Minaya: Phils the Team to Beat
Well, that's no fun.
Minaya: Phils the Team to Beat
Todd Zolecki
Well, that's no fun.
New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya had a chance to tell the whole world the Mets are better than the Phillies, but he didn't fan the flames.
"We're not better than them, no," Minaya said. "Right now, they're world champions."
Wait, what? What is this? Reverse psychology? The Phillies are on to you, Omar!
"The only way you get to be better than them is to beat them," he said. "You've got to go out there and get it done. You don't win championships on paper. I've never believed in that. Do I think we've improved our club? Yes. But the bottom line is the Phillies have won the World Series and they won the division twice. They have a good team and the experience of being in playoffs and World Series - that is huge. So we have a lot of work to do."
Mets manager Jerry Manuel commented on Cole Hamels' "choke artists" comment, "That's his opinion. It probably adds a little fuel to it, which is a good thing. Anytime you can add fuel to the fire, it's good. Players have to be ready to respond and answer the bell. That's good, that's good stuff."
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FYI, Folks - Rocco Baldelli does NOT have that mitochondrial condition, after all...He does suffer from something, but the latest news out of Tampa is that it's not what they thought and it is treatable...Interesting stuff, huh? pk— PhillyTheKid- PhillytheKid - we don't know that. We know that Rocco Baldelli found a doctor who was willing to say that. Do not forget that he is a free agent seeking a ML contract. I know that is a cynical approach, but in the current economic climate, with the amount of guaranteed money that is paid to ML players, one must err on the side of prudence. My guess is any interested team is going to request his medical records, and the findings of both the doctor who diagnosed him with a mitochondrial disease, and the doctor who diagnosed whatever this other thing is, and have those records, plus Baldelli himself, examined by experts of that team's own choosing before even entering into contract negotiations.— RollinsWasRight
- This is silly. Can we just clear out the snow and see for ourselves?— Schruender
- It's really Todd's fault. He hasn't written anything for Friday yet, so people are just commenting here....like this.— Erich H
- ya should be so lucky that the mets did collapse, otherwise ya wouldn't even sniff the post season last year..— yungwon
- ya should be so lucky that the mets did collapse, otherwise ya wouldn't even sniff the post season last year..— yungwon
