nyp - "In '07 and '08, when we fell short, it stung," Wright said. "But last year and this year were no fun besides actually the competitiveness and playing the actual games. It's not fun coming to the ballpark knowing you're going to sit at home and watch the playoffs on TV." But that's what he will be doing again this October. "Each year we don't go to the playoffs is one less opportunity that I have to accomplish what I want to accomplish," Wright said. "It's not like you can play this game forever. I'm not gonna be around forever. "But when we do get everything turned around here, we'll look back on these last few years and enjoy it that much more."
metstradamus - What, exactly, was the point of the ankle protector? It didn't protect him! The ball that was fouled off broke a bone the foot that had protective gear on it. How in the world does this happen? It happens because this is the Mets we're talking about. But good for Luis Hernandez to overcome that stroke of awful Mets luck to create the most special meaningless moment of the 2010 season. Too bad we might never see Hernandez again with the Mets, but if that's the case then what a way to go out.
benmaller - A product called the BatGlove, which advocates say could make baseball a drastically safer game without impacting the performance of the bat. It is a thin, clear plastic wrap that can be applied to the handle of a $100-$150 wood bat for about $5. “The application does not change the performance of the ball on the bat,” said Jason Rosenberg, a New York-based baseball fan who devotes his Web site — itsaboutthemoney.net — to the issue of shattered bats. “It just keeps the bat together when it does break. You don’t have parts of the bat flying around, like the one that hit Tyler Colvin.” Manfred says the MLB/union effort on the issue has resulted in reductions on “multiple-piece fractures” of 30 percent from 2008 to ’09 and about an additional 15 percent this year. He estimates about half of the players use maple. “We think the things we’re doing at the major league level have had a big effect (in reducing the number of shattered bats),” Manfred said. “I want to take more steps for 2011.”
hardballtimes - He began as a Met and ended as a Yankee. Random fact: for a brief (very brief) spell, he was baseball's all-time save leader. Well, the pitchers on the Town Boomerang All-Stars tallied only 237.1 WAR, which means that despite their hitters' huge lead on the Team Boomerang All-Stars, they fall short overall. The edge goes to the Team All-Stars, 1,040.7 WAR to 1,024.7 WAR. That said, if you include Paige and assume he's more than 16 wins better than Breechen, the Town Boomerang team edges them. Really, it's pretty even either way. The Team Boomerang have a huge lead in pitching, and the Town Boomerang demolish them in the outfield.
9-20 from: - amazinavenue. - After a couple of short and mostly unsuccessful pro seasons with the GCL team, the other Rodriguez showed why the Mets thought him talented enough to draft with their second pick (68th overall) back in '08. The long, athletic outfielder finally took advantage of his excellent bat speed as he made much more solid contact this season, evidenced by the 89 point jump in batting average from last year. And though his long swing produced far too many striekouts, he did use that to double his career high in homers and increase his OPS by an astounding 240 points. Unfortunately, his already poor walk rate (7% career) got even worse this season (3%). However, his very strong defensive play showed once again, though he mostly resided in right field this year in something of a curious decision with a kid lauded for his superb ability to cover center field. Though his lack of speed is somewhat disappointing, the kid clearly has major league tools and is starting to figure things out at the plate. Now he's not old but at 20, he's got to getting going continuing to develop offensively, shaking off the nagging bumps and bruises and moving up the ladder in this system.
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