Collins Quotable–2/14

“This guy’s bat may come really fast, and when it comes, he better be in a position that we know he can play in the big leagues.”

-Terry Collins on Wilmer Flores

Collins Quotable–2/10

“He plays the game one way – hard.”

-Terry Collins on Kirk Nieuwenheis

MetsGrrl: Reading the Wilpon complaint

I picked it up on Sunday, and I will say this: Friends, I come not to bury the Wilpons, but not to praise them either. But don’t take my word for it, and don’t take the media’s word for it either. Here’s a quick and dirty guide of how to make sense of this document, if you’d like to give it a go.

-MetsGrrl

Read her whole post here, especially for her summary/take on the 360 page complaint filed against the Wilpons.

Which place do you think the Mets finish?

Take a look at the results of my informal Twitter poll. Agree or disagree?

My latest tweets about Wilpons money troubles

NYT: Madoff Had Wide Role in Mets Finances

I’ll just leave this here.

This seriously makes me think long and hard about the Mets and the “Bonilla on the payroll in 2011” disaster.

The Mets are on Craigslist

Click through to view it on the page before Craigslist takes it down. Quickly! Hurry!

via Ted William’s Head

Close enough, Mets Merized

Jon Niese != Freddy Garcia

I’m not one to call out other blogs, but this made me chuckle.

Mets sign Pagan; Announce Dickey deal

The Mets have signed Angel Pagan to a one-year, $3.5 million deal.

Good news. Just stay healthy, Angel. This could be another great year for you.

The Mets also announced they signed R.A. Dickey to a two-year deal, with a club option for 2013. $7.5 million guaranteed.

Let’s hope Dickey wasn’t just a flash in the pan. The knuckleball is almighty and could extend this man’s career by many years.

Also, he’s my (and many others) flavor of the week, month, yeah. He’s just so RAD.

Dickey and Pagan. Two fan favorites. Two players returning next season. One good day.

Collins Quotables–1/31

“I said, 'I know you want to win that second-base job. You're going to get that opportunity. But you better be ready to play some first base and some third base, because they're going
to need backups also.’”

-Terry Collins to Daniel Murphy