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There is a reason he bounced around for years!
The Mets caught lightning in a bottle last year and were foolish to think differently.
The good news is more Dillon Gee, The bad news is he is not a front of the rotation pitcher.

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Mets finally hold onto one against the Rockies...and Pelfrey was pitching and he had two RBIs. :tu :tu

Wondering when Wright is going to start hitting??? :confused:

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Almost forgot...the one player who HAS BEEN hitting all year, Ike Davis, gets hurt.

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And what about that hour-long at-bat in the 7th, with 2 pitchers AND 2 batters for one stinkin' out? Talk about screwing up your scorecard! :r

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Team leader? :D

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Just wondering, if Ike only has an ankle sprain why did they DL him? :confused:

The way the Mets handle injuries it won't be any surprise when reports come out that he has a broken leg!

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Carlos!!!!

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Mets take another from the Rockies...9-5!! Tried to give it away. :r :r

Beltran smacks three dingers!! I still don't care for him. :td

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Beltran young his trade value :tu

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Damn...guy goes yard x3 and still no love?....some deep-seated feelings there my friend!

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The Mets visited Walter Reed (to see Wounded Warriors) last summer when they were in DC. Only three players failed to show up...Castillo (GONE), Perez (GONE), and Beltran (needs to be GONE). All DIRTBAGS in my book. :td :td

Beltran is still a BUM!!!

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Just so you know Mac, After that story broke it was reported that David Wright didn't make the trip to Walter Reed in 2009.

Some started accusing the Media of racism since Wright not going wasn't reported and 3 Latinos not going made the front page.

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And it's rumoured that Wright loves Grape Tiparillos from the 7-11 near the stadium...just sayin'....:r


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At first that is what the news reported...but after some research was done, Wright was indeed present (he just showed up late). The other three never showed. That has stuck with me and always will.



******WASHINGTON— The Mets visited Walter Reed Army Medical Center Tuesday and unlike last year managed to escape without igniting a controversy. A team spokesman was quick to inform reporters that 42 players, coaches and team officials visited the hospital's rehab center. The only players that did not attend, relievers Francisco Rodriguez and Taylor Buchholz, traveled here Tuesday morning instead of with the rest of the team Monday night. The Mets gave both players permission to travel here Tuesday—and by extension, to skip the visit—because of family obligations. Of course, the hospital visit was voluntary. But that didn't stop last year's visit from turning into another episode of Mets Circus when Oliver Perez, Luis Castillo and Carlos Beltran didn't attend. David Wright was reported missing, but was cleared by management to arrive late. Wright showed up an hour after the team arrived.

—Brian Costa

*****“I don’t like to see people like that, so I never go there,” Castillo said. “Sometimes you see people with no legs, no arms. I don’t like to
see that.”

*****Beltran explained that he had a meeting that morning for the baseball academy he is building in Puerto Rico, but privately, he was fuming for being called out on his decision.

*****Perez declined to discuss it.

*****David Lennon of Newsday wrote on Twitter, ‘It was noticed,’ in regards to Carlos Beltran, Luis Castillo and Oliver Perez skipping yesterday’s trip to Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

“Everybody should go,” David Wright told Lennon.

*****“I think that just being an American and living in this country, we owe it to those guys to say thank you and tell them how much we appreciate what they put on the line every day,” David Wright told the MLB.com.

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Odd that those guys overlooked the most obvious excuse for their absence: "Hey, haven't those poor guys suffered enough without having a bunch of Mets show up?" ;)


JK, of course.

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While this was posted last year...I still believe it to be relevant. You know I HAD to share this one with you guys. Way to go Vinny!!! :D :D

Three Mets Disgraces Won’t Visit Walter Reed
Posted on September 9, 2010 by Vinny

"The worthless pieces of sh*t who play for the New York Mets declined to visit wounded soldiers at Walter Reed. Only two gave reasons…

Oliver Perez, who has the work ethic of pregnant cattle, said he only discusses baseball matters while he hasn’t mattered to baseball in two years. “I don’t answer anything about outside the stadium,” said Perez when asked why he didn’t attend.

Perez, the breathing straight-line with no curveball, will be grazing on a Mexican buffet the moment the Mets release him. Perez, more than anyone in any sport, reinforces the notion of the check-cashing leech who got big money on spec. God gave him a heavenly left arm and he did nothing with it beyond signing the obscene, $36 million contract the Mets myopically offered.

Luis Castillo, renowned for dropping balls then wondering why he doesn’t play, had this gem: “Sometimes you see people with no legs, no arms. I don’t like to see that.”

You have no brain, Luis, yet the Mets still pay you. The fans don’t like to see you, either, advocating for years that you to be traded or terminated. Though not as egregious as Perez, Castillo is emblematic of the timid team the Mets have become. Castillo does not have a language barrier; he has a logic barrier, aloof to the chore. You don’t wish him harm. You merely wish him gone.

Carlos Beltran, a divine talent who has put up sublime seasons, comes closest to exoneration. Beltran cited a clashing schedule while he apparently attended a meeting about a school he was funding in Puerto Rico. Very noble, Carlos, but reschedule.

Beltran, beyond his age and slipping skills seems to play with exponential apathy. We can understand an older player failing to reach a fly ball. We can’t understand failing to try. That’s where Mr. Beltran is headed – after he inhales the nearly $20 million the Mets owe him next year.

Bastards. All three of ‘em.

I hope the Mets show some stones and dump each and every one of them."

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Mets come back from being down 4-1 to score 4 in the eight to pull one out. David Wright hits the game winning HR. Hopefully this puts him on a hot streak. :tu :tu

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Mets drop one to the Astros...7-3. R.A. Dickey gets ROCKED again. :td :td

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Shocked there was no " I hate Beltran" comment. :D
Not in the lineup due to a swelled eye.

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HE SUCKS!! Swelled eye??? What BS!! The good news is that he's in the final year of his contract...hoping he keeps hitting and we trade his sad sack soon. :D

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Interesting debate on sports talk last two days.

Beltran is obviously gone, but will the Mets trade him for a bag of balls and dump the salary, or shoot for a prospect while eating some salary? :sh

If Jorgie doesn't start hitting, Yankee DH?
Beltran can play for me any day!!!

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I would prefer to eat his salary and get a prospect (of the pitching variety). Why the hell not...we are already paying Perez and Castillo. :r :r

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I think all met fans want a prospect, but the question is what will the Mets do?

If you remember the Billy Wagner deal, they sent him away for a non prospect just to save 3 million.
When he signed with Atlanta, Boston got 2 draft picks for him.
Mets could've used those picks!

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Just read that starting this year, the Mets will start paying Bobby Bonilla $1.25 mil. per year for the next 25 years because he deferred $5 mil in the 90's. Who the hell came up with that deal. So because of that, the Mets will probably make a total salary dump for Beltran before deadline and get nothing for him.

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A very smart lawyer I'm sure...:D

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With all the financial debacles the mets have made over the past few years, does it surprise you that in the 90's the made that deal with Bonillia?

I just hope the Wilpon's realize that they got a sweetheart deal to "acquire" the team, so they should just be happy with what they got out of it, sell it and get out of the baseball business.

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Mets takes the series from the Astros...7-4!!! :tu

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Congratulations, Mac. After all, with the lone exception of the befuddling Twinkies, the 'Stros have the worst record in baseball, so you SHOULD revel in your victory. :r

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Wright out at least 2 weeks with stress fracture in lower back, the Wilpon curse continues.

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Just great!! :td :td But...it wasn't like he was hitting.

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Didn't you just get swept?

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Thomas...I don't care if we swept the Rays Riverside Little League team...we swept somebody. :r :r :r

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Mets drop one ot the Marlins 2-1 in 11 innings. Pelfrey looked good...7 strong innings. Gotta love Jon Neise pinch hittting and getting a hit. :tu

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Gotta love Burke Badenhop getting the game winning hit! :D

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Reminds me of Posada :r

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Me? Hell, I'm not even playing!




Oh, you mean the Yankees. Yeah, THEY did, but you don't understand. They have to let the Rod Sux get a little taste now and then, just to make their ultimate defeat sting all the more. :D

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Mets shutout the Nats tonight 3-0...we finally have company in the cellar. :D

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Mets beat the Nats 1-0 and Gee pitches 7 2/3 great innings...this kid looks better with each start. And the good news...Mets are outta the cellar. :tu :tu

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Bring on the Yanks:su

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geez, could be a good series this weekend, or could be a weekend when we get brought back to reality.

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Yankees tonight...YAWN!!!

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Nice job Mets.

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It's always fun to play the Yanks, and it was a good game. Both pitchers were good but where the he'll was the crowd. It just seemed to me to be very weak for a subway series. Hopefully the next two hames the crowd will be more I to it.

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R.A. Dickey looked good (despite his 1-5 record) and the Mets held on to win 2-1. :tu :tu

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Mets back at .500 and KRod has 15 saves...didn't realize he had that many...one behind the league leader, and Jose Reyes is tied for the league lead in SB with 16.

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K-rod has 15 saves but 20 finishes.
If he gets 55 finishes a 19 million option gets picked up.

I think Reyes is first in hits as well.

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Let's go #54!!! :r :r :r

Reyes is tied for first in hits with two others. 1st in triples too!! :D

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For whatever reason, Yankees have always had problems with knucklers. Hell, Phil Niekro could likely still shut them down. :r

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Wow... 4 out of 6 hits that Capuano gave up were homeruns :td

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Yankees beat Capuano around like he was a little league pitcher last night.