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I have a feeling Endy will get his ABs.


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cooby wrote:
I have a feeling Endy will get his ABs.


Al (and I) surely hope so...and not of the mop-up variety as was the case last night.


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Endy is fine in his role: He & Castro are about the only guy on the bench to be an advantage anymore. Newhan's got zero talent and desn't scare anyone, Easley looks like he'll be used as a straight platoonie, Franco's alright if and only if you need a single.

Of course the RBI is overrated.

I don't think the Mets or Yannx necessarily set out specifically to create staffs that look like they do this year: That's just how they turned out.That said I wouldn't trade our starting 5 for theirs.


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Who would you sit right now so Chavez can play more?,not to blow a hole in Cohen's theory that the Mets were a different team with Reyes and Chavez hitting 1-2 but Endy hit second in 20 games with 20 hits,he hit seventh,eight and ninth 20 times or more,eight 45 times and ninth 31 times.

I think Mr.Cohen is being a bit nostalgic when talking about Endy.


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Endy will get his opportunity. As will Park. Let's not force the issue.


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I agree that Endy will be asked to play more often as the season progresses, but I also think that there may have been some places where he could have played.

Not a biggie, but Al's a big Endy guy. :-)

I guess I'm from the Bobby V school of keeping everyone fresh...this is a different team of course, so I get why Willie does things differently


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A couple of new talking points:

(another piecce from AL): Al Wants Small Ball

http://www.gothambaseball.com/news/1176473662.php

Megdal at Shea:(he was on assignment for us at Shea last night)

http://www.gothambaseball.com/news/1176473215.php

Nats-Mets Series Preview (one of the new guys, getting his feet wet)

http://www.gothambaseball.com/news/1176472639.php

As always, your feedback, readership and hospitatlity is always appreciated.

MH


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I believe generally, small ball is a self-fulfilling, self-defeating prophecy. Teams that cannot score big tend to use it, and using it tends to prevent them from scoring big, which encourages its use... etc etc etc. The Mets IMO did way too much of this in 2005, not to mention for the first 22 years of the organization. Davey Johnson had the right idea about offense.

Howard is a good writer.


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]...In sum, I believe Willie Randolph helped convert him from a journeyman to a star last year...


the word "star" does not in any way apply to endy chavez.


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Nymr, always with the absolutes.

Here's one for you, Heals. I registered for your forum to post it there, but I've been waiting an hour for my confirmation.

Dear Gotham Baseball,

I appreciated reading Patrick Andriola's recent story on the Mets 1999 infield ("The Cheap Seats: The Perfect Storm of Infielders," 4/5/2007). A few minor points are worth noting however.

  • John Olerud did not come to the Mets as a free agent, but was acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1996-1997 offseason in a trade for Robert Person.


  • The author seems to be saying in the seventh paragraph that Edgardo Alfonzo had never been a secondbaseman before. In fact, he came up as middle infielder, having been a shortstop in the minors before switching to second when Rey Ordoñez was acquired, but second, too, was oocupied when he arrived at Shea. He still played 98 games at second --- including the majority (66) of his 1996 appearances --- during his initial tenure as a utility man, before switching to third only when he became a full-timer. He was well experienced. Andriola may be meaning to imply that it was Edgardo's first year as a full-time secondbaseman, which he writes more clearly in the fifth paragraph. But Fonzie certainly had plenty of experience prior to the move. It's confusing to the reader who might be unfamiliar.


  • Most importantly, Andriola seems to be missing the point of the Sports Illustrated article he uses as a jumping-off point, and this becomes clear by the penultimate paragraph. In describing them as possibly the "best infield ever," the article's author was judging them for their defensive performance, not for their overall play.
Thanks again for the recollections of these fine infielders in a wonderful season.

Sincerely,

Edgy DC


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Edgy DC wrote:
Please PM me yourr username and I'll make sure it gets activated forthwith...that goes for anyone else that may be experiencing the same delay.


I think I just used Edgy DC.


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Why is Reyes never thought of as a possible captain?

http://www.gothambaseball.com/news/1177256305.php

I've been working on a lot of different projects for GBM this past few months, so it's pretty great to get GN back off the inactive list.

As always, feedback is appreciated.


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Because he's nine?


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Edgy DC wrote:
Because he's nine?


LOL...and what, Wright's 32?


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More seriously, I'm not sure that I agree with, "Since he came though the system, David Wright has been heralded as the future captain of the Mets."

But if that's true, its' people getting way ahead of themselves with WRight, not being behind on Reyes.


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Edgy DC wrote:
More seriously, I'm not sure that I agree with, "Since he came though the system, David Wright has been heralded as the future captain of the Mets."

But if that's true, its' people getting way ahead of themselves with WRight, not being behind on Reyes.


I started covering the Mets' minor leagues in 2001, and when started his first season in 2001, even then, I heard stuff like that about Wright.

I don't think anyone's behind on Reyes, I just don't think they are thinking of him in that fashion, and I was asking a rhetorical question, I guess.


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]Asked if the Mets were planning to have a Japanese restaurant in Citifield, Perez said, “I don’t know. But I sure hope so.”


Why would anyone expect Oliver Perez to know what restaurant plans there are for Citifield?


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They should have asked him if there was going to be a gruel restaurant.


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Not a bad article from Andriola on D Wright,I think most Mets know that Wright is still getting on base,it's just that he's been terrible everywhere else,hitting with RISP he has been especially brutal.


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