“Last year we had guys on the ropes and let them hang in the ballgame,”
Wright said. “This year we smell blood, we go for the kill.”
Cliff Floyd…
“The one thing that has probably kept me sane is the team is winning,” Floyd said. As for his reaction to homering, he offered: “I felt like the biggest
idiot in the world. You go up there and you swing so nice and easy and
compact and then you get good results, whereas the first week every
swing I was taking was trying to hit the ball out of the stadium.”
On their hot start…
“Hype goes a long way,” Floyd said. “But when you actually show it,Willie Randolph…
Wednesday on WFAN, Willie Randolph said, “[Steve]
Trachsel is my fifth guy basically,” but yesterday the manager
explained himself.
“I just threw a number out,” he said. “I just basically said
that when you have your first two guys, Pedro and [Tom] Glavine,
everybody else is 3, 4 and 5, whatever you want to do. I might have
said that, but all I meant by that is that when you go around one time,
everyone just falls into place.”
On Anderson Hernandez…”The bottom line is winning, and if he's making a contribution to us
winning, then he'll continue to play,” manager Willie Randolph said of
Hernandez. “That's what it's all about. You don't want to mess up that
rhythm. I'm not just going to throw Matsui in there when he gets back.
If we're playing well, and [Hernandez] is doing certain things, then
he's going to play. That could be all year as far as I'm concerned. I'm
not going to fool around with a situation that's working.”
Steve Trachsel...
Paul “The Duke” Lo Duca…
Paul Lo Duca doesn't recall that same sense elsewhere.
“Not
really,” he said. “But here, we have so much talent. I've been on
talented teams before, but it doesn't seem like anything's missing
here.”
“The best team in baseball?”
After an extended exhale, he continued.
“That's the way we feel,” he said without qualification.
Mets fans, the booing has begun. I know it's only Opening Day, but there really is nothing better than being a fan. I have been watching this entire game and the big boppers have done nothing. Where is Carlos Beltran's head? Again, I know it's only opening day, but still. He looks terrible, missing the cutoffs, from the outfield, not being able to catch up to a fastball. Gotta love Pauly LoDuca, and who can ask for a better start than what Tommy Glavine has provided for 5 and 2/3 innings. Let's get the kinks out early boys, or the boo birds will be sticking around for 162 games.
Sphere: Related ContentI can't tell you all how excited I am for another year at Shea to
kickoff tomorrow at 1pm. To bad we got the lifeless Glavine going
instead of the ever exciting Kdro taking he hill. But none the less,
who else besides me will be leaving work at noon or not going to work
at all to catch the 2006 Mets take the feild?
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