Gretzky's Mullet Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 OK, it's early in 2008 and no one will report to spring training for another 2 weeks, however, I'm already starting to get excited about the upcoming season. I thought I could start this thread off with an absolute doozy of a post too: To NY Mets: Johan Santana To Minnesota Twins: OF Carlos Gomez, and three minor league pitchers (Deolis Guerra, Kevin Mulvey and Philip Humber) This gives the Mets a pretty solid 1-2 punch should Pedro Martinez return to form next season. Notwithstanding the respectable play of Tom Glavine, starting pitching has been a concern over the last while for the Mets, and considering their solid offence and brilliant defence, was shaping up to be their Achilles heel prior to this trade (not to mention that I have never been entirely certain about Minaya's ability to assess pitching, exhibit A = Scott Kazmir for Victor Zambrano). Since I consider the Mets one of the teams I cheer for (right behind the Mariners, and maybe the Jays), this is good news and might finally put to rest some of the bitterness of last year's collapse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedestroyerofworlds Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Here’s a prediction: The Yankees will spend a bajillion dollars on players, but will STILL come up short come playoffs time. Cash-Rod will bomb in the playoffs, again. Joe Torre will be laughing all the way to the bank, and extremely thankful that he got out of New York (doesn’t have to deal with the insane New York media). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binkybonks Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Joe Torre will be laughing all the way to the bank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycvanfan Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 OK, it's early in 2008 and no one will report to spring training for another 2 weeks, however, I'm already starting to get excited about the upcoming season. I thought I could start this thread off with an absolute doozy of a post too: To NY Mets: Johan Santana To Minnesota Twins: OF Carlos Gomez, and three minor league pitchers (Deolis Guerra, Kevin Mulvey and Philip Humber) This gives the Mets a pretty solid 1-2 punch should Pedro Martinez return to form next season. Notwithstanding the respectable play of Tom Glavine, starting pitching has been a concern over the last while for the Mets, and considering their solid offence and brilliant defence, was shaping up to be their Achilles heel prior to this trade (not to mention that I have never been entirely certain about Minaya's ability to assess pitching, exhibit A = Scott Kazmir for Victor Zambrano). Since I consider the Mets one of the teams I cheer for (right behind the Mariners, and maybe the Jays), this is good news and might finally put to rest some of the bitterness of last year's collapse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Sikes Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I predict another season of futility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raoul Duke Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Good call on the thread. - Still wondering if the M's are getting Bedard or not. A few days ago it was a done deal, now... who knows? I would love to see the one-two punch of Felix and Bedard. Would make the season a little more interesting. - The Mets get Santana. THANK GOD! No more AL for Johan!! - I'm much more excited this year for my NL team, the Dodgers. Joe Torre on the west coast sounds great. Add in Andruw Jones and Hiroki Kuroda, looks pretty good to me. - Die Yankees and Red Sox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSD19 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Go Jays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dittohead Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I'll be watching late October. cya then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gushockey26 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Go Red sox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeba77 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 nvm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewah Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 God Dammit!!! Not baseball again. I can't believe I'm gonna have to spend the 8 months stuck watching baseball highlights on Sports Centre just so I can get to the real sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hordichuk Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 There's the obligatory 'baseball sucks' post that usually comes on at least one page of every baseball thread. I don't think that Bedard will be coming to Seattle. It seems somebody jumped the gun on that one. Bedard seemed pretty adamant against it. Too bad they couldn't land Santana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretzky's Mullet Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 God Dammit!!! Not baseball again. I can't believe I'm gonna have to spend the 8 months stuck watching baseball highlights on Sports Centre just so I can get to the real sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretzky's Mullet Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 I don't think that Bedard will be coming to Seattle. It seems somebody jumped the gun on that one. Bedard seemed pretty adamant against it. Too bad they couldn't land Santana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretzky's Mullet Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Good call on the thread. - Still wondering if the M's are getting Bedard or not. A few days ago it was a done deal, now... who knows? I would love to see the one-two punch of Felix and Bedard. Would make the season a little more interesting. - The Mets get Santana. THANK GOD! No more AL for Johan!! - I'm much more excited this year for my NL team, the Dodgers. Joe Torre on the west coast sounds great. Add in Andruw Jones and Hiroki Kuroda, looks pretty good to me. - Die Yankees and Red Sox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_ninja Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 My prediction for this season: Boredom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretzky's Mullet Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 i work for the mets (not at shea stadium, but in the executive offices nearby) and i'm completely stunned that no one has been doing cartwheels around here over this acquisition. it's certainly what they needed, and as one radio commentator said this morning, it's big enough to clear out the stench in the locker rooms of what happened last season. that being said, i always have been and always will be a die-hard yankee fan and i'm somewhat curious to see how they fare in the post-torre era. in a way i think it's good. because of torre's successes in the late 90s, there were always expectations attached to every new season. now, it's a clean slate. and let's hope the new generation of steinbrenners aren't the absolute nutjobs that george was while in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeba77 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 My prediction is Boredom untill the season starts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 NOOOOOO! Why did Santana have to go to the Mets??? Anyone but the Mets!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Someone will manage to overdose on steroids. United States will unite for a few days and there'll be a lot of god bless america playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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