tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post2268846441038191600..comments2023-10-29T08:25:50.241-04:00Comments on The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus: Is Johan Santana The Next Herschel Walker?Metstradamushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023215480704948183noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-56586748621103989202008-01-13T11:27:00.000-05:002008-01-13T11:27:00.000-05:00I'm obsessed too. I think I'm so traumatized by la...I'm obsessed too. I think I'm so traumatized by last season I need something major to happen, NOW, to allow me to enjoy 2008. Really, I am actually dreading the season right now. Every year my sister, a Yankee fan, invites me to one of the Yankee/Mets games, and the thought of the Mets facing Johan, and my sister lording it over me, is more than I can bear. (Happy to report, the game we attended last year, was the friday night game in which we beat Roger Clemens, oh BLISS. And at that game, I saw the Yankee security guards confiscating a poster that two Mets fans were parading around with that said, "I have a fatigued groin". I tried to intervene, I came to their defense, to no avail. This was a few weeks before the infamous Cynthia Rodriguez game.)katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03757578559952821218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-54310367961241530832008-01-13T09:43:00.000-05:002008-01-13T09:43:00.000-05:00I can understand the fear and loathing - but you'r...I can understand the fear and loathing - but you're right on regarding the fact that Johan is NOT Victor Zambrano. I think of how the fallout over not going after A-Rod (the 1st time) colored Mets GM decisions from then on, and I fear that the same thing is happening here.<BR/><BR/>I think 2 other trades are more easily comparable- even though they were for catchers not pitchers: <BR/> <BR/>Gary Carter for: Hubie Brooks, Mike Fitzgerald, Herm Winningham, and Floyd Youmans.<BR/><BR/>I remember Youmans pitching extremely well against the mets in the 80s, and I remember a lot of flack for including Brooks.<BR/><BR/>And of course the Piazza trade (for Preston Wilson, Ed Yarnall, and Geoff Goetz). Wilson had some good years in FLorida, and was a particular pain to the Mets.<BR/><BR/>In both cases, they made trades at times the mets were 1 player away from being a World Series team. Isn't this the situation now? <BR/><BR/>Even if you follow the Frank Viola Theorem - they get one great year out of Santana (plus 4 of 5 mediocre ones) - and they win the 2008 Series, I think we'll all be happier than if he goes to the Yankees, pitches for them in the playoffs, and the Mets finish second to the Phillies again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-86103884729293731582008-01-13T03:27:00.000-05:002008-01-13T03:27:00.000-05:00What's this "BALLHYPE" thingamajig?What's this "BALLHYPE" thingamajig?MetFanMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191993046517726498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-32767336418281689782008-01-12T22:34:00.000-05:002008-01-12T22:34:00.000-05:00Dating yourself a bit with the Herschel reference,...Dating yourself a bit with the Herschel reference, but unfortunately so am I by relating to it.metsnychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14954149190105856228noreply@blogger.com