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Valadius wrote: Delgado will shit the bed in every second half of the season that he's here. He's notorious for second-half slumps. Delgado's OPS Pre All Star Break 2002 -- .861 Post All Star Break 2002 --- 1.100 Pre All Star Break 2003 -- 1.053 Post All Star Break 2003 -- .966 Pre All Star Break 2004 -- .746 Post All Star Break 2004 --- 1.033 Pre All Star Break 2005 -- .922 Post All Star Break 2005 --- 1.070 _______________________________________ Keep them coming guys. I love it!
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I hear ya on liking Jacobs. I was looking forward to saying, for the next fifteen years, that I personally witnessed his first major league home run. I don't want to bash the guy. I just am loving the trade. I think the Mets in 2006 got much better with this move.
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You are missing something. I think people have tried to clue you in but you won't accept any argument but your own. If Delgado shits the bed and Mike Jacobs hits 30+ home runs each year for the next few years, I'll say you were right. But that's not happening.
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Your point? On edit: Year---HR 99---4 00---7 01---3 02---11 03---17 04---2
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]I once caught a fish this big! Omar said the same thing today. _____________________________ AN ALMIGHTY 119) KEVIN ELSTER POST
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Buck Martinez called Delgado intelligent and said he always plays hard. The anti-Manny if you will. He said he was a terrible defensive first baseman. He absolutely loves Petit, citing his K/BB numbers and the fact that Venezuela produces great pitchers. I'm not sold on the latter, coming from Venezuela doesn't make you a great pitcher, but I think he said Petit was 115/13 last year. I've been on board with TITTS the whole time and not backing off, but that is impressive.
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heep wrote: I think Jeff and Omar are disgruntled that they could not buy Delgado last year. I think that irked them that they got turned down. Of course, you really have no way to know if this is true one way or the other.
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I would give the Tommie Agee Memorial Forceful, Fleet, and Fun Outfielder Roster Slot to Floyd. He's not as fleet as Beltran, but he can move. And he seems more fun. Beltran is wooden and cliched. Floyd makes Wright carry his luggage around and does silly little hopping multiple step-handshakes that show he still thinks he's David's age. _____________________________ AN ALMIGHTY 119) KEVIN ELSTER POST
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After reading Yancy's, I was going to post that Oprah should be blamed for lots of things. Maybe a lot of people just don't like her? _____________________________ This post had the designation 118) Wally Whitehurst
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I love this trade! _____________________________ This post had the designation 118) Wally Whitehurst
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Elster on Matsui From the Hot Stove 2005 Thread
Elster88 replied to Elster88's topic in New York Mets Talk
Excellent analysis, Rotty. I was thinking this but it's much easier to let someone else do the heavy lifting. Edit: Wally Whitehurst was NOT more valuable to this franchise than Kevin Elster. _____________________________ This post had the designation 118) Wally Whitehurst -
Elster on Matsui From the Hot Stove 2005 Thread
Elster88 replied to Elster88's topic in New York Mets Talk
sharpie wrote: 'Course if we get Vazquez it would wreck our "no-former-Yankees" quest. It would be beautiful for us to get a guy who was traded for an old man with a bad back and have him pitch lights out. It would also knock out some of those people who are all about the pressure of New York. _____________________________ THE LAST ALMIGHTY 119) KEVIN ELSTER POST (until I reach 11,000). Until then, O greatest shortstop of all time. -
Not all of us mid-20 year olds are against the deal. _____________________________ AN ALMIGHTY 119) KEVIN ELSTER POST
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Elster on Matsui From the Hot Stove 2005 Thread
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I would LOVE to have an effective player on the Mets and have part of the bill sent to the Bronx. _____________________________ AN ALMIGHTY 119) KEVIN ELSTER POST -
]M&MD were knocking Milledge yesterday Is MD still calling him Lance Milledge? I think M gave up on correcting him every time. _____________________________ AN ALMIGHTY 119) KEVIN ELSTER POST
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Happy, I misjudged your argument. It makes a lot more sense when you put it the way you did just now. You and heep seem to represent the ideology that the younger players will turn out better then the older proven hitters (though Beltran is not old enough to be of use in your argument, IMO) that they are traded for. I'm of the belief that Delgado is not over the hill and that Jacobs is not guaranteed to even be half as good as Delgado will be for the next three years (more in line with the TITTS ideology, coined by Norrin [i think]). Only time will tell. IMO, a lot of Met fans have to get over the failures of Robbie Alomar and Mo Vaughn (going on three years ago), and realize that not every batter brought into Shea will fail to hit at their career norms. _____________________________ AN ALMIGHTY 119) KEVIN ELSTER POST
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You're killing me HappyRecap. I also fail to recall him saying something like "I don't like New York." The thrust of his argument seemed to be that he thought Florida had a better chance to win. Leiter pissing in his ear probably didn't help. Why the hate for Delgado? So far everything you've said seems to be more grounded in rumor and speculation than anything else _____________________________ AN ALMIGHTY 119) KEVIN ELSTER POST
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Valadius wrote: Jake-Monster could become the next Jeff Bagwell, and Petit is as sure-fire a prospect as they come, and he'll likely be a #2 starter. *sigh* Where to begin? _____________________________ AN ALMIGHTY 119) KEVIN ELSTER POST
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I'm currently driving the BJ Ryan bandwagon. Would anyone else like to climb aboard? _____________________________ AN ALMIGHTY 119) KEVIN ELSTER POST
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Who was reporting that the Fish wouldn't trade in division? Can we stop with those silly ideas now? Between Piazza, Leiter, and now Delgado, the Mets have benefited handsomely from Fish Fire Sales . _____________________________ AN ALMIGHTY 119) KEVIN ELSTER POST
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It's also funny that HappyRecap posts something that's not true (Delgado doesn't stand for the National Anthem), and then someone else who isn't that familiar with the story like silver posts an argument in the opposing view. Not a knock on silver at all, it's obvious she remembers the story of Delgado not getting up during the seventh inning stretch, saw what HappyRecap wrote, and assumed what he posted was completely accurate when in fact he mixed it up a little. (I also agree 100% with what silver says.) But if someone else who was slightly unfamiliar with the story were to just be browsing and see what HappyRecap wrote they might post it somewhere else, and it would go from there to other places, and eventually Heyman will write an article about it quoting unnamed sources. I guess that's how rumors start. _____________________________ AN ALMIGHTY 119) KEVIN ELSTER POST
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smg58 wrote: My first problem is money. At best, we're paying the same per year that we offered Delgado in the first place Minus seven million of course. _____________________________ AN ALMIGHTY 119) KEVIN ELSTER POST
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They tried to get Delgado last year and failed. According to one angry poster, this was proof that they weren't going the extra mile after going all out on contracts for Pedro and Beltran. I wonder what that poster would have to say today? He's probably too busy jumping for joy over the Beckett trade. _____________________________ AN ALMIGHTY 119) KEVIN ELSTER POST
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Yancy Street Gang wrote: When I first saw this topic title I thought it was a red herring, that the Mets had reacquired Wilson Delgado. That was my first thought too, but if he was trying to trick us he wouldn't have added (apparently) to the thread title. _____________________________ AN ALMIGHTY 119) KEVIN ELSTER POST
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Matsui is going to hit .315 next year with 48 doubles. Mark it down. _____________________________ AN ALMIGHTY 119) KEVIN ELSTER POST
