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]"Those pitches just got away. That pitch wasn't really that far in, except [Jose Guillen] leans over," Martinez said. "I think he overreacted a little bit, especially going out there with the bat. I can understand it if you're frustrated or mad or something. You want to charge, you charge. But don't bring your bat out there. I wasn't scared anyway."
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soupcan wrote: ="Edgy DC"]It's a bully's logic to rip into someone, draw a response from him, and use the response as an excuse that he deserves to be ripped into. Opening Day I was booing more to irk Flander's. I don't care so much about what Beltran said last night as I do the attitude of athletes and fans that II have a responsibility to coddle them. If you don't like the deal, don't sign the contract. If I'm an idiot and I choose to boo, too bad for you. Saying "Booing doesn't help" is not asking to be coddled.
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]"Those pitches just got away. That pitch wasn't really that far in, except he leans over," Martinez said. "I think he overreacted a little bit, especially going out there with the bat. I can understand it if you're frustrated or mad or something. You want to charge, you charge. But don't bring your bat out there. I wasn't scared anyway."
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Wright 2 Reyes 2 Beltran 1.5 Delgado 1.5 Floyd 1 Sanchez 1 Martinez 1
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soupcan wrote: ="Gwreck"]What people don't seem to realize is that booing doesn't cause players to hit. ...and it doesn't cause them to not hit either. Maybe if the booing really gets to him?
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LOL
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soupcan wrote: ="Edgy DC"]Really? Nobody is contesting anybody's rights here. I interpret this whole thing as Beltran saying ' Geez I'm making a bazillion dollars to play here but I need the fans to not boo me or I'll feel sad and get mad at them.' Gimme a break. You're a professional athlete and you're being incredibly well-compensated. There really is not a hell of a whole lot you should be complaining about. That's what irks me. I'm booing his petulence ="Elster88"]So you get angry at Ned Flanders, and booing Beltran makes you feel better? I get angry at people who try to get me to kowtow to the whims of well-compensated athletes. Yeah, but on Opening Day, you didn't know he was whining. If what he said in the papers today makes you want to boo him, that makes sense to me. But why did you boo him on Opening Day? At that point, you didn't know he was being petulant and you didn't know that Ned was "kotowing to his whims".
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One revelation for me is that there is some truth to the idea that some people aren't well-suited to play in New York. If booing gets under your skin, you might want to play somewhere else. I'm not saying it has the effect that some morons think: A .350 hitter isn't going to become a .200 hitter because he plays in New York (though that's not all that exaggerated from what has happened to Beltran). But a .300 hitter may become a miserable .300 hitter if he lets booing bother him.
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That's the second person to confuse MFS62 for me. We must look alike. Might be the CT thing.
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So you get angry at Ned Flanders, and booing Beltran makes you feel better?
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I'll buy that. He's going to get booed in this town. He should accept it. To cut him a little slack, he's not the first guy to let it get to him. Apparently poor Doug Sisk was turned into a wimpering little baby by the booing.
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]"Put it this way: I'm a friend not only when you're doing well, I'm a friend when you're not doing so well," Beltran said. He pointed out that he appreciated the way Mets fans supported the team even though they fell short of making the playoffs last year. But, he said, "I do believe they can be better." The boobirds are not going to like this and are going to boo more. Beltran might be better off just accepting that he is going to be booed.
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First well-struck ball of Hernandez's career. And he didn't get booed either. I again use this as evidence that there is no racial-bias behind the jeers for Beltran, but rather a stupidity problem.
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I personally think he should have that turd removed from his ear. He's a handsome man, even with the dye-job.
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I guess the Met bats woke up for Game 3.
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Bret Sabermetric wrote: ="Elster88"]I might be proven wrong by actual numbers, but it felt like We don't need actual numbers, Elster. We just say whatever we FEEEEEEEEEEEEL. Some of us take shit for those feelings, others not so much.... Do you realize that I knew you were going to say that? You are nothing if not predictable. I'd like to point out a simple difference. I stated here that my feeligns could be proven wrong. You have stated several times that anyone who doesn't agree with your feelings is delusional. Hopefully you realize that's the reason you take shit. Because you call people delusional when they ask for statistical backup of your feelings. You do not take shit simply for having anti-Piazza feelings. Accepting this will probably make you a happier man.
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Nymr83 wrote: they were just chanting his name and he came out, radio says Julio Franco made his first contribution as "veteran presense" by forcing Beltran to the top step. I agree 100% that Billy should keep playing Enter Sandman. But I do think that the chanting of the name is kind of a Skankee thing.
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I don't blame Carlos for not granting the curtain call to the asshole Met fans who boo him.
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That may be true, but you chose an odd picture to illustrate with.
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Sadly, Rey was a much better hitter than Hernandez has been so far.
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Johnny Dickshot from the 4/5 IGT wrote: The loss felt a lot like last year, IMO. Not the blown-save part (I'm OK with that -- it happens) but that they stuck the bats up their asses for most of the game. I agree with this wholeheartedly. One nice change from last year is that we're playing from ahead these first three games. I might be proven wrong by actual numbers, but it felt like they played from behind in the games that they didn't hit well in.
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Why would I ignore your posts? Cablevision here in CT doesn't have SNYHD at least.
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I thought he referred to Nelson de la Rosa as a monkey. I was going to post something about it but didn't because on second thought I was sure I misheard. Is that what you heard Iubitul?
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IGT 4/5/06 - Young Mr. Bannister Debuts vs. The Nationals
Elster88 replied to a topic in Archived Game Threads
metirish wrote: I'm amazed that people are so willing to dump Hernandez so quickl It should be making more sense now. Yeah he's only had about 30 career at-bats, but they've been a miserable 30. -
A Boy Named Seo wrote: I had the SNY feed on MLB.TV yesterday and there was no ball/strike/out indicator on-screen, no score, no inning, no network logo, nothing. Not a thing. Is that how it really is or was that just the MLB.TV version? There's a fairly large box in the upper left corner with standard score, bases, out, and count indicator with an SNY logo. Another SNY logo in the upper right corner.
