This Week in Mets Quotes

by Sokojoe on Jun 11, 2011 2:08 PM EDT

Note to the league: All your third base are belong to Reyes

"I take them at any time. It doesn’t matter. A triple is a triple no matter where I play." Reyes via sports.yahoo.com

Just as I've always thought, Larry is fueled by hate and anger

"They’ve always provided me incentive to try to make left turns at first base instead of right," Larry on Mets fans via sports.yahoo.com

Thole’s rough season behind the plate continues

"That’s the first time I’ve ever hit a home run where I heard the catcher say, ‘Oh my God!’ when I hit it." Larry via sports.yahoo.com

I’ll give it to him that was a good one

"Let’s hope he doesn’t have another one named Citi." Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez via sports.yahoo.com

Classless Braves

"He’s good. He’s moving the ball in and out, up. He changed speeds. Everybody’s really about throwing hard these days, but what Gee did today, that’s pitching." Jurrjens via sports.yahoo.com

"He was definitely on top of his game. He was basically doing anything he wanted tonight. Fastball in and out. Changeup, bottom dropping out of the changeup. Cutter, which is something we were seeing for the first time. Just really, really kept us off balance." Larry via sports.yahoo.com

This seems like a Catch-22

"I think confidence is the big thing, just knowing I’m able to get hitters out. If you don’t trust your stuff, they’re going to hit you. … Until you experience success in the big leagues, I don’t think you can have that confidence." Niese via sports.yahoo.com

Ah the mentality of a closer

"It didn’t even cross my mind I was going to be coming in the eighth." Rodriguez via sports.yahoo.com

TC holding this team to a higher standard

"We didn’t lose anybody tonight," Collins via sports.yahoo.com

#blamebeltran

"Maybe the best thing for me was to strike out because it was painful," Beltran via sports.yahoo.com

Canadian smack talk

"It's not enjoyable. At the same time, you're still part of a team, and the team over the last few days has done pretty well. It does no good for me to sit around and pout about it. just because I'm struggling doesn't mean that everyone else has got to deal with that, too. We're playing pretty good baseball. I deal with it in my own way. It is eating at me pretty good, but once again, I don't think it benefits anybody to sit around and pout about it." Bay via sports.yahoo.com

I’m pretty sure this is how the ’86 Mets got out of slumps

"We just kind of came up with, ‘Hey, let’s just take a blow for a couple of days and work on some things,’ and we’ll get him back in there." TC on Bay via espn

I can’t imagine how cool it is to read about yourself on an internet mock draft

"You can’t help looking. I saw one where it had the Mets taking me at 13 and the thing by it was just that the Mets just kind of liked me over all as a player and a person. That one kind of blew me away." Nimmo via nyt

SiteBot FacePalm of the Week

"If your defending Armando, your just looking at his numbers on the back of his BB Card. You haven’t watched him pitch night in and night out. If the Gm was a national televised Game it was over. He would blow it.If it was a divisional game we needed nope he would melt down. More pressure of a spot more the meltdown. Sure he got saves during the yr but so did Brandon Looper and Wagner. But in big spots our closers always gave one away. Wags and Armando gave one away in the postseason." TheKid08

AA Quote of the Week

"If it's Beltran's place, it's more like Soft-rito, amirite?" Bieser's Balk

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The 2011 New York Mets: Limit the Damage

by CTRefJay on Jun 10, 2011 2:03 PM EDT reply actions

Always appreciated.

by Sokojoe on Jun 11, 2011 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions

I kind of like Larry.

Contrast to when a guy like Rivera gave up a walk off HR to Ichiro last year. He said “Meh, I didn’t execute my pitch”. Yeah right, the replay showed he pitched more than 1 foot inside and Ichiro! still turned that, making a 0-1 game end 2-1. There are times you just tip your cap to the other guy.

In lobby for: Jaime Cevallos, Zack Lutz, orange unis and Rickroll as the 7th inning song.
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by Michkin on Jun 10, 2011 2:15 PM EDT reply actions

Ichiro is awesome

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

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3rd Place- 2011 AAOP Contest

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jun 10, 2011 4:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

This.

I love Ichiro. He’s so unique as a player and a person. Reading a collection of all of his quotes is always good for a laugh.

by Fmaxpont on Jun 11, 2011 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions

My favorite was his first English sentence learned

August in Kansas City is hotter than 2 rats fucking in a wool sock

I LIKE IKE!

by astromets on Jun 11, 2011 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs

I wonder if it's true. Anyone ever been to KC in August?

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

AA Gamethread Embiggening Record Holder- 453 posts (10/03/10)
3rd Place- 2011 AAOP Contest

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jun 11, 2011 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Im not sure Id say I like him

but I’ve definitely begun to really respect him

by letsgomets31 on Jun 11, 2011 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Chipper

should get a standing ovation the last game he’s likely to play at Citi as he heads for retirement.

Not for his career stats but more for: ‘thank the gods he’s finally going. Can’t say it’s been a pleasure’.

by MetsFan4Decades on Jun 11, 2011 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions

no because

Id I don’t want to hear the atlanta braves announcers spin that standing ovation into we mets fans finally accepting chipper as a great player.

Fuck that.

I hate Philadelphia so much.

by the caveman on Jun 11, 2011 5:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

The Canadian Smack talk

is getting sadder and sadder each week. He needs to hit 3 homers this series for his sake, not just for us.

Now, kids, being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep; in giant blender.

by meigs1414 on Jun 10, 2011 2:38 PM EDT reply actions

I want him to hit 3 homers this series, not 3 series from now.

That’s my stance.

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by Steve Schreiber on Jun 10, 2011 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

hard to hit 3 HRs from the bench!!

I LIKE IKE!

by astromets on Jun 10, 2011 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Dickey could do it

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

AA Gamethread Embiggening Record Holder- 453 posts (10/03/10)
3rd Place- 2011 AAOP Contest

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jun 10, 2011 8:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

agreed

but he is too humble to shame every other major leaguer ever by doing such a thing

I LIKE IKE!

by astromets on Jun 11, 2011 1:47 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

I want to to hit 3 homers in every series

That’s my stance.

Now, kids, being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep; in giant blender.

by meigs1414 on Jun 11, 2011 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions

rec'd for this

All your third base are belong to Reyes

I LIKE IKE!

by astromets on Jun 10, 2011 6:54 PM EDT reply actions

agreed

after that, I knew it was gonna be a good one

"The Mets can't even do well in the Arab League."

by hnymustprtzl on Jun 10, 2011 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions

What makes Mr.Kid08's quote facepalm worthy??

There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ

The 2011 Mets- Rock bottom: We haven't reached it yet

by Syler on Jun 11, 2011 3:20 PM EDT reply actions

Good Question.

All your facepalm are belong to Mr.Kid.

by Curtis3331 on Jun 11, 2011 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions

While certainly not the most erroneous claim,

those are some bold statements without any kind of actual evidence presented.

by Sokojoe on Jun 11, 2011 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions

It's kind of "see with your eyez, not your spreadsheetz" -ish.

Save Jenrry Mejia!
Keep Reyes, Trade Wilpon.

by Ogre39666 on Jun 11, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm with him.

by SuperT on Jun 11, 2011 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions

The thread was about most hated mets

and there was some argument about Benitez. And sadly, while yes, the post wasn’t very good, and probably unsubstantiated, there was way too much Armando love there. Game 1 of the WS and those 2 blown saves to the Braves at the end of the 2001 season destroyed any chance of ever liking that guy.

He also has more playoff blown saves than anyone in history, FWIW.

David Eckstein: so gritty they would eat him in the south for breakfast with some butter and sprinkle cheese.

by wrightHOF on Jun 11, 2011 6:11 PM EDT reply actions