The Ultimate Forum Group: The NY Mafia: XXXV

[Alex655321]

Originally Posted by Frankierock

It is kinda hard to think we as the Yankees would ever lose a guy like Cano...But no way I would have wanted them to take that contract. I really thought they might since they overpaid for Ell's. But as great as Cano is/was here you maybe get another 6 years out of him then what? Bad enough we have Arod on the books and doing nothing.
And to be honest there are times I hated Cano, he did not hustle and cost us many times.

To me there is one guy in Baseball right now worth that kinda $$...Trout. that's it!


Now for the Mets I think Grandy will help alot, but I hope for your sake (and my Brother's who is a die hard) they spend some more cash...No matter what, Mets need to understand this is NY.. and it's a HUGE market...You will make it back in Attendence, just spend!

Hey Frankie !

A wise GM once said you have to know when to give a player a large contract just as much as you have to know when to let go. I think the Yanks did a smart thing on this one.

The way I look at it, if the Mets pitching keeps going the way I hope it too, then they just need the offense to get timely hits to be successful. I look at the Giants from a few years back and it gives me hope.

[Frankierock]

If I were the Mets GM ( I am sure Most Met fans would not mind that..LOL) I would Trade and get Reyes back...I am sure you could get him for a steal. Then get Nelson Cruz and Arroyo and give the young guys a year to prove themselves before making any other moves

[Alex655321]

Originally Posted by Frankierock

If I were the Mets GM ( I am sure Most Met fans would not mind that..LOL) I would Trade and get Reyes back...I am sure you could get him for a steal. Then get Nelson Cruz and Arroyo and give the young guys a year to prove themselves before making any other moves

As much as I like Sandy A. I hope you get the Mets GM position if it opens.

[Alex655321]

Actually after Reyes took himself out of the game after he won the batting title I stopped being a fan.

I would prefer if he stayed on the disabled list on the blue jays for all eternity.

[Frankierock]

Originally Posted by Alex655321

As much as I like Sandy A. I hope you get the Mets GM position if it opens.

LOL...give them a call and let them know I'll do it for half the price and I will also promise a huge increase in sales and attendance.

[Frankierock]

Originally Posted by Alex655321

Actually after Reyes took himself out of the game after he won the batting title I stopped being a fan.

I would prefer if he stayed on the disabled list on the blue jays for all eternity.

I agree it was a slimy move, but was it worse than guys like Braun taking the MVP while he was on juice? Baseball used to be a game first, now we all know it's a business first, and with contracts going up...the game aspect is gone.

[Alex655321]

Originally Posted by Frankierock

I agree it was a slimy move, but was it worse than guys like Braun taking the MVP while he was on juice? Baseball used to be a game first, now we all know it's a business first, and with contracts going up...the game aspect is gone.

Certainly not, but bad enough for me not to be a fan of him.

At the same time I can understand (not condone) why some athletes take steroids. By taking it and increasing there home run total just by 5 or 10 is the difference of a few million dollars. Just a sad aspect of it.

glad they are testing and catching all of these creeps

[Frankierock]

Originally Posted by Alex655321

Certainly not, but bad enough for me not to be a fan of him.

At the same time I can understand (not condone) why some athletes take steroids. By taking it and increasing there home run total just by 5 or 10 is the difference of a few million dollars. Just a sad aspect of it.

glad they are testing and catching all of these creeps

I totally get ya.

and


Agreed! Glad there is a crackdown now.

The only guy I was ever really surprised by was Mcgwire..He came up as a skinny little guy and hit 49 HRs his rookie year..He really never needed the roids, but I guess everyone was doing it on his club so it was only a matter of time.

[Alex655321]

Originally Posted by Frankierock

I totally get ya.

and


Agreed! Glad there is a crackdown now.

The only guy I was ever really surprised by was Mcgwire..He came up as a skinny little guy and hit 49 HRs his rookie year..He really never needed the roids, but I guess everyone was doing it on his club so it was only a matter of time.

I would agree. I wonder if he would have passed Maris had he not.
Sosa no chance in hell, as he needed them to be relevant.

I remember when Brady on the Orioles hit 50 home runs. Ya had to know something was very fishy at his sudden prowess with the bat ! lol

[Frankierock]

Originally Posted by Alex655321

I would agree. I wonder if he would have passed Maris had he not.
Sosa no chance in hell, as he needed them to be relevant.

I remember when Brady on the Orioles hit 50 home runs. Ya had to know something was very fishy at his sudden prowess with the bat ! lol

LOL ...yeah Brady Anderson was 110% on something, guy never was known for hitting HR's- he had a total of 62 the 4 years prior, playing everyday. and less than 75 the 4 years after the 50. Must have been something in the water that year...check out some of the leaders...Todd Hunldey?!!


1: Mark McGwire (52)
2: Brady Anderson (50)
3: Ken Griffey (49)
4: Albert Belle (48)
5: Juan Gonzalez (47)
6: Andres Galarraga (47)
7: Mo Vaughn (44)
8: Jay Buhner (44)
9: Barry Bonds (42)
10: Gary Sheffield (42)
11: Greg Vaughn (41)
12: Todd Hundley (41)
13: Frank Thomas (40)
14: Sammy Sosa (40)
15: Ellis Burks (40)
16: Ken Caminiti (40)
17: Vinny Castilla (40)
18: Cecil Fielder (39)
19: Rafael Palmeiro (39)
20: Jim Thome (38)
21: Dean Palmer (38)
22: Ed Sprague (36)
23: Alex Rodriguez (36)
24: Geronimo Berroa (36)
25: Mike Piazza (36)
26: Henry Rodriguez (36)
27: Terry Steinbach (35)
28: Robin Ventura (34)
29: Eric Karros (34)
30: Ryan Klesko (34)
31: John Jaha (34)
32: Barry Larkin (33)
33: Manny Ramirez (33)
34: Jeff Bagwell (31)
35: Dante Bichette (31)
36: Benito Santiago (30)
37: Jeff King (30)
38: Chipper Jones (30)
39: Bernard Gilkey (30)
40: Ron Gant (30)