Ankle bothered Phillies; Phillies bothered Reyes
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Ankle bothered Phillies; Phillies bothered Reyes
David Murphy, Daily News Staff Writer
My apologies for not blogging until now. Hope the coverage in the paper held you over. Jimmy Rollins just addressed the media for the first time since spring training and admitted that the ankle he sprained early in the season bothered him throughout the year, even into the playoffs.
"The ankle really probably didn't stop bothering me until December," Rollins said. "(I would) do a couple things, then you hear it pop a couple times, and you are like, 'Oooh,' But it was the scar tissue tearing, and it's something that needed to be happening. Coming into the playoffs, there were a couple of times that I was on first base and I was talking to Prince [Fielder] and I was like, 'Man it feels like my Achilles is going to go.' But it's going to have to blow for me to come out this game. It finally loosened up, so it feels good now.'"
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I'm sure by now you've read Jose Reyes' comments to New York reporters at Mets camp in Port St. Lucie. Specifically, he took umbrage with the Phillies' suggestion that Reyes "pimps" his home runs too much. Last year, some merry Phillie pranksters jokingly put Reyes' name above Victorino's locker after he hit a home run and pumped his fist.
"I heard that," Reyes said, as reported by the New York Post. "I don’t know why they said that because I’m not the only when I hit a home run that I ‘pimp’ it. A lot of people do that. A lot of people from Philadelphia too. They stand there for a couple seconds and nobody say nothing. I don’t know why the Phillies focus so much on the New York Mets. We just worry about us.
"I don’t know why they always focus on us. They are the ones to win the World Series. We don’t say nothing about them. We just say congratulations to the Phillies. They always say something about us and we don’t even focus on them. We focus on them when we play against them.
"We don’t worry about the Phillies – we focus about the New York Mets," Reyes said. "They have to be happy because they win the World Series. Why do they focus on us? What did we do to them? If they don’t like us, that’s OK."
Comments (105)
I hate Reyes- no habla jose reyes.— Philth
- "We just worry about us." That statement is demonstrably untrue. Thanks, by the way, to the Mets beat writers for helping keep the team psyched out about Philadelphia.— Jeffrey
- English as a second language, Jose...— Patman
- Baseball has beeeeeeeen very very good to me.— SayHello2MyLittleFriend
- *Third language, apparently— kgochenour
- Reyes can be a phenomenal player when he's 'on', but man does he come up small when his team needs him the most.— PhightinPhan
- I hate Reyes and I hate the Mets. Part of the reason this keeps coming up is because their loudmouth fans keep saying that the Mets are the most talented team in the NL East.— MattPSU
- Didn't someone on the Mets just say something about the Phillies but a few days ago? What is he talking about?— jackryan823
- reyes has no heart,thats why he can't handle the trash talk. Reyes is overratted. I live in port saint lucie fl, and if i see him i will punch him in the face. hang that above your locker reyes— Verbal Tourettes
- Because we still have a few years before we start worrying about the Nationals, but if you want to choke again Jose, we can move that up.— CMc62480
- Wow. Wasn't it the Mets who said that they were the team to beat last year? Beltran right? Sounds like sour grapes to me.
Comment removed.- It's only February 18? Are we going to have another month and a half of this before any actual games?— haplo
- btw i don't like david murphy either. he is to sweet. we need a hard core writter with some in your face coverage— Verbal Tourettes
- Didn't Rodriguez just say that they're the team to beat, not the Philies. The problem with Reyes is that he doesn't understand that when the national media makes you out to be the second coming and you don't play up to that when it counts, that you're going to draw attention. Either step up or deal with it.— brob1900
- "Part of the reason this keeps coming up is because their loudmouth fans keep saying that the Mets are the most talented team in the NL East." If they're not, then have they really choked the past couple years? The Mets might have more talent, but the Phils are the better team (as in, 25 guys playing together). At least, that's how I view that distinction.— haplo
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- The Mets and Phillies shouldn't like each other, they are the biggest obstacle to winning the NL East. So they should talk about each other.— G
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- reyes=mcnabb— rothstein12
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The Mets - please I don't even know who is on their team or who their manager is - yeah we're all obsessing about the Mets - what's in the water up there?
Reyes could pass as a black Frankenstein. Put the pics side by side, separated at birth, one green, the other black, even though he's spanish. He is a helluva player though, but that special something is missing from his game, and most of the Puerto Rico Mets game, er, I mean NY Pets.- Comment removed.
- OK Reyes - tell that to your new closer. And Putz. And Beltran. They must have missed that memo. Now go back to focusing on your stupid dugout dance.— jH
- WHHHAAAAAHHHHH..."why do they keep talking about us"...HAHAHAHAHAHA...Because the Mets are a bunch of LOSERS !!!!! The Fightin Phils...WORLD F***ING CHAMPS !!!!!— TheRealDeal
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- "We don’t worry about the Phillies – we focus about the New York Mets," Maybe you should worry about the Phillies more they are the best team in your division. P.S. Reyes - you single handedly lost the penant for your team two yrs ago with your slump down the stretch. We here in Philly appreciate it.— Dozer
- When you're the World Champions, you can say anything you want whenever you want. When you fail to even make the post season by choking in the last week (two years in a row), you should just shut your trap!...Mr. Reyes.— 21stCentury
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- This guy is such a loser. Yeah, no one on the Mets pays attention to the Phils. Then why is Reyes talking about them? Or Beltran? Or K-Rod? Or Church?— monty142
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- WAAAAAH! I can't wait to stomp the Mets a new mud hole....again— ematusko
- "They stand there for a couple seconds and nobody say nothing." Classic...— Captain Awesome
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- Keep raising your arm like you won the world series in the 1st inning in game number 24 of the season— sawgrass
- Nobody on the Phillies who hits a HR returns to the dugout and goes straight into a 15 minute, well choreographed dance, that would make the Timberlake look like the Flyers' Dancing Guy, Jose.— Florida Frank
- Man the Melts sound like a bunch of girls. Will they play in League of their Own skirt unis at Sch-iti Field?— ChekUrFax
- Well who else are we going to talk about. They are in our division we are always battling them at the end of the year so it makes sense to talk about them.— cusoraider
- Who is Jose Reyes ???— mick314
- The only reason there is even a hint of bad blood on either side is because for the first time in a while, we are both GOOD ballclubs at the same time, starting 3 seasons ago. Pretty soon we'll have to start hating the braves again! And didn't the Nats pick up a couple of good players this off-season? (Oh great, here comes that old paranoia again.)— TBear
- I do think Reyes and rest of Mets fixate on the Phils but, really, is there any reason for us to obsess about the Mets anymore? They suck and that's that. If we ignore them maybe they'll go away.— esvargot
- Its all about the latino macho mind set.Hey Reyes, say hello to my little friends-Howard,Utley,Rollins,Hamels and Lidge. If you would keep your mouth shut and your glove down you would be a better player.— weinlein
- i see no reason why the phils wont win again. rollins 100%, Utley 100%, howard 54 million%, Cole happy. go phils! Has Reyes been paying attencion?— dry ice man
- "We don’t worry about the Phillies – we focus about the New York Mets" Huh? Didn't K-Rod just fire the first shot of 2009 Spring Training? Didn't Beltran do the same (weak) thing last year? What an idiot!— Phront_Runner
- Nice new picture Murphy, very intense - is that Magnum?— COBL77
- your the METS reyes.... thats why.— stevo8drum
- "f- the Mets, f- the Mets" was heard ringing through the streets after the WS victory. Pretty sure you'd hear no mention of the Phillies during a Mets fan celebration. The Mets hate the Yankees because the Mets are historically inferior. The Phillies just hate that so many Mets fans show up to the series and travel well. In short, nobody in NY cares about Philadelphia, but Philadelphia can't stop talking about the Mets even when they WIN! Just enjoy the victory. You were the better team.— mbm315
- "I don’t know why the Phillies focus so much on the New York Mets. We just worry about us...I don’t know why they always focus on us." Uh, Jose, you have it backwards. Everyone who works for the Mets and follows the Mets has been obsessed with the Phillies for two seasons now. We understand. You should be obsessed with us. We're you're worst nightmare.— xfactor
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- Which Met do I find annoying? All of them. Their fans are the worst too. I hope everytime they chant "Let's Go Mets" at the Bank that Phillies fans point to World Series Banner.— PhillyRising
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- Diddums Jose Reyes' feewings get huht?— JerseyCommonSense
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- Reyes is talented, but at the same time , is a joke. They HAVE said plenty about our team, now he's trying to act innocent??? LOL nah not happening. Lo siento Jose, proximo ano possible.— Will.i.Am
- They are all anoying. Since 2/3 of the Mets are Dominican why can't they hire a full time translator?— coach1456
- i agree with mbm315. get over it already. and philadelphia should be the poster city for obnoxious fans. i hope every team who plays the phillies this year has one purpose in mind - to kill.— jockeygrrl
- jockey... I did a drum solo in Yankee stadium before a playoff game back in 1996... after i got done.. a NYer threw a beer at me for no reason at all. NY is the worst place ever.— stevo8drum
- Geez, seems like the Mets are always talking about the phillies. of course, they are "chokers" aren't they
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- hey reyes why bother playing the season, everyone knows you will play strong at the start just to throw it all away and choke at the end of the season again, again, and again..— bleed green forever
- hey calabrese, how many MVPS does reyes have? rings? playoff wins? how many players on the mets come out and call reyes their leader? we want jimmy. now get off your computer i am sure you mom is almost done making your dinner.— bleed green forever
- Gary Carter— Sports4Life
- Reyes is all hype.. no substance.— Nezhy
- REYES IS A PUNK.— YIPO
- Maybe it has something to do with the fact that when the guy hits a home run they celebrate in the dug out as much as the Phils did after winning the World Series. I'm half expecting them to pull out champagne and start spraying each other after each run they score.....and it seems to rub off on their obnoxious fans too!— cujat13
- All of them big apple losers— Philadelphia Jerry
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- It is called motivation Reyes. The Phillies used the motivation to beat the Mets the last 2 years. So it worked. Hmmm, Reyes said the Mets do not do that and they have lost twice. So he wants to repeat the methods that have lost and laughs at the methods that win. Ooookay, that makes sense!— JonKap
- I hate the Mets yesterday, tomorrow and until the day I die!!! A bunch of high priced babies that can't get along and will never win anything!!!!!! Next time you're in our park take a peak inside our locker room and learn something you stink'en looooosers!!!!!!— Wheels716
well, the Mets Manny said that when Reyes matures he will become a great team leader. Looks like he'll at least be waiting another year for the mature Reyes to show up— EJAY- mucho caca jose— infantino
- Sure, so he didn't hear that other loud mouth jerk with the "Los Mets" jersey on speaking about jimmy "World Champion" Rollins???!!— elektrika
- to.verbal...........your actually a big moron, punch reyes in the face.please come to new york and say that we will stuff a philly cheese sub up ur rectum...loser..and its true philly won the big one...now defend it and shut the f%$k UP..and rollins fix your teeth with all your money i think philly has a couple of dentist around...since phillys are like inbred..lol...— ny.6
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- JerkReyes— mrjarn
- didnt beltran just come out and say they were going to make hamels eat his words? i think the mets are as dumb as they are soft. also why has there been no talk of who's gonna take over the hot corner with Feliz's begining to look like D.Bell II. Good thing were loaded at 2b jr.— bosshog
- The article leaves out the Reyes comment on Hamels calling the mets "choke artists". Check your facts Jose. Hamels didn't initate the talk of the Mets. the Ny radio guys did. Also, F-rod just this week proclaimed the mets the team to beat. Unless they win the WS, they can't do better than the Phils.— mikemaddog
- Are like inbred what? You either need a noun to go with that adjective or drop the "like" in order to make that a coherent sentence. Also, ny.6, if you run your mouth like that down in Philadelphia you will leave with a smile similar to that of Jimmy Rollins. Typical New York trash. Or most likely North Jersey trash.— sammarsh
- Reyes blows...— los_conshyangeles
We focus on the Mets because beating them is what gets us to the playoffs. It's all about beating the Mets. Idiot.- Um yeah didnt K-Rod open his mouth as soon as he signed. This guy has a short or just stupid memory.— HockeyAdam22
- Um yeah didnt K-Rod open his mouth as soon as he signed. This guy has a short or just stupid memory.— HockeyAdam22
- English please.— zman
- Jose Reyes is one major reason that the Mets continue to choke. A) doesn't respect the game 2) where is his head? 3) OVERRRR---RAAAATTTEEED on a side note, verbal tourettes - why don't you think Murphy is a good writter? lol— OppoJack
- Reyes is a dancing turd.— bleufunk
I miss the lipless Aaron Heilman already.— COskier- No habla Ingles...mismo para Jose Reyes.— forsython5
- Whatever. When's opening day?— p-diddy
- Reyes is: 1) overrated; 2) stoopid; 3) illiterate; 4) forgetful; 5) a liar; 6) a loser. PK— PhillyTheKid
- It's settled. He is as dumb as he looks.— dbruzz72
- Jose "el perro caliente" Reyes. the biggest hot dog in the game.— Ryan
- Hey Rey Rey, talk to 'Los and KRod before you open your mouth. and unfortunately, I couldn't decipher some parts of this piece between Reyes' broken English or Murph's words— Pelle9Eklund
- "...nobody say nothing." Your 2nd grade teacher just cringed, Reyes.— FloridaBill
- Let Reyes celebrate. He's one of their "sluggers". Bwahahah.— sw2surf
- I understand Reyes. HR's are a lot more special when your team has fewer of them. Phils hit 42 more HR's in the regular season than the Mets. Forty-two. Guess it is cause for celebration when you dont have that many, huh Jose? Another interesting stat: Mets had nearly 100 more at-bats in which to make those HR's (had 83 more hits than the Phils).— sw2surf
- actually is goes like this: "Beisbol been bery, bery good to me!"
- BTW, many of us don't like Verbal Tourettes either.— Neal Obstat
- I don't like ANYONE man! EVERYONE bothers me!— phillyinnyc
- A lot of you are taking shots at Reyes' and his lack of command of the english language... Well, the guy taught himself english and although he is obviously not fluent, he can still communicate to the point where he can be understood with no problem. How many of you could teach yourself a second language and be able to hold a conversation in it?— GJK3161
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