Quotes of 2011

[Guest Edgy DC]

"Are you Bryce Harpy?" --- a boy visiting the Nationals camp to manager Jim Riggleman

[Theoldmole]

"I walked three guys in a row, but it�s part of the game. Sometimes it�s going to happen, maybe again next time.� - Ollie.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Pedro Beato of Brooklyn, New York wrote: �I know what fans are like here, but this manager is awesome. He won�t let that stuff in this room � I�m sure of it.�

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

"Stuff" is... negativity? Spanglish? Four Loko?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Terry Collins, 4/13/11:

"We're one pitch away and one swing away from being 9-2, and we're not. But the next 11 we need to be 9-2. We need to get it going and do the things we haven't done thus far."

This is a hell of a thing to say 11 games into your managerial stint, no? But subpar play on the opening homestand given ticket sales is a real desperate situation for this team IMO.

[metirish]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Terry Collins, 4/13/11: "We're one pitch away and one swing away from being 9-2, and we're not. But the next 11 we need to be 9-2. We need to get it going and do the things we haven't done thus far." This is a hell of a thing to say 11 games into your managerial stint, no? But subpar play on the opening homestand given ticket sales is a real desperate situation for this team IMO.

it's a hell of a thing to say but fair fucks to him for laying himself out there liker that , the writers must have been ejaculating all over their laptops on hearing it.

[Guest Edgy DC]

And we all do hope Terry has fair fucks, don't we?

Hell, I hope he has better than fair fucks.

[Ceetar]

Although that's what everyone will be running with, he's not actually saying the Mets need to be 9-2. He's saying that the Mets need to win the games they put themselves in the position to win, by getting that hit and making that pitch. It might not always equate to 9-2 over any given 11 game stretch though.

[TransMonk]

He's NOT actually saying that the Mets need to be 9-2?

Terry Collins wrote: But the next 11 we need to be 9-2.

That's what he actually said. I'd settle for being 2-0 today and going from there.

[Guest Edgy DC]

"I play the game to win, I play the game hard, the way it should be played. I want to be great, and I'll do whatever I can to make that happen. I'm never satisfied."

--- Matt Harvey, cliche-spouting Type-A maniac

"I loved Paul O'Neill's approach and the way he would get so mad at himself. He felt that he needed to be perfect every time, and I loved that."

--- Matt Harvey, not-so-closeted YLDB

[seawolf17]

Edgy DC wrote: "I loved Paul O'Neill's approach and the way he would get so mad at himself. He felt that he needed to be perfect every time, and I loved that." --- Matt Harvey, not-so-closeted YLDB

"Ah, hell. Hey Sandy, sign Reyes and trade this dickwad instead."

--- me, just now

[Guest Edgy DC]

�I mean I think we have shown even with some of these injuries that we�ve had you look at [Pedro] Beato, who was arguably one of our best relievers, he was on the DL. He�s hopefully back today or somewhat soon. I think when you put us together I don�t think there�s one thing and you look at and you get kind of wowed at, but I think collectively you got a bunch of scrappy guys that love going out there and playing baseball that know how to play the game the right way. I think when you look at those kinds of teams can be very dangerous because you got guys that know how to play the game that may not wow you with real long home runs or real high batting averages, but you know you have guys that know how to play the game and know how to win and can win. I think that I�m going to try to get back as soon as possible and start playing at the level that I think I�m capable of playing. Jose Reyes is playing out of his world right now. Carlos Beltran is vintage Carlos Beltran and I think that Jason Bay is going to come around and get hot and if he does offensively I think we�ll be just fine. If our starting pitching can continue to go out there and keep us in games I really like our chances and I really like the way this team is made up.� --- David Wright, performing the unlikey feat of executing a cliche hat trick while on the DL

Even the way the reiterations align is gorgeous. It's like he had an intuitive sense of how many beats to wait before returning to to his empty point.

I love the guy and I hope to someday live with him. To wake up a cook him a stack of pancakes while he sleeps in, because he works hard enough. But sometimes I wonder if he's the Cal Ripken of bullshit.

[ashie62]

Jeff Francouer on how Citifield is too spacious and hurting David Wright.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Kansas-City-Royals-Jeff-Francoeur-complains-about-spacious-dimensions-of-New-York-Mets-Citi-Field-051111

[Ceetar]

that's Jeter you're thinking of.

not that Wright is much better, but occasionally he gives you something interesting.

[G-Fafif]

Jason Bay, kinda giving up:

Afterward, Bay was asked if he�s used to seeing balls that would be home runs in most park die in outfielder�s gloves at Citi Field. �I wasn�t used to that one, especially off of a guy like that,� Bay said of the first-inning drive. �But you get used to it. I thought I hit it pretty well. At least, well enough to go off the wall. But apparently not.� Bay hit 36 home runs with the Red Sox in 2009 before signing with the Mets as a free-agent. Bay has just eight home runs in 115 games as a Met. Bay has been hampered by injuries, most recently a ribcage injury that has kept him sidelined for all but 20 games this season. Bay has four homers in 192 career at-bats at Citi Field. �It definitely doesn�t help, no question,� Bay said when asked if it was mentally taxing to have would-be home runs turn into outs. �But the park�s been the way it has been and it hasn�t changed. No question, but you go up there and you do the best that you can.�

[Ceetar]

Hey Bay..how about not hitting it to dead center? That wouldn't have been out in ANY park in the entire league.

[Guest Edgy DC]

"Maybe next spring when we have our media workshop for the players, Fred can come and sit in on it." --- Mike Pelfrey, suddenly in mid-season form

[batmagadanleadoff]

Jeff Francouer on how Citifield is too spacious and hurting David Wright. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Kansas-City-Royals-Jeff-Francoeur-complains-about-spacious-dimensions-of-New-York-Mets-Citi-Field-051111

Jeff Francoeur in the month of May: .239/.304/.413 92 AB, 6 BB, 4 HR

[metirish]

I don't doubt it's true

"Poor David hits the ball to right-center so well and there it's an out," Francoeur said before the Royals lost 3-1 to the Yankees Tuesday night. "To me, you start trying to pull the ball and getting into habits. And I know it's frustrating for David playing in that park."

"I'm not saying guys are complaining all the time, but when you hit balls to right-center 415 feet and it's an out or off the wall, it's pretty devastating to a player. Especially when you turn on ESPN at night and see someone flipping one [at Yankee Stadium] 320 [feet] in the first row and it's a home run. It's tough."

[Guest Edgy DC]

Francoeur is talking like a loser.