Say! Can you guys opine with some words that my wife (Who is a sports fan) can read to our grand daughter. I am sure that if your mother read what you wrote you would have to pick up your meals at a drive-through. Please respect the English language and show some CLASS.
The Mets problem is that they go after the best players every year, and usually fail. Now the last two seasons, they've picked up the big-ticket player they've wanted, and are still getting made fun of. I think that Delgado is a good pickup for any team, and is good on both sides of the ball. Not to mention, the Mets have other talent offensively, and have speed with Reyes and Matsui, power with Floyd, Beltran and Delgado- and are trying to pick up a solid closer. The Mets lineup will be better all around with a player of Delgados caliber, even though his stats may decline this season. (Shea stadium sucks for power hitters) But he will open up more holes in their lineup- and btw, what about Manny?!? If they Manny, they would have the best offensive outfield in baseball. This team is going places- but they better get there quickly with all of their aging stars. Anyway, good pickup by the Mets. = )
Carlos Delgado...a good pickup? Hmm, ya think. Carlos Delgado has been one of the most consistent sluggers in all of baseball for a decade, if he had played his games with Boston, Yankees or Dodgers, you can bet he would have been a regular on Letterman and Leno and would have been a prohibitive All Star selection from the fans every season. Sadly, all we have to rate him are his batting stats, which for the most part of his career have been stellar. Aside from Weedy, who knows a good thing when he sees it, the rest of you guys are seriously underrating Delgado, he is a HUGE pickup.
I'm hoping you're right... Meanwhile, no one has made the connection between Delgado and the guy from "Major League" who conducted voodoo ceremonies for his bat...
ajaffe - Most of the hitters who have declined once they got to Shea had not been playing in NL pitchers parks. George Foster, Roberto Alomar, Bobby Bonilla, Mo Vaughn etc. declined. Others - Kevin McReynolds (he eventually fell apart, but had several good years), Mike Piazza, etc. did not - they came from San Diego and LA. Delgado didn't have a problem in Florida, and that's a good sign. Delgado is not a good defensive player, but he's no Mo Vaughn either. He's also one of the most widely respected players in the game. The problem he had with the Mets last year is that he felt they treated him like some dumb Carribean player who needed a translator to understand the complicated ways of the baseball world. And he did not appreciate that at all. He doesn't respond to the Omar Minaya touch; he doesn't want to be flattered and wined and dined. He wants to be treated as an equal in a business negotiation. The Mets face one big problem however; if Delgado is unhappy, he can force a trade after the season. But if he has a real good year, his agent can threaten to force a trade in order to blackmail the Mets into extending his contract.
The Mets are mortgaging their future with these trades, and it won't work.
It would be awesome if Carlos returns to the Jays and other teams (marlins, Mets, whoever) pick up half his contract!! O can I dream...?
Gee, do ya think he stands for God Bless America now? Yep "He's not going to put himself before the team. So he's going to have his own political views, which he's going to keep to himself." Yeah, what a great fucking country worthy of God's blessing it is where the modest views and passive action of an individual are so easily suppressed by his employer. It's not Delgado that brought politics to his games. How about MLB and its teams keep their political views to themselves, huh? And until they do, how about allowing players the same political freedom the teams themselves exploit for monetary gain?
