tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post112166782424176238..comments2023-10-29T08:25:50.241-04:00Comments on The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus: The Hate List Hall of FameMetstradamushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023215480704948183noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-86858768824271011382009-12-14T17:32:21.802-05:002009-12-14T17:32:21.802-05:00This can't be a complete list without Jimmy Qu...This can't be a complete list without Jimmy Qualls. Sob.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1125207620475354222005-08-28T01:40:00.000-04:002005-08-28T01:40:00.000-04:00pj, I vaguely remember that brawl. I thought Khal...pj, I vaguely remember that brawl. I thought Khalifa was going to die.<BR/><BR/>Totally agreed on Mike Glavine. He followed Tommy from Atlanta to New York and it was so obvious that he was with the team to make Tommy happy. That's a good one.Metstradamushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023215480704948183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1124207277431567542005-08-16T11:47:00.000-04:002005-08-16T11:47:00.000-04:00I'm a Met from from day 1. All these entries are ...I'm a Met from from day 1. All these entries are superb and have brought back some memories.<BR/><BR/>I've got an obscure addition. It's kind of an indirect hate. Mike Glavine. Yes, Mike, the OF brother of Tom. I didn't check, maybe he's gone now, but he was on the triple A Tides roster for 2 years or more. An old guy with a .200ish BA and no discernable value wasting a development roster spot that could have been used by some potentially useful young ballplayer. I figure his presence had something to do with satisfying Tom. Maybe it's even in Tom's contract.<BR/><BR/>Young OFs have been released because Mike Glavine was holding a roster spot so there was "no room". Think Kenny Kelly here. I don't know if Kelly would have been at all successful, but I'd certainly rather give those few ABs to him and let him have a chance than waste them on Mike Glavine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1121882846755119702005-07-20T14:07:00.000-04:002005-07-20T14:07:00.000-04:00WOW! Now THAT is hate!!! YOU WIN!!!Thanks for re...WOW! Now THAT is hate!!! YOU WIN!!!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for refreshing my memory on that...I did read about the Dick Young column. Unreal.Metstradamushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023215480704948183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1121880755130941632005-07-20T13:32:00.000-04:002005-07-20T13:32:00.000-04:00You can add Dick Young in the sportswriter categor...You can add Dick Young in the sportswriter category. He's the man who was the mouthpiece for the Mets management -- his son-in-law worked for the team -- and he wrote the column that finally drove Seaver out of town. It was some cheap shots against his wife, about how she was allegedly jealous of Ruth Ryan. Seaver read that, went nuts and demanded out, forever scarring my youth.<BR/><BR/>I laminated Dick Young's obit and kept it on my fridge for years. On a bad day, I'd read it and say "On the bright side, Dick Young is still dead." <BR/><BR/>Harsh, I know...Mets Guy in Michiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048899230969074579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1121878923074447372005-07-20T13:02:00.000-04:002005-07-20T13:02:00.000-04:00This is one of those rare instances where I wish I...This is one of those rare instances where I wish I was older so that the Pete Rose hate from 1973 really had a chance to wash through me. Truth be told, my earliest recollections of Pete Rose was as a Phillie...and I liked him! But even though I wasn't around to appreciate hating him, he belongs on this list.<BR/><BR/>Kenny Rogers: He belongs too...and certainly if this was more of a consensus list, Rogers would be on there instead of say, Donne Wall. But obviously some of the choices here were simply mine and mine alone.<BR/><BR/>M. Donald Grant: Certainly the man who traded Seaver deserves to be here. Can we create a position for him? Special assistant to Metstradamus? Again, I wasn't quite old enough to really be enraged by his stupidity...only old enough to re-live the misery via books.<BR/><BR/>Remember, when it comes to hate, there are no wrong answers. Maybe we'll put together a farm team of hate one day.Metstradamushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023215480704948183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1121868207369934392005-07-20T10:03:00.000-04:002005-07-20T10:03:00.000-04:00Great list, but we've got to have Pete Rose somewh...Great list, but we've got to have Pete Rose somewhere in there for his fight with one of our all time heros, Bud Harrelson. (For those too young to remember, see <BR/>http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/features/flashbacks/10_08_1973.stm.) Kenny Rogers needs to also be in there for his walk-off base on balls in the 11th inning against the Braves in the 1999 NLCS, giving the Braves the title. And M. Donald Grant is definitely the worst GM in baseball history. Somewhere around I still have a bumper sticker that says "Grant's got to go. Save our Mets!"NCMETSFANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13711525869435459118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1121763691308686722005-07-19T05:01:00.000-04:002005-07-19T05:01:00.000-04:00Ah, 1984. I spent the latter part of that year in...Ah, 1984. I spent the latter part of that year in the womb.Richard B. Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12880911237646981420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1121750739160925782005-07-19T01:25:00.000-04:002005-07-19T01:25:00.000-04:00Dave, I remember a game in '84 when it was a packe...Dave, I remember a game in '84 when it was a packed house for the Expos, and Pete Rose was deluged with chants of "Pete Rose Sucks" the whole game. During the 8th (finer details courtesy of retrosheet.org), Rose took three strikes while the chants were at their loudest, and after the third strike, Rose was tossed. I'll never forget it, it was WILD!<BR/><BR/>And Tony Fernandez WAS great with Toronto. Heck he was great everywhere he went...except Shea for that first part of 1993. Typical.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the kind words y'all.Metstradamushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023215480704948183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1121747619305901332005-07-19T00:33:00.000-04:002005-07-19T00:33:00.000-04:00Totally agree about Alomar, but I must say he was ...Totally agree about Alomar, but I must say he was damn good when he was here in Toronto.<BR/><BR/>There's no one I enjoy see getting the tar beat out of him than David Wells. Fat ass.<BR/><BR/>Totally agree about Clemens. I love watching him get beat too. That Allstar game in Houston was great. Did he find his Hummer?<BR/><BR/>You guys out there don't dis Tony Fernandez!!! <BR/><BR/>Let me add to the your list:<BR/><BR/>Frank Thomas: Can't stand his nickname. Ain't hurting nobody. Damn slow. He seems to have loser written all over him.<BR/><BR/>Lou Pinella: I won't say I hate him, but I just don't understand... It's depressing watching him in those slimy unis<BR/><BR/>Anyways... Visit my blog www.lucidspot.blogspot.comAdam Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998276850290010371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1121746667937414252005-07-19T00:17:00.000-04:002005-07-19T00:17:00.000-04:00You, my friend, are a bad ass. (That's a complimne...You, my friend, are a bad ass. (That's a complimnet in these parts.)<BR/><BR/>That is possibly the best post I've read anywhere in ages -- laugh out loud funny and on the nose, right down to the uniforms. What the hell were they thinking? <BR/><BR/>I'm going to show my age here, But I remember when Pete Rose was the No. 1 enemy at Shea for his scrape with Buddy Harrelson in the 1973 playoffs. I think Rose was booed relentlessly througout the 1970s for that brawl.Mets Guy in Michiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048899230969074579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1121745429567244002005-07-18T23:57:00.000-04:002005-07-18T23:57:00.000-04:00Maz, you're on the right track. I thought long an...Maz, you're on the right track. I thought long and hard about Tony Fernandez..."Mr. Gallstones". He swore up and down years later that he was really hurt during his time with the Mets and that was the only thing that kept him off. He was one of the last cuts, believe me. I'll probably put him on the daily list a few times to make up for that. But he deserves to be there.<BR/><BR/>Doug Sisk, Mike Maddux, and Alejandro Pena were tough cuts as well.Metstradamushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023215480704948183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1121726678830322172005-07-18T18:44:00.000-04:002005-07-18T18:44:00.000-04:00Absolutely tremendous.Absolutely tremendous.Richard B. Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12880911237646981420noreply@blogger.com