tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315155203706829641.post8897692083674157060..comments2023-12-20T01:09:56.175-08:00Comments on Respect Jeter's Gangster: If Only We Played in the NL West TooFernando Alejandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11051242696406856273noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315155203706829641.post-67071338176966836862010-08-22T07:31:10.320-07:002010-08-22T07:31:10.320-07:00In the Mets' defense, many of the free agent p...In the Mets' defense, many of the free agent pitchers they could have pursued last season (like Sheets, Marquis and Wolf) would have been busts. They could have lucked out if they had signed Garland, but the odds were against them.<br /><br />What was really dumb was spending so much on Bay, a player who gives you nothing if he isn't hitting for power.Rich Mahoganynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315155203706829641.post-26228292041728111332010-08-21T18:45:35.707-07:002010-08-21T18:45:35.707-07:00Met fan here. Yeah... I know my team has more pro...Met fan here. Yeah... I know my team has more problems than a math book, but I won't go there right now because? This was a very nicely worded prose with nothing to disagree about. The Yankee Play Hater in me just can not argue with what you said.<br />*sigh*<br />..this time.<br />; )BrooklynTrolleyBloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704760727364587466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315155203706829641.post-88589366906990437642010-08-21T12:08:38.754-07:002010-08-21T12:08:38.754-07:00The Mets are definitely in need of some guidance. ...The Mets are definitely in need of some guidance. How do you build a pitchers park and then make no play for any of the big pitchers on the free agent market, opting instead for pursuing sluggers who will struggle to hit them out of Citi Field?Roberto E. Alejandrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17444871305156352058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315155203706829641.post-38094407568530263372010-08-21T11:32:28.823-07:002010-08-21T11:32:28.823-07:00NL West that is. The Mets outspent the Red Sox la...NL West that is. The Mets outspent the Red Sox last year.Rich Mahoganynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315155203706829641.post-52426976890537602002010-08-21T11:31:09.628-07:002010-08-21T11:31:09.628-07:00Can you imagine if a team with the Red Sox' pa...Can you imagine if a team with the Red Sox' payroll (let alone the Yankees) was in the NL East? At least Lupica saves his real criticism for the Mets, who spend a lot only to lose in humiliating ways each year. <br /><br />I enjoyed that Lupica raved about Kevin Towers' work with the Padres but repeatedly spelled his name as "Kevin Tower."Rich Mahoganynoreply@blogger.com