10 Responses for "The Baseball Draft is Boring 2.0"

1. Dan Lerner June 5th, 2008 at 7:11 pm 1

   thems fighting words. After I overthrow Cerrone, you’re next.

2. dykstraw lost his password June 5th, 2008 at 7:17 pm 2

   i was just telling nicole you guys need to have more catfights

3. Tommy Dee June 5th, 2008 at 8:12 pm 3

   Wow…talk about getting ruled. Well, kinda think you asked for it Dan, look forward to reading your response in your book, “Why Mets Don’t Get It- But think we do” due in stores in October.

   Anyway, no one expects anyone to know any prospects, which is the point. It hasn’t been a boring crap shoot for some time now and what (One of the) Andrew(s) is saying is that it’s time to recognize. It is his estimation, and those Mets fans who are paying attention, that Omar did well for your franchise, which, barring catastrophic injuries, just might have kept your team competing with the Marlins (AAARRRGGHH Heilman get one of them out!!) or the Phillies (Beltran!! i HATE YOU!!) over the next 5 years.

   You may think a TV contract and a new ball park solves our problem, but in actuality it opens the door for signing (overpaying) for bad FAs (see Yankees) since all the young talent (as one of the Andrew(s) clearly stated) will be locked up.

   This is a big day for the Mets organization unless something REALLY bad happens…that should be exciting, not boring.

4. Anthony De Rosa June 5th, 2008 at 8:38 pm 4

   I understand where Dan is coming from, since we really do not know all that much about these players, however it is a very important day. It could define if Omar Minaya will lead the Mets into the next century or not, when these player begin to mature and hopefully become vital cogs in the Mets machine.

   Today’s Ike Davis could be tomorrow’s David Wright, and that my friends is very exciting.

5. Dan Lerner June 5th, 2008 at 9:05 pm 5

   I meant no disrespect to the importance of the draft, merely to its level of entertainment provided. With college baseball being less popular than that of the other big two sports, the baseball draft as an event more so. There’s no Lebron, Eli Manning, Matt Leinart, etc. Chances are there really never will be. I can’t see a scenario where the best college hitter or best college pitcher becomes as recognizable amongst Joe Sports Fan as the best college QB or RB, or the high school phenom BB player.

6. Dan Lerner June 5th, 2008 at 9:06 pm 6

   and dykstraw, i for one think we should replace the Hot Heads feature here with a Hot Cat Fights feature.

7. Andrew Smith June 5th, 2008 at 9:45 pm 7

   I am not one to look for arguments. The bottom line is that you got your point across in your post. You don’t like college baseball (as a lot of people don’t) and you don’t think the draft is important or fun to watch.
   I would have just taken that for what it was and closed out the site had it not been for the schoolgirl comment or something about 6 Andrew’s. Because I couldn’t tell if it was an attempt at humor or an attempt to dig at my posts. Either way it was a failed attempt.
   I love the draft because I know how essential it is to a franchise’s success and I also love college baseball and following the development of players. I’m not someone who only likes baseball only when the Mets win. It’s just a difference of opinion….

   But, as the proverb says “Ignorance is bliss,”… so maybe you have us all fooled.

8. Aaron Lerner June 6th, 2008 at 12:40 am 8

   Wow, you clearly did not get this post: twice. The point was not to diminish the importance of the draft (which obviously goes without question) but to the actual entertainment of the television coverage. And when you compare coverage to basketball and football, it’s certainly less commotion because of the fact that you won’t see these player for at least a year or two, if ever. This is common knowledge and the fact is they didn’t even televise the draft until last season for this very reason.
   And to question ones level as a fan because they don’t watch college baseball or read about the hundreds of prospects? Well some of us have jobs.

9. Andrew Smith June 6th, 2008 at 8:47 am 9

   “So basically, the draft to me is meaningless”

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