Victorino

There’s something about that Shane Victorino that I just can’t stand.  For one, he’s a Philly.  Maybe it’s also the way he carries himself.  Maybe it’s his bad attitude.  Maybe it’s his feistiness, his hard-nosed style of playing the game or just his clutch.  But most of all, I think it’s because nobody in the Mets’ roster fits that mold.  If we’d only have someone who’d continually bang into walls (don’t get any ideas, Ryan Church), who’d bark at the pitcher while pointing to his head and/or body when thrown at…

Bottom line is, we need some fire in our team.  Someone who the opposing team just doesn’t want to mess with.  I realize these aren’t the type of things that generally constitute great players (See Garcia, Karim), but over the past few years we’ve become way too complacent, always preferring to sulk rather than fight back.  This fact is obvious if you look at our come-from-behind wins in 2008.  The Phillies were one of the top teams in the league, the Mets were horrific.  Let’s hope for a turnaround next year; let’s hope for a team that won’t settle.

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