reyes and by MORE folks than are throwing it at Wright!

The issue this time is they can’t handle it like an adult or act properly when it’s a player THEY like getting the treatment!

And resort to childish retorts which only INFLAME the discussion!
I know your doing the best you can here….No one is questioning that!

But look at who you banned recently and you got shocked didn’t you?
Totally not the guys you thought were going to be on that list wasn’t it?

basically the guy you wanted to take the head off of and attach it to say Ollies body.

Congrats to David Wright, Jose Reyes, Nelson Cruz, Angel Pagan and Nelson Figueroa. LGM