What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
We’ve kinda missed the Willie Watch since the Mets started winning games.
Willie showed up at Yankee Stadium today, where he belongs (being a former captain and all).
Lots more from Willie here.
In other news the Mets have added some more Irish-ness to their roster with Dan Murphy making his debut tonight. Hopefully he’s a Hall of Famer so they can sell some more green Mets hats.
I may not be a huge Billy Wagner fan, but I do like his willingness to talk bluntly. As reported by Jayson Stark on ESPN.com, Wagner has been very forthcoming on the difference between Willie and Jerry:
“I don’t want to bash Willie, because I liked him,” Billy Wagner said. “But before, it was more of The Yankee Way. It wasn’t The Mets Way. There was no facial hair. You could never have music in the clubhouse. You couldn’t have kids around. Believe it or not, some of us in here actually like kids.”
Hm, I seem to remember a certain blog saying that the Mets didn’t need a Yankee at the helm.
>Willie should just stay quiet and take the high road. Don’t forget, three weeks ago he was in the middle of a “racism” controversry. The Mets turned him into a martyr. All he needs to do is stay quiet and let Hank & Hal offer him a chance to wave at the All Star Game….Willie would be a returning hero and the Mets would look like idiots.
So stay quiet.
Willie spoke to the News…some interesting things:
Then (Omar) handed me an envelope, a little parting gift, and told me to make sure I reviewed it with my agent, Ron Shapiro.
It was a copy of my Met contract that basically says I better not say anything detrimental about the team, or I might jeopardize the rest of the money I have coming to me.
Boy these Mets are really afraid of what people might say about them or think about them. The more they try to control the message the stupider they look. Do they really think that if Willie came out and called them names it would really turn people into Yankees fans? If the Mets win, they draw. That’s how it is.
As for the “racism” controversy, Willie is remoresful:
The bottom line is that by suggesting that the color of my skin had something to do with how I was judged, I did nothing but sow the seeds of my demise. I kick myself about that every day. It makes me angry – and really sad.
Now the Mets Police were all in favor of a change at manager, and always felt Willie whined his way into the job in the first place. However, this was handled so so so so poorly. All the Mets had to do was fire him on Memorial Day. Now everyone feels bad for this guy.
Even The Mets Police.
Willie should just stay quiet and take the high road. Don’t forget, three weeks ago he was in the middle of a “racism” controversry. The Mets turned him into a martyr. All he needs to do is stay quiet and let Hank & Hal offer him a chance to wave at the All Star Game….Willie would be a returning hero and the Mets would look like idiots.
So stay quiet.
Willie spoke to the News…some interesting things:
Then (Omar) handed me an envelope, a little parting gift, and told me to make sure I reviewed it with my agent, Ron Shapiro.
It was a copy of my Met contract that basically says I better not say anything detrimental about the team, or I might jeopardize the rest of the money I have coming to me.
Boy these Mets are really afraid of what people might say about them or think about them. The more they try to control the message the stupider they look. Do they really think that if Willie came out and called them names it would really turn people into Yankees fans? If the Mets win, they draw. That’s how it is.
As for the “racism” controversy, Willie is remoresful:
The bottom line is that by suggesting that the color of my skin had something to do with how I was judged, I did nothing but sow the seeds of my demise. I kick myself about that every day. It makes me angry – and really sad.
Now the Mets Police were all in favor of a change at manager, and always felt Willie whined his way into the job in the first place. However, this was handled so so so so poorly. All the Mets had to do was fire him on Memorial Day. Now everyone feels bad for this guy.
Even The Mets Police.
>Omar, as we used to say in Queens, this is “a bite.” I have “bit” the idea from mostlymets.com who posted this first and I totally cop.
