• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

MLB - Official 2012 Season Thread: Bringing in Bobby V to Change Our Culture |OT2|

Status
Not open for further replies.
W

Windu

never heard about the cat, apparently
Brandon Phillips is batting leadoff because he is a up the middle position player, that is what managers do. 1st and 2nd spots in the lineup are always reserved for CF, 2B, or SS or other gritty players.

Anyway, I'd bat Votto, Ludwick, Bruce and Frazier all before him.
 
C

CygnusXS

will gain confidence one day
Windu said:
Brandon Phillips is batting leadoff because he is a up the middle position player, that is what managers do. 1st and 2nd spots in the lineup are always reserved for CF, 2B, or SS or other gritty players.

Anyway, I'd bat Votto, Ludwick, Bruce and Frazier all before him.
Click to expand...

Prado in LF though? Oh, right he's a "natural 2B."
 
T

The Frankman

Banned
Mets plan to present this to Larry Jones this weekend:

Matthew Cerrone, MetsBlog.com

Wow. I’m more sick to my stomach than I expected to be. Hey, everyone, let’s give gifts and praise to the man who stuck thorns in our sides for nearly two decades? Ugh. I’m all for respect, and I respect his work. I do. I wish him well in love and life and hope the best for him and his family going forward. I appreciate him relishing in being our villan. But, there is no way I’d pony up even a penny on a gift for Chipper. I hate every second of this. Every second.
Click to expand...
 
W

Windu

never heard about the cat, apparently
also, that twitter page says presented, so it sounds like they already gave it to him. I guess they wanted to avoid further embarrassment from having to present it to him in front of the fans.
 
W

Windu

never heard about the cat, apparently
yep looks like they gave it to him during a press conference:
The Mets presented Chipper Jones with a painting highlighting the retiring nemesis' career at Shea Stadium at an afternoon news conference. They will replay the presentation pregame on the video board.

"Make no mistake, this is my last trip in," Jones said. "And I am in awe of the attention that this series is getting. It is much appreciated."

Jones noted his first 10 years in the majors, he did not venture outside of his hotel room when visiting New York because he was too intimidated.

"Only recently, probably the last five or six years, have I ventured out and walked down the street and signed autographs while I was walking down the street. And there are all kinds. It's New York. You're going to run into one bad apple every once in a while. But, for the most part, everybody has been gracious. Everybody has been very nice. I can't tell you how many times I've heard, 'Yo, Chip-puh, quit beating up on my Mets,' or, 'Good luck against the Yanks.'"

Here are selected quotes from Chipper, who is making his final visit to Flushing as a player:

On when his 8-year-old son Shea grasped the origin of his name, and those chairs he bought from Shea Stadium ...

"It wasn't very hard for him, because his room has been decorated in orange and blue from the very get-go. He has murals on the wall of baseball players and Shea Stadium. I've given him replicas of Shea Stadium throughout the years. He had two stadium seats in his closet, bolted to the floor so he can sit in them and get dressed every morning for school. Whenever a stadium flashes up on TV, he goes, 'Is that my stadium dad?'

"He just turned 8, and he's a pretty good athlete. He was hitting a pitched ball before he was 3 years old. So his hand-eye coordination is there. He's one of the best football players on his team. ... He's paid me back for a lot of the bad things that I've done in my life up to this point. He's my one that I have to go get out of the principal's office from time to time. He's a great kid."

On the importance of playing with one team his entire career, and how much a player such as David Wright should weigh that when deliberating re-signing in New York ...

"It was very important for me. I can honestly say this is one reason why the Atlanta Braves and I have had such a good marriage, is because the Braves have never allowed me to go to free agency. They've never allowed me to get close to free agency. I've never gotten into a free-agent year without having a long-term deal signed before spring training. So that's huge. When your employer impresses upon you that they want you there and they don't want you to go anywhere -- they don't even want you sniffing the other side of the fence -- that's big.

"I'm a Southern kid. I grew up in the South. I was born into the Braves organization. I grew up in the Braves organization. And I reaped the benefits of the professional life at the big league level in Atlanta. And I got to play for arguably the greatest manager of all time in Bobby Cox. So to me it really didn't seem like the grass was all that greener because I got spoiled with the success the Atlanta Braves organization had early on in my career. Bobby was there. Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz were there. Lead-pipe cinch where I wanted to play and stay.

"Once it got to the point where those guys left the game and left the Braves organization, I just felt it was my duty to stick through thick and thin. Cal Ripken, Tony Gwynn, Craig Biggio, all those guys, they set a good example for me -- not tucking tail and running when things got tough. I wanted to be the same way."

On being a villain in New York ...

"I don't think I enjoyed it as much as Rocker did. I'm one of those guys who likes to be liked. I care what people think about me. I care what people's image of me is. It's that whole Civil War thing -- North against South -- and all that. We were the country boys that were brash and cocky but very good and coming up here and playing well on the big stage. I think it was good for baseball."

On the expected reception from Mets fans ...

"I'd like to think it will be somewhat mixed. I know there are going to be a lot of Braves fans here, who wouldn't miss this opportunity -- ever. Somebody asked me the question yesterday or the day before, 'If I were a Mets fan, how would I feel about me?' I would respect the body of work, but I would hate his guts."

On Shea Stadium ...

"Every major league ballpark is somewhat of a cathedral, but that one holds a special place for me. No. 1, playing on this stage, I've always said, is the most fun of anywhere you can play. It doesn't matter whether it's at Shea Stadium or Yankee Stadium. But it holds a special place. I've played in some epic games in that ballpark, whether it's my first home run, whether it's the first game after 9/11, whether it's the grand-slam single that Ventura hit. I'm enough of a man to take a step back and realize when the other team does something special. It affects me as well. A lot of the memories I have of Shea Stadium aren't necessarily good ones, but I respect the fact some pretty amazing players did some pretty amazing things to our ballclub over the years."

On his favorite New York moment ...

"It's hard to compete with the first. So many good memories I have of Shea Stadium are from that very first series -- whether it was the 2-0 fastball that I got from Josias Manzanillo in the top of the ninth to help us win, 3-2. Whether it was the home run I hit off Pete Harnisch the very next day into their bullpen. But above even those, I think, 9/11 was my fondest memory. That will be a game that will be etched in my memory forever. You're talking about two heated rivals. We didn't necessarily like each other all that much back then. And we got together before the game and we came together, grown men, shaking hands, giving hugs.

"I think we all knew as Braves that night we were in trouble, because we were not only playing a very good baseball team, but you just had the feeling God and every other baseball god was on New York's side that night. And the matinee idol, Mike Piazza, ends up hitting the storybook homer that sent everyone home feeling great, feeling wonderful. We had done our jobs as baseball players to entertain people, but we had gone, I feel, above and beyond just the normal day's work in that we owed it to the City of New York and the Northeast United States to help heal a little bit, help take people's minds off of a terrible tragedy for a couple of hours. And it was a riveting game from start to finish. ...

"I guess when you hear Bobby Cox's reaction after the game, and knowing Bobby the way I do and as intense as he was and how he wanted to win every single inning, every single pitch of a game, even he admitted after the game it was as it should be."

More to follow
Click to expand...
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/56435/chipper-unplugged-in-queens#more
 
T

The Frankman

Banned
AnEternalEnigma said:
Braves commentators totally shredding the Mets for having the ceremony in the press room instead of on the field.
Click to expand...
In other news, man yells at cloud.

I'm sure the fans would've loved to fellate a villain. Mets did Larry a favor, although the real gift will be presented on-field later in the series.
 
T

The Frankman

Banned
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


LARRY
LARRY
LARRY
LARRY
LARRY
LARRY
LARRY
LARRY
LARRY
 
T

The Frankman

Banned
That is how you pitch Larry from the right side. Niese threw 4 curveballs, the only fastball he threw has away and not really a hittable pitch. Larry sells out fastballs more from the right side.
 
J

Jangocube

Banned
BaltimoreLarry said:
That article was a great read. I was at the last Orioles home playoff game in 97, if we make it, I might have to fly back to MD for a game. At least I already am going to the A's/O's series next weekend, and for once it means something.
Click to expand...

That's the series I'm trying to go see. Should be great.
 
J

Joey Fox

Self-Actualized Member
Why is Strasburg getting pounded by every single batter who doesn't strike out? I cant tell watching live.

And it's probably been said, but Reyes looks like a full-on retard in his official photo.
 
T

The Frankman

Banned
Somebody's gonna get left on base,
Somebody's gonna go and lose face,
Somebody's gonna get left on base,
Somebody's gonna go and lose face,
Get 'em on, move 'em over, move 'em over, leave 'em loaded,
Get 'em on, move 'em over, move 'em over, leave 'em loaded,
 
D

dmag1223

Member
LOL. The Reds' announcers just said its good that its good that Dusty doesn't bat Ryan Hanigan and his .380 OBP towards the top of the order because hes a catcher and he might get tired batting so much.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

MLB Considering Beginning a 100-Game Season in June, Realigning the League into 3 10-team divisions
44
2K
TheStruggler replied
30 MLB players will form and compete in a MLB The Show League.
25
2K
Vawn replied
MLB Regular Season 2018 OT – I believe in the Church of Baseball
2 3 4
153
15K
Schattenjäger replied
  • Locked
MLB 2017 Regular Season OT - 108 years in the making
405 406 407 408 409
20K
1M
XiaNaphryz replied
MLB 2016 Regular Season Official Thread - Do Not Attempt to Ketchup
395 396 397 398 399
20K
681K
XiaNaphryz replied
Top Bottom