Green Acres

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

The Snooze today notes that Willie and Shawn Green had a sit-down yesterday, before Green sat down for Milledge despite a RH pitcher going last night.

Though it doesn't say what details were discussed, Green afterward gave a "whatever I'm asked to do I'll do" kinda thing, which is good to see.

It'll be a year since his acquisition next week.

[metirish]

Yeah Greenie seems like a decent sort and like he said he's not exactly tearing the cover of the ball.

[soupcan]

Or catching many balls for that matter.

[Frayed Knot]

Assuming that he was told that he's going to be the odd man out from this point on would make sense considering the timing. For all the talk about how Green should have been sitting all along, this is really the first opportunity to do so on a lasting basis.

Green's been a mediocre (at best) fill-in over the last 12 months but, between the Nady trade, the various Beltran boo-boos, the lengthy Alou & Chavez DL stints, the Ben Johnson experiment, plus the trials of Milledge & Gomez both breaking in and breaking down, he's pretty much been a neccesary fill-in no matter how mediocre.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I always like a team to have five "starters" to fill in between outfield and first. Now they do.

Green slugging .421 as a Met.

[Guest Edgy DC]

On August fifth, Mr. Sparkle turned on him at UMDB.

[Guest metsfanbook]

This illustrates the complexity of rooting for Green. I want him to do well because he is one of the most decent and mature men playing professional sports. The problem is that he's not much of a player any more and Lastings Milledge is a genuinely exciting talent. He was a decent fill-in for a year, but just decent. He was disappointing and I'm disappointed for him. I would have expected him to adjust to his new role with class.

[Frayed Knot]

"I would have expected him to adjust to his new role with class"

I don't think there's any reason to think that he won't as he's certainly said the right things so far.
I'd just like to see Alou, Milledge & Beltran (plus Delgado for that matter) stay on the field at the same time for more than two consecutive days so we can find out how he'd adjust.

[nymr83]

] this is really the first opportunity to do so on a lasting basis.

nobody else caught that and laughed?

[G-Fafif]

Though there hasn't been much payoff of late, I take pleasure in rooting for Green and Easley, two veterans who exude professionalism. Damion deconstructs an at-bat as well as anyone I've ever heard. Shawn is one of the better baserunners on the team even if his speed is quite limited (and heads-up baserunning seems an increasingly rare delight these days). These are two guys who have been around a long time with no World Series trips between them. It would be nice if each could get one very soon.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I have to say it pisses me off that Lastings Milledge calls in sick 2 days after becoming the starter.

[G-Fafif]

"Nobody I know gets sick 25 times a year."
--Wally Backman

The way Lastings wrapped himself in a big Gatorade towel made me feel for him. I also didn't want to get too close to the TV lest I catch what he had.

So much for the theory that as a corner outfielder Lastings Milledge couldn't catch the flu.

[Frayed Knot]

="Nymr83"] ] this is really the first opportunity to do so on a lasting basis. nobody else caught that and laughed?

That was actually unintentional.
As opposed to many of the jokes I throw in on purpose which are largely uncaught or just plain ignored.

[Elster88]

G-Fafif wrote: Though there hasn't been much payoff of late, I take pleasure in rooting for Green and Easley, two veterans who exude professionalism. Damion deconstructs an at-bat as well as anyone I've ever heard. Shawn is one of the better baserunners on the team even if his speed is quite limited (and heads-up baserunning seems an increasingly rare delight these days). These are two guys who have been around a long time with no World Series trips between them. It would be nice if each could get one very soon.

Easely backing up G-Fafif's words with some good hustle and fundamentals as Gary put it.