Quotes of 2007

[soupcan]

Unfortunately no, it was more matter of fact but you could tell that Francesa felt pretty stupid for not realizing.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, a single moment of reflection is a start.

[Willets Point]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Carlos Beltran is very wise. That's why he's known as the Met with hair.

This quote is much funnier a month later.

[stevejrogers]

"You know, they are off to a nice start, 24-10, but this isn't the National League Central. This is Shea Stadium"-Ron Darling during the Mets 4th inning barrage

[metirish]

After the game Thursday Giambi took his razor to his days old stubble and shaved it,though he didn't shave his stache,he went with the look that he had last summer when the yanks were hot....

] “I’ve got to get us hot,” Giambi said. “I can’t go as far as shaving my head, like the Mets.”

[A Boy Named Seo]

]"When you came here from the Pirates, you were a caterpillar. You're a butterfly now."

-Rick Peterson to Oliver Perez

[Guest iramets]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: ]"When you came here from the Pirates, you were a caterpillar. You're a butterfly now." -Rick Peterson to Oliver Perez

"Think, Clarice. What is it that a caterpiller might symbolize? No, no, it's change, Clarice, change. Could you come a bit closer? Closer than that, now."

[Frayed Knot]

"David Wright may have just hit the first home-run in Citi-Field history" -- Howie Rose following Wright's first HR on Saturday which landed near the construction.

[Elster88]

Martinez noticed that many of the Mets had very little hair, the result of a widespread shaving spree.

"I see a lot of shaved heads," he joked to a teammate. "I'm glad I'm away from here."

[Willets Point]

Pedro didn't shave his hair when the Sox did it in 2003 either.

He was on the bandwagon with hair growth in 2004 though.

[metirish]

] "Teams go through it. Look across town," David Wright said, referring to the Yankees' injuries and struggles. "Good teams have to persevere. We've got the depth. We've got guys who would play every day on other teams. They have to step up, and the guys who are already in there are going to have to take some of that burden, step up our game."

What teams would they be starting on,curious that's all.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think he means Chavez and Easley, who have been starting due to injury, and are better than the opening-day starter on some teams.

Among remaining Met reserves, the only one you can make that claim about, I think is Castro, who is certainly better than a handful of Brian Schneiders out there.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

metirish - "What teams would they be starting on,curious that's all."

Zephyrs. Okay, possibly the Royals, Nationals, or DRays.

The problems with the offense didn't arise when Easley had to step in for Valentin or even when Endy filled in for Alou, but once Green went down as well there wasn't an adequate replacement to fill the void. The problem isn't as much the quality of the line up when Easley and Chavez have to assume starting roles, but the depth on the bench. The quality of bats available on the bench is greatly diminished when your best reserves must assume regular duty.

[Centerfield]

�So, right now, I�m a gambler, I�m a racist and I like 18�year-old girls, that�s the perception of me in New York right now about me."

Paul LoDuca - 6/29/07

[Frayed Knot]

Not true Paul, we think you're a hot-head too.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Ah, sing it.

I'm a racist, I'm a gambler, I'm a long way from home

And if you don't like me, then leave me alone

I'll date who I want to, if she's left junior high

And if the papers don't kill me, I'll live 'til I die

[metirish]

Maine on why he ran on the wild pitch.

] "I wasn't just going to stand there," Maine said. "They can get some guy of the street to just stand there. But they can't pull a guy off the street to pitch."

[Elster88]

Centerfield wrote: �So, right now, I�m a gambler, I�m a racist and I like 18�year-old girls, that�s the perception of me in New York right now about me." Paul LoDuca - 6/29/07

I like 18-year-old girls too.

[Elster88]

metirish wrote: Maine on why he ran on the wild pitch. ] "I wasn't just going to stand there," Maine said. "They can get some guy of the street to just stand there. But they can't pull a guy off the street to pitch."

Does that make sense to anyone? I'm confused.

[metirish]

It would only make sense if John was going to pitch after he pinch ran....

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Not true Paul, we think you're a hot-head too.

Red ass.
Don't forget red ass (though not quite as crimson as Paul O'Neill).

Later

[A Boy Named Seo]

Maybe the best quote off all-time. Shawn Green on getting a new hitting coach (NYTimes 7/15/07):

]�A lot of the job is being a rah-rah guy. We all know how to hit or else we wouldn�t be here. Sometimes all we want is to be held and told that everything�s going to be all right.�

[Elster88]

The ball struck Wright soundly on the outside of his right knee. He might have caught it, so might Clete Boyer.

"I should have put my glove in a different place," Wright said. "Then it wouldn't have hurt."


http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20070726&content_id=2110743&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym

[Guest Edgy DC]

"I hope I am the trade that the Mets hope for and I am probably the biggest key," Martinez said. "They know that if I have it, I'm going to be there. ... If I'm healthy, I believe I'm capable of doing anything anyone else can do."

--- Pedro Martinez

[Willets Point]

From your mouth to G-d's ears Pedro.

[Frayed Knot]

"Put it in the History books" -- Howie Rose following the final out of Glavine's 300th win.

[Frayed Knot]

"Now Al Downing and I can go out and do card shows together" -- Mike Bacsik onserving up Bonds's record breaking HR.

[Guest Edgy DC]

"Veteran move. He's wearing the white pants on the last day you can possibly wear them."

--- Paul Lo Duca on Pedro Martinez's sartorial choices (white slacks and
shoes) after his as he addressed the media after his Labor Day return
from a year off rehabbing from injury and surgery.

[Theoldmole]

]I'm a racist, I'm a gambler, I'm a long way from home And if you don't like me, then leave me alone I'll date who I want to, if she's left junior high And if the papers don't kill me, I'll live 'til I die

Edgy -- a month and a half lae, I finally ran across this. It's hilarious.