The Mets Police

Here we go again….Jose Reyes says he doesn’t have an overactive thyroid. The Mets of course had sent out a release saying he did.

Mike Silva has a nice spin on NY Baseball digest. Go read that while I get coffee and read more.

(Sigh, and I stayed up last night laying out two days of blog-posts.

Continue reading Jose Reyes says one thing, Mets say another

Hey guys, I really enjoyed the back and forth about Ryan’s comments about complaining Mets fans (great stuff in the comments if you haven’t read them.)   I realized last night that I didn’t originally phrase my opening sentence well (shocker)…I meant that if you give it out (me) you have to take it (me).

Continue reading Leadoff: Quick thoughts on a Saturday (Jose Reyes, Mets fans)

In my two years doing this I have ticked off some folks with my criticism of Jose Reyes. Basically, I see the tools you see but I don’t see a player who has put then all together to be a superstar.

That being said, I’m happy to hear he’s feeling fine. I’m cautious because

Continue reading Glad Reyes feels fine: time to put it all together

Yay, Reyes looked good in a workout today. Whew.  It has been so long since good news that I don’t know what to do.  Yes, I have been quite pessimistic about Jose, and I am glad to be proven wrong.

A friend and I were talking about this whole Rays to NJ thing that Peter Gammons

Continue reading Quickies: Reyes and Rays (two topics)

I find my brain keeps coming back to Mets mini-camp this morning.  Mets Blog mentioned the players that will be at the camp: Santana, Niese, Ollie, and Murphy.

Reyes is working out on Long Island.

I find I would prefer if Reyes were in camp, but I can’t quite put my finger on why.  Maybe because then

Continue reading Should Reyes be at mini-camp