Prospectus Perspective... (09/17)
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September 20, 2010 The Week in QuotesSeptember 13-19THE SAME OLD VOICE IS AVAILABLE FOR $10 MILLION
"I just felt this ballclub needed a different voice. A younger voice."
"Joe Torre the manager is already enshrined in history with us. The marriage with him and the Yankees will go on forever. There's been no divorce on that. Just because he didn't re-sign a new contract doesn't change the fact that he was as successful and great a manager as he was with us. He's going to be a Hall of Famer, and he'll go in with a Yankee cap and he's welcome any time."
"My only thought, I actually sent him a note last night, was that whatever he’s doing, I hope he’s doing on his own terms. I think he deserves that. He’s been doing it for a long time, and there’s a lot of respect from a lot of people about how he conducts himself. So I hope he’s happy with the decision he made. That’s what I care about."
"I just hope people feel they got their money's worth." MINKA KELLY HAS NIGHTMARES ABOUT THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS
"I had nothing to do with the call. The umpire called it from the get-go. I didn't do it. I didn't tell myself to go to first base. I didn't make the call. He didn't ask me did it hit you and I said, 'Yeah, it hit me please let me go to first base.' It's comical to me that this is really getting this much attention."
"It seems like people think I turned around and told him that the ball hit me. What am I supposed to do? Say, ‘I’m sorry, sir, but it didn’t hit me. Please let me continue to hit?’"
"If our guys had done it. I would have applauded that performance. If our guy does it, I’m very happy if we end up getting the call.’’
"Next time somebody steals a base and a guy doesn’t tag you, and the umpire calls you out, do you want the fielder to say, ‘No, sir, I didn’t tag him, so let’s just keep him here?’ Come on. I mean, seriously. Or you’re playing football and they call holding and the guy doesn’t hold him. Do you want him to go to the ref and say, ‘I didn’t hold him, sir, please put the flag back in your pocket?’ Come on." THE SHADOW KNOWS
"If we continue to play at this level, we're not a team you want to see coming."
"This is definitely tough. The one thing I appreciate is the knowledge of the media in the city. With that comes some different issues as well, but it's tough, but I think at the same time it can be very rewarding."
"They're here and they've won championships. They're right across the street. You're kind of in that shadow."
“This is not an attractive job unless you want the money. The only person with a worse reputation then Jeff Wilpon in the game is David Samson." YOUR SCHEDULING QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND EXPLAINED
"The computer is not a human being. It can't necessarily give you the best travel pattern. You give it rules and preferences, but the computer doesn't have to get on that airplane at midnight and arrive at 4 in the morning."
"Well, I always like to say if everybody is unhappy, we've probably made a reasonable schedule."
"We've had people say well, why don't you play a warm-weather schedule, play in domes and warm weather the first part of the season. But the year we tried that, it rained in the West and when we came home to the East it was snowing. If someone can tell me which week in April there's going to be snow, I'd be happy to work around that. The weather is not yet something over which we have control." HE CAME IN HERE AND LED US RIGHT OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS
"We love him, I’m telling you. When Theo (Epstein) told us that day he signed him, I was thrilled. I still am, and, three or four years from now, we’re still going to be. It hasn’t gone perfect. There’s a lot of good things there. He’s a stand-up guy. I don’t know that everybody is going to have their career year every year."
"You don’t want to make excuses. At the same time, you try to figure out, over the course of a long year, if you make pitches and balls find holes. That’s why we use the word ‘consistency.’ There’s going to be times when balls find holes. I do think Lack has been that guy sometimes. But runs still count." THE REST
"I broke a lot of labels. I broke a lot of things that were said about me. That was a goal, as well to get that negative vibe from over my head this year. I think that's bigger than hitting 30 homers. I think that's bigger than anything else, because now teams see that I've gotten a lot better as a player and a lot better as a person."
"My style, quite frankly, is out of sight, out of mind — unless we start to struggle. When we start to struggle, then you’ll see a little bit more of me."
"Anybody can get by anybody if it's three out of five. And you have so many days off that your starter can go twice, maybe a third time. Preferably, it would be a best-of-seven. You've got the ALCS and World Series at seven. I think they should make the whole thing seven."
"I've been trying to make it my best season. We've got (two) more weeks left -- we'll have to see. But I definitely hope this is my best season. I'm trying my best to play as well as I can. But I do that every year. I try my best every year. For some reason, it's been a little bit better this year."
"We're seventh in the league in runs scored; kind of a middle-of-the-pack offense in regard to scoring runs. I think anybody who watches our club on a daily basis understands that it comes with spurts and we're not adept at handling situations because of the looming threat of strikeouts."
"That's the guy we're trying to focus on, to not let him beat us, and then he ends up doing just that." --- Alex Carnevale is a contributor to Baseball Prospectus.
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Thanks for digging up the comment on Wilpon. That anonymous source, by the way, better check into his eligibility for the Witness Protection Program. All the bad roads the Mets have gone down over the last 5-6 years lead back to Jeff Wilpon, a perfect example of a guy who, to adjust the classic phrase, believes he's a home run hitter without realizing it's becsause he was born on third base. Just as the Yankees only improved when GS stepped aside, the Mets are doomed as long as Jeff has the reins.
I would have phrased it differently, but generally agree with your point. Sadly, however, Jeff Wilpon is going nowhere (at least until he learns that his involvement is only having negative consequences for the Mets). I give it 10-15 years before that happens and he gets sick of losing. But the Mets also need to rebuild from the ground up, and I don't see that happening.