Quotes of 2010

[Guest Edgy DC]

We might be fortunate enough to get away with this.

Jerry Manuel, exuding confidence in the options at the back of his rotation.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Give him points for honesty.

He's not being dealt a good hand for 2010. Right now I suspect that neither he nor Omar will survive the season.

[Ceetar]

Sure, and I'm sure some of the players are feeling down about things, it'd be nice if the Manager could come out with some confidence instead of basically knocking his guys. Again.

If lots of things go right, the Mets could be good. It's his job to try to make those things happen. If he doesn't think he can, what he's really saying is "Please fire me, I'm not good enough to do this."

[nymr83]

fuck it, i'll take the honesty. (most of) the players arent dumb enough to see through lies about the quality of their teammates anyway, this way maybe they'll believe Manuel when he says something that could be true, like "I've got alot of confidence that we'll have Beltran back soon"

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sure, he just seems a little defeated from muddling out from under the domino pile of last year. Another form of honesty would be a statement like

You know, guys like Nieve and Figgie did a really good job for us last year (they did) and were certainly not the reason we finished in fourth place. We'll get a real good look at them this spring and my job is finding the combination that'll give us the best chance of excelling. Omar hasn't told me if he's done yet, but I'm preparing to go forward with what I've got, and seeing Johan and Oliver throwing pain free off a mound (note the re-direction here) is really exciting. I can't wait until February 18th.

[MFS62]

Omar:

We have a plan

Like with Jerry's quote, we all hope he is right, and only time will tell.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

I brought a lot of stuff on myself with previous organizations. I didn't take the game very seriously. I was always blessed with talent. After I was drafted [in the 2003 first round], I took a lot of things for granted. Once I got traded here, it was a clean slate.

Blastings Thrilledge, talking to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

[metirish]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that Lastings is going to Spring Training in the " best shape of his life" and that he is ready to " rededicate himself to the game".....

[metirish]

John Maine on knowing that the great Koufax was watching his bullpen session

"I got a little nervous when I heard he would be watching my bullpen session, and then I didn't have a good one,But needless to say, it's an extreme honor to have him around.

And then this.......


Though his informal visit lasted only about an hour, Koufax tried to do his part Monday, speaking in particular with Maine for "several minutes" about using both sides of the plate and other trade secrets, according to the Times.

He gave me a great analogy, one of the best ones I've ever heard. I'm going to try to use it when I throw again on Wednesday."

What could the analogy have been?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Isn't Great Analogy that doctor show on ABC, with McDreamy?

[ashie62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Isn't Great Analogy that doctor show on ABC, with McDreamy?

Did Koufax date McDreamy?

[Guest Edgy DC]

"We believe this year is gonna be the year we're gonna win it." --- Angel Pagan http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/22825103/vp/35695730#35569954

The guy also thinks the team is healthy. Well, you're down two all-star hitters at the moment, but yeah, I guess so, relatively.

[Guest Edgy DC]

"The way things have gone for us, you figured June.'' ---Jeff Francouer on the return of Jose Reyes

[nymr83]

Crasnick has an article about the rotation on ESPN.com
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2010/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=5026560

Jose Reyes' thyroid, Carlos Beltran's knee and David Wright's power stroke are all vital to the success of the New York Mets this season. But they're still not as important as the pitching of Mike Pelfrey, Oliver Perez and John Maine in the second, third and fourth spots in the rotation. In other painfully obvious news, Mr. Met has an extremely large head.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

David Lennon (on the 25th-Man race) wrote: �And Carter is way too intense to be a help off the bench. He may spontaneously combust in that role.�

[Guest Edgy DC]

"Mets fans don't have to tell me what they're feeling, because I'm one of them. As bad as it was for them, it was worse for me. And, trust me, I'm the same as them in another way: I don't want us to go through anything like that ever again." --- dabidrye

[Benjamin Grimm]

Now he's a Met-loving big shot!

[MFS62]

Heath Bell - in Baseball Prospectus

"The only thing is that I'm probably one of the candidates to go to Minnesota. Kerry Wood and some of the other candidates have gone down, and I'm healthy. I want to stay here, but it would be kind of cool to go up to (Twins catcher) Joe Mauer since he's on the cover of my PlayStation, and say, 'Hey, can you sign my game?'"

Later

[metirish]

You only have one guess as to who this is.

"I like our team,I think we have a good team. I think that the group as a unit feels good about itself. I think something inside these guys is going to say, 'Hey, let's bind together. Let's have a good year. I think we can prove some people wrong."

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ha. Iknowwhatchumean.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Alex Cora on the 2009 Mets:

"I always remember what Ozzie Guillen said: 'You can't win the Kentucky Derby with donkeys.' I don't want to say we were donkeys, but there was no way we were going to win the Kentucky Derby last year."

[Benjamin Grimm]

How great would it have been if they had won the Kentucky Derby in 2009?

A 2009 KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER banner would look great on the outfield wall at Citi Field!

[Guest Edgy DC]

I always remember what Ozzie Guillen said about Jay Mariotti.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: How great would it have been if they had won the Kentucky Derby in 2009? A 2009 KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER banner would look great on the outfield wall at Citi Field!

If they'd entered the Derby last year, you'd currently be able to choose between Reyes All-Purpose Adhesive and Cora's Utility Mucilage at your local Home Depot.

[MFS62]

"That's the way it is�good for him, enjoy it. I wish he could do that for me�he was a horseshit player for me. He was very bad for me."
�Ozzie Guillen on Nick Swisher's success with the Yankees. (Anthony McCarron, New York Daily News)

Apparently, Ozzie likes horse analogies.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Jeff Francoeur on the Phillies getting an extra home series wrote: �That�s just bullshit. That�s really not fair. That�s just not fair� It�s ridiculous� Absolutely crazy.�

[MFS62]

Sean Casey on playing with Chris Carter:

"He sat there drinking energy drinks all night, I was afraid of him! I was afraid he was gonna body slam me!"

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

�He didn�t give you my 55 at-bats, that I had 55 at-bats and five hits in the big leagues, and what do I know about hitting? He didn�t give you that one? That�s what he told me. I�m glad he didn�t give you all that one.�

--- Jerry Manuel, when told of David Wright's gentle objections to being benched, touching on Hanley Ramirez's rip earlier in the week of his bush league manager Fredi Gonzalez

[Centerfield]

"It was close. He was definitely rubbing me also. It's hard to distinguish who exactly encountered or created the first rub."

Joe Maddon commenting on his run-in with umpire Bob Davidson.

[TransMonk]

Per Metsblog:

David Wright later said that the one-two punch of Santana and Pelfrey it gives the team a good chance to win at least two out of every five games.

Which is going to be good enough for last place.