Comments on: A lot can happen in a year http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=670 Hoping for a Miracle since 2005 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:54:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: tjv101 http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=670&cpage=1#comment-485680 tjv101 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:32:55 +0000 http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=670#comment-485680 I agree. Relatively speaking, this team is pretty healthy. Everything seems to be in sync too for the most part- their awesome new top shelf bullpen, their solid core offense, and their starting rotation. Wait a minute...their starting rotation is far from solid. Starters 2-5 scare the heck out of any Mets fan and it was even worse at the start of the spring when Santana was complaining of elbow stiffness. I'll tell you one thing though, Santana won't tell you he's hurt. He's a workhorse and a bulldog on the mound. He proved it last year in game 161 against Florida going a complete game 3 hitter after short rest when the Mets had their season on the line. I still have my doubt's he's 100% but he won't tell any of us. Despite, he is having a nice spring and looks pretty good out there. I feel pretty confident this year especially after some of the things you said. This Mets team was banged up in Spring Training last season and injuries plagued this team's evantual demise. If you ask Minaya, he will tell you they overachieved last season. I think Randolph might have had to go sooner. This year their is expectations. Those are providing any of that core get hurt, this team should be the team to beat in the NL EAST not the Phillies. World Series champs or not, the Phillies got themselves in the World Series not by beating the Mets head to head (because they lost that one) but by winning close games and not blowing games after the 7th inning. They had just the right offense, and enough good pitching from Hamels and Moyer to get the job done and a lights out bullpen. I see the Phillies as the same team on paper as last year. I believe Utley is fine as I saw him jack a HR off Chamberlain yesterday. Besides being too lefty oriented, they pretty much did nil but make a very very very small upgrade by signing Ibanez and saying farewell to Burrell (sorry cox, even Mad Dog agrees with me here). Their bullpen is the same minus JC Romero for the first 50 games. Their pitching staff gives you concerns with anyone beyond Hamels. Even Hamels has not been completely healthy apparently. I believe this Mets team has had a window the last few seasons to gain a world championship with so many Yankee-less years have gone by. They should have won it in 2006. 2007 Boston deserved it and got it. 2008 the Cubs deserved it and didn't get it because the Phillies could thank best of 5 game opening rounds. This year the Yankees looked to be the team to win it again with so many big improvements. I just feel ultimately they need to seize the day. Carpe Diem! I agree. Relatively speaking, this team is pretty healthy. Everything seems to be in sync too for the most part- their awesome new top shelf bullpen, their solid core offense, and their starting rotation. Wait a minute…their starting rotation is far from solid. Starters 2-5 scare the heck out of any Mets fan and it was even worse at the start of the spring when Santana was complaining of elbow stiffness. I’ll tell you one thing though, Santana won’t tell you he’s hurt. He’s a workhorse and a bulldog on the mound. He proved it last year in game 161 against Florida going a complete game 3 hitter after short rest when the Mets had their season on the line. I still have my doubt’s he’s 100% but he won’t tell any of us. Despite, he is having a nice spring and looks pretty good out there. I feel pretty confident this year especially after some of the things you said. This Mets team was banged up in Spring Training last season and injuries plagued this team’s evantual demise. If you ask Minaya, he will tell you they overachieved last season. I think Randolph might have had to go sooner. This year their is expectations. Those are providing any of that core get hurt, this team should be the team to beat in the NL EAST not the Phillies. World Series champs or not, the Phillies got themselves in the World Series not by beating the Mets head to head (because they lost that one) but by winning close games and not blowing games after the 7th inning. They had just the right offense, and enough good pitching from Hamels and Moyer to get the job done and a lights out bullpen.

I see the Phillies as the same team on paper as last year. I believe Utley is fine as I saw him jack a HR off Chamberlain yesterday. Besides being too lefty oriented, they pretty much did nil but make a very very very small upgrade by signing Ibanez and saying farewell to Burrell (sorry cox, even Mad Dog agrees with me here). Their bullpen is the same minus JC Romero for the first 50 games. Their pitching staff gives you concerns with anyone beyond Hamels. Even Hamels has not been completely healthy apparently.

I believe this Mets team has had a window the last few seasons to gain a world championship with so many Yankee-less years have gone by. They should have won it in 2006. 2007 Boston deserved it and got it. 2008 the Cubs deserved it and didn’t get it because the Phillies could thank best of 5 game opening rounds. This year the Yankees looked to be the team to win it again with so many big improvements. I just feel ultimately they need to seize the day. Carpe Diem!

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