Curtis Granderson Doesn't Suck Anymore

[Centerfield]

Announces his retirement.



https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/01/curtis-granderson-announces-retirement.htmlhttps://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/01/curtis-granderson-announces-retirement.html

[smg58]

An easy guy to root for, always came across as very likable, and he helped bring the World Series to Queens. No negatives from me. Good luck to him.

[LWFS]

Good dude. Was lovely to 4 y/o YoungerPooper when they met.

[G-Fafif]

From the FAFIF countdown of the Top 100 Mets of the 2010s, where Curtis checked in at No. 8.

If all Curtis Granderson did was play virtually every day that he wore a New York Mets uniform, that would differentiate him from all of his contemporaries. In an era when almost nobody stayed in the Met lineup daily, Curtis was the reason you had to say “almost”. Grandy was the rock of the Mets roster for most of four seasons, especially the two in the middle of his tenure, 2015 and 2016, not coincidentally the two seasons when he helped lead his team into the playoffs. Whether you found him in right or, as necessary, center, you knew you were gonna get solid, heady defense. Wherever he appeared in the batting order — leadoff a lot, but cleanup sometimes — you knew the opposing pitcher was in for a battle. No Met drew more walks in a single year during the decade than Curtis, who worked out 91 bases on balls in 2015. Anecdotally, you'd swear each one ignited or extended a rally. For a while in '15, the veteran's walks were the Mets rallies, but he also chipped in 26 homers, 33 doubles and a world of smart baserunning. He went deep three more times in the World Series and drove in a dozen postseason runs overall. A year later, his over-the-shoulder robbery of Brandon Belt's bid for an RBI double at the center field wall kept the NL Wild Card Game scoreless in the sixth. Yet plucking statistics and highlights from Granderson's time as a Met seems to undersell what he meant to the franchise. You could just as easily go by Major League Baseball presenting him with the Roberto Clemente Award in 2016, annual recognition of the player who “best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team”. Actually, you could have just paid attention to how Curtis played the game and treated people, and you would have gotten the Grand picture.

Edited January 31, 2020 by Guest

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Among the team's most successful free-agent signings ever. You hafta remember the club was flat broke at the time and so could only afford bounceback candidates. He was coming off a lengthy injury layoff and had some red flags (age, whiffiness etc). But he really stepped up, was easy to root for and a fun player to watch even as he left his "excitement game" behind as grew (like, he didn;t rack up triples and stolen bases anymore but he still found meaningful ways to contribute).



Class act and probably a distant Mets HoF candidate

[Chad ochoseis]

Did my grad school alma mater, the University of Illinois at Chicago, very proud.



"I know that my role in this game is just getting started..." sure sounds like he's looking for a coaching job. Luis Rojas, take note.

[ashie62]

In an era of increasing bad actors in sports Curtis Granderson rocks it the other way. 344 Homers

[MFS62]

He retires as the active career ML leader in triples.

Who inherits the title now?

Later

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Curtis was an easy guy to cheer for! Would be nice if he were to start coaching and showing younger players not just how to play the game, but how to treat people.

[MFS62]

=Marshmallowmilkshake post_id=30913 time=1580523237 user_id=119]
Curtis was an easy guy to cheer for! Would be nice if he were to start coaching and showing younger players not just how to play the game, but how to treat people.

[Edgy MD]

Welcome aboard, Marshie.

[Fman99]

Whoa, a new user! Fantastic.



Yes, also, nothing but love for Grandy. One of the many "jersey style" tee shirts that Fboy wore at some point in his childhood, he was happy to have Granderson's name and number on his back, as was I to buy it for him.