Maine wasn't "into it"
Those who haven't had enough of this clown nice person are drinking the Omar Cool-Aid.
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A couple of quotes, taken out of context
Other reporters have reported at some length about how Maine felt he wasn’t at his best coming in in relief, as he has no experience with it, and so he was off his game. He spoke quite openly about how it was a situation he wasn’t accustomed to and he didn’t meet the challenge, but he’s not that worried, because with his normal prep routine he feels he’ll be fine. If you want to think he’s just a shiftless guy collecting a paycheck, then you want to be a stupid. It’s that simple.
Watch the insults buddy.
Calling me stupid is out of line.
He’s a shitty pitcher with a shitty attitude, who hasn’t contributed to this team in a while. Yes, he was hurt. All the more reason to be hungry and not cry about not being prepared because he wasn’t the starter. That’s a load of crap on his part.
you know what I'm sayin' ?
seriously?
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
I don't think telling a person he's aligning himself with stupid people is the same thing
as calling him stupid, but if you read it that way, I apologize. I don’t think you’re stupid.
I do think it’s ill-intentioned, at best, to defame a person’s character because you don’t like the results of his pitching efforts, which is what this does.
It's all good. No worries.
The issue is not the results of his pitching, because it is still ST, and he’s had a only a few innings, etc. What I have an issue with is the comment about “it wasn’t my game”.
See down-thread. For 3.3 Million, I think he can do much better, and he doesn’t even need to lie.
you know what I'm sayin' ?
Clown?
Strong word and post about a player who, as far as I can tell, has been an upstanding citizen and good teammate during his Mets tenure. Save “clown” for those who truly deserve it.
by James Kannengieser on Mar 15, 2010 8:48 PM EDT reply actions
More from Maine
The feeling that it’s not my game is the hardest thing. It’s a waste of a day.
His wording could have been better but it seems like he was basically trying to say he wasn’t feeling it at all and didn’t have a good warmup. Seems like if you dislike the guy to begin with you can spin it one way and if you like him (or are generally neutral, like me) the other way.
by James Kannengieser on Mar 15, 2010 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Shocking.
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Mar 15, 2010 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm calling shennigans
Yet more proof that what works as a plotline for an episode of “Sex and the City” doesn’t work as an excuse for why you got hammered during a professional baseball game.
that doesn’t even make sense. writers who write sentences who don’t make any sense opinions are unimportant.
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
seriously?
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
Wow, talk about the linked article taking quotations out of context.
Maine’s full statement was, “My mechanics felt fine,” Maine said. “I just wasn’t kind of that into it. It wasn’t good. It’s just I wasn’t all that prepared…The feeling that it’s not my game is the hardest thing. It’s a waste of a day. I am a creature of habit. I have a certain routine. I was out of sync, off my routine. I just wasn’t prepared. I didn’t get the job done. It’s the whole aspect of throwing before the game, sitting down and doing this.”
In other words: “I’m a starter. I don’t feel right coming into the game as a reliever. It throws me off. Don’t fuck me up like Aaron Heilman.”
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 15, 2010 8:51 PM EDT reply actions
Fine
Still should have kept his mouth shut.
He better back this shit up by giving us some good starts, or I’m gonna cut him up.
you know what I'm sayin' ?
if he had kept his mouth shut
you’d be saying he was flippant at the press conference refusing to talk to reporters after the poor inning and it showed he didn’t care.
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
So, when the reporters go up to him with microphones in his face, he's supposed to stand there and look at them blankly?
Or, even worse, tell them how he felt he had a good outing, when he clearly did not?
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 15, 2010 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
That's the Ollie school of media relations.
I just have a problem with the “it wasn’t my game” approach.
I mean……..WTF ?. For the money we pay him coming off injury, could he at least pretend he has interest ?.
you know what I'm sayin' ?
there was no it wasn't my game approach
he said “feeling that it’s not my game is the hardest thing.” how is that the same thing?
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
I'm not quite getting it.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 15, 2010 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn replying oopses.
He said, “…It’s just I wasn’t all that prepared…The feeling that it’s not my game is the hardest thing”, as an explanation for why he struggled in the game, after coming in in the middle of it to relieve. As announcers talk about a lot, relievers need to have different mindsets than starters. We’re seeing that phenomenon in action, here. Maine wasn’t prepared- mentally, most likely- to throw out of the “bullpen”, coming into the game midway through. He didn’t get the chance to do whatever pregame rituals that most starting pitchers have, that they do before games, to “get them in the zone”, or whatever it is that those things do for them.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 15, 2010 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
It's Spring Training
You can’t draw anything until maybe the last week.
"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 Mar 16, 2010 6:52 AM EDT up reply actions
"I wasn't into it"
That was a bad choice of words. I don’t think Maine has a bad attitude, but that was a stupid thing to say.
What he said wasn't moronic
he had a good point he just said it stupidly.
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
I have no idea what you're so upset about
He had a bad outing and somewhat inarticulately tried to explain why. This makes him a bad person how?
This whole thread makes me want to quote Maine
“I just wasn’t into it”
Did Maine sleep with your mother or something?
That’s a lot of hate.you’ve got there.
by Brittannia on Mar 16, 2010 1:38 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I love John Maine
he’s one of my favorite Mets, and when healthy he’s a pretty decent pitcher. Not sure why you have this level of vitriol for a guy who’s only problem as a Met has been a lack of ability to stay completely healthy. Two years ago he dominated spring training and then got hurt. I’d rather him suck in ST and not get hurt this year.
2009 Did Not Happen
Not that big a deal
He may need a Crash Davis refresher course in niceties for the press.
All the stuff about preparation, not my day…a lot of that is because he was supposed to start when Ollie started. As far as coming into a game already begun, that shouldn’t matter. It’s spring. Just pretend.
The good thing is he seems healthy.
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