One of the Mets leaders had a good take on ESPN’s Jayson Stark’s “unnamed” Phillie who said that this year, there will be brawls. David Lennon writes on his blog for Newsday that David Wright wants to keep the fights off the field…but the bleachers are another story:

“And if you want to talk about fighting, there’s a lot of fights going on in the stands. We’ll let the fans do the trash-talking for us and let the fans take care of business fighting-wise. I’m not condoning it, but it happens.All of a sudden you just see security running everywhere so you know what’s going on.”

In an earlier post on his blog for Newsday, Lennon talks about Carlos Beltran’s reaction to Jimmy Rollins‘ “plagiarism” jab. Beltran seemed in good spirits about everything, saying:

“I have nothing against Jimmy, [...] He plays hard, he does his job, he’s always hustling. Philly found a way to play better at the end and they won the division. But this year is going to be different.”

Beltran looks ready to stand by his comments about the Mets being the “team to beat” and I am glad for that. As Billy Wagner suggested, you can’t just say “oops, I was kidding!”. And I, for one, thought Wright’s comments about the brawls was an excellent way to handle it. Trust me David, I am going to be at the home opener on April 8th, I’ll keep everyone in line…maybe.

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