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I want a Church/FailcoeurWincoeur platoon!

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It would be a pretty decent platoon.

the number one issue facing the Mets is finding that one guy who’s going to say "get on my shoulders and ride me to the championship."

by Sokojoe on Dec 8, 2009 1:30 PM EST reply actions  

If only Church was more of a man. He's a different type of animal than David Wright, you know.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 8, 2009 1:31 PM EST reply actions  

Francoeur in LF

Church in RF

GANGSTA !

you know what I'm sayin' ?

by fxcarden on Dec 8, 2009 1:36 PM EST reply actions  

Church isn't Gangsta....

That’s why he’s not a Jerryball player.

"We're just as bad as the old Mets, but this time nobody's laughing"
-Dallas Green

by Stephen Schmidt on Dec 8, 2009 1:38 PM EST up reply actions  

No wait I got it...

Francoeur in Right Field, Church in Right Center, Beltran gets everything else.

by DC4Three on Dec 8, 2009 1:42 PM EST reply actions  

Thank you all

I wasn’t reading AA regularly back when that disaster of a trade went down. It restores my faith in humanity to read the comments from when that happened. After wandering through the vast wasteland known as the Metsblog message board, I’m thrilled to read comments from smart Mets fans.

by Bieser's Balk on Dec 8, 2009 1:53 PM EST reply actions  

I prefer him to Frenchy,

but let’s be real, Church kind of stunk it up last year. Maybe now 2 years removed from the concussion he could get it back, though.

by Mackey Sasser on Dec 8, 2009 3:11 PM EST reply actions  

Playing with a manager who is a douche would do that to a guy, though, you know?

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 8, 2009 3:28 PM EST up reply actions  

I wouldn't say he was horrible.

I’d say he was typical Ryan Church. His power numbers were down about 50%, but other than that, his numbers seemed to follow his career: just about a .275 average, 40 RBI, K’ed about 15% of the time, BB’ed about 10% of the time, had an OBP of about .340, had a FP around .990, with a couple of assists and 2 errors.

The worst thing he did for himself while here was get on that tear in the beginning of 2008. Omar claimed that his 40 doubles in 2007 with the Nats in their big park could be 40 HRs at Shea in 2008. There was no chance of that happening, but him getting off on such a good foot raised his expectations- expectations he’d never be able to live up to. His 2009 season, with us and the Braves was a down year, but it’s more indicative of Ryan Church than the progress he put up last season, before he went down.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 8, 2009 3:43 PM EST up reply actions  

I lobby for platoon

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Dec 8, 2009 3:40 PM EST reply actions  

It really is too bad that there is no shot he’s a Met in 2010. Would be such a good 4th outfielder.

by True Blue4 on Dec 8, 2009 4:20 PM EST reply actions  

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