Gothamist: Last Night's Action: A Shock At Shea

MisterTissue

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:51:24 -0500

Cubs fan, actually. You're right, the slide was clean. I watched it again. The contract for Beltran is absurd, still...and I stand behind the fact that Johan is overpaid and underperforming. I don't think Willie was doing as poorly as his players were. I think this team carries a lot of dead weight and spends a lot of money very foolishly.

mfib

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:32:39 -0500

Wow #5, as a Yankee fan, I have to say that's a ridiculous comment. There was absolutely nothing wrong with Beltran's slide (if you'd ever played the game you'd know) Stop trolling.

SP

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:59:43 -0500

The best part about the grand slam story is that Johan basically blamed David Wright for it, saying if they made the routine plays, they would win more games. Except David Wright wasn't on the mound, and David Wright didn't throw the pitch that ended up being an OPPOSITE FIELD HOME RUN in one of the pitcher friendliest parks in the majors, hit by a rookie AL pitcher with only one previous hit. If it had been a dribbling single that scored a run, then OK, maybe he could shift some blame to Wright. But this was all his responsibility. Johan, you need a nice big cup of STFU.

JMH

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:30:24 -0500

Yeah, except that the slide was perfectly normal. Willie was admirable? In what way? His passivity? His lack of tactical understanding? Yankees homers are amusingly blind to what a bad manager he was.

MisterTissue

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:03:56 -0500

Ahh...the Mets...the overpaid, overhyped Johan Santana dishes up a salami to an AL PITCHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 37 YEARS! Not to be outdone, of course, the overpaid, overhyped Carlos Beltran (who has never played to his potential, admit it) comes into home with a bush-league spikes up slide worthy of such famous baseball assholes as Ty Cobb. Classy franchise. Willie was the only admirable thing ABOUT this team.

whitecastlerock

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:52:23 -0500

Santana tends to give up a lot of home runs. The fact that the pitcher hit a grand slam is just abominable. This team just sucks-pure and simple. At least I was alive to see them win in '86...

Mr Mel

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:45:06 -0500

When a pitcher in the American League hits a grand slam and it's the first one in 37 years it says something. What it says is it's time to move the franchise. I have previously said to Taiwan, where they probably will play the same way and lose to their Little Leaguers. BRING WILLIE BACK!!

Kojak

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:24:11 -0500

That just makes me sick. wtf is that?? Santana should be booted to the minors for that pitch.

cucarachita

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:50:51 -0500

I love the Mets!!!!! Whatever they do.