Let's watch the Mets

[Guest iramets]

Each of us, watching one Met.

Closely.

So closely that each of us succeeds in his or her mission: to learn something new about a player, and share it with the group.

For example, I choose David Wright, and when he's on camera (or at Shea, on defense or at-bat or running the bases) I ask myself all sorts of questions: Where does he stand in the batter's box? At which precise level is his wrist when the pitcher releases the ball (by his numbers, by his letters?) How far from his body? What angle does his bat take to the ground? How far apart does he put his feet in the batter's box?

Those are just some of the questions I should know the answers to(but don't, in any factual sense) after watching Wright bat for several years, and there are many other small factual areas (his fieldng stance while a pitch is being thrown) to be explored.

Now, few of these will lead to any shocking revelations, but my guess is that one or two might. No need to keep us appprised on a daily basis as you uncover trivial details, but if you come across something surpriseing, by all means share. And at years end (or whenever you get bored), you can give your report, even if it's full of nothing but trivia.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Ask yourself what percentage of opposing pitches to David Wright are preceded by him wiping his nose on the inside of his shirt collar. I would guess over 90% easy. One more reason he needs a good woman. It's freaking disgusting.

[Willets Point]

Funny you mention this. I was just reading today about a documentary called Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait in which 17 cameras were brought to a soccer game and filmed just one player for the entire game and shown in real time. Can't imagine doing that for a baseball player since it would be longer and a good portion of the game would be him just sitting in the dugout.

I'll take Oliver Perez since it will be easier for me to watch someone when he's not an everyday player, plus pitchers get a lot of camera time.

[metirish]

I'll take Green,my first observation is something I have noticed after he hits a home run,he tosses his batting gloves to the fans,just about caught him doing it tonight, after he was done taking props he walked down the dugout and stood up on the steps and tossed them to a fan....


I have observed him doing that four times this season.....look for it.

probably not what you are looking for ira but I will look more closely for Greens traits while hitting and so forth.

[Guest cooby]

This sounds like a kinda cool idea; I'll be looking forward to seeing what you all come up with.

[TransMonk]

I'll take John Maine.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I raised Joe Smith as best as I could. I might as well watch him now.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm just not observant enough for this game, I'm afraid.

The other day I was watching the Mets with my five-year-old daughter and she pointed out several things about David Wright that I had never noticed myself. She commented on, among other things, the position of his right elbow when he takes his batting stance, the way he taps the plate with his bat, and the way he positions his fanny as the pitcher goes into his delivery.

[Willets Point]

Perhaps your daughter should do the watching and you can report it back to us.

[G-Fafif]

I'm lazy. I'll take David Newhan.

[Centerfield]

I'm lazier. I'll take David Segui.

[Guest attgig]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: I'm just not observant enough for this game, I'm afraid. The other day I was watching the Mets with my five-year-old daughter and she pointed out several things about David Wright that I had never noticed myself. She commented on, among other things, the position of his right elbow when he takes his batting stance, the way he taps the plate with his bat, and the way he positions his fanny as the pitcher goes into his delivery.

haha. only 5 years old, and watching DW's fanny. uhoh. :-P

[Benjamin Grimm]

You got THAT right!

[metirish]

G-Fafif wrote: I'm lazy. I'll take David Newhan.

That could be like one of those nature programs,you waiting in the weeds for days seeing if Newhan moves on the bench.

Sky Sports has a feature where you can press a button on your remote and the camera will follow that player for ten minutes,they usually let you choose from four or five players,boring of course if the ball never gets to that guy in the ten minutes.

[Frayed Knot]

Carlos Gomez:
Bent-knee stance that shrinks his 6' 4" frame to something considerably shorter.
Starts in an open stance which he closes up before the pitch in delivered.
Bat close to laying on his shoulder, something associated most often as a non-power hitter's position.
Runs in a low stride with a lot of upper-body movement - somewhat reminiscent of Willie Mays as Gary pointed out today.
Still looks like a teenager

[Guest Giant Squidlike Creature]

Bump.

[metirish]

I've not been observing Green all that much....I can tell he's a passive person though,when block head Penny approached him during the game last night Green had that WTF look on his face,what's wrong with this moron kinda thing.

[Guest cleonjones11]

David Wright has more tics than nomar Garciaparra..and yes David wiggles his ass as his last sympton of obsessive compulsive disorder before every pitch..