Re: 2008 New York Mets Discussion
No doubt it's good to see him back to the way he should be. I really think this whole 'issue' of his celebrating is much to do about nothing. Again, all it takes is the media to say something negative and many blindly follow the lead. Then when Reyes stopped, everyone is upset that he did.
I don't know about you other guys, and the towns you live in, but NYC is so contradictory when it comes to those who supposedly support their own.
We had the issue last year with SOME Yankees fans (and others) squawking about Delgado and Reyes' little handshake/dance thing...but when you would look in on the other teams in town, Melky and Cano weren't exactly acting like statutes either. Granted most of the exhuberance was in the dugout, make no mistake about it, their hyped up celebrations could clearly be seen from the opposing dugout.
Lastly, about 20 years ago, the New York Knicks' Mark Jackson used to do a 'helicopter' moce with his hands when he pulled off an exciting shot. The fans at the Garden used to go crazy...but the beat writers' had their underwear really tight...and they whined about it, and Jackson stopped doing it.
My thing is, if the crowd reacts, who cares what the opposing team MAY think? And if folks are concerned about a high and hard one from the opposition...well, that would be a test to see what your own pitchers are made of...right?
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Originally Posted by TarHeelMan
I think he still toned it down somewhat... The problem that other people had was with him doing it outside the dugout in plain view. He didn't celebrate with the handshakes until he got into the dugout, but it was still good to see him going loco and getting everyone pumped up after Beltran's HR.
No doubt it's good to see him back to the way he should be. I really think this whole 'issue' of his celebrating is much to do about nothing. Again, all it takes is the media to say something negative and many blindly follow the lead. Then when Reyes stopped, everyone is upset that he did.
I don't know about you other guys, and the towns you live in, but NYC is so contradictory when it comes to those who supposedly support their own.
We had the issue last year with SOME Yankees fans (and others) squawking about Delgado and Reyes' little handshake/dance thing...but when you would look in on the other teams in town, Melky and Cano weren't exactly acting like statutes either. Granted most of the exhuberance was in the dugout, make no mistake about it, their hyped up celebrations could clearly be seen from the opposing dugout.
Lastly, about 20 years ago, the New York Knicks' Mark Jackson used to do a 'helicopter' moce with his hands when he pulled off an exciting shot. The fans at the Garden used to go crazy...but the beat writers' had their underwear really tight...and they whined about it, and Jackson stopped doing it.
My thing is, if the crowd reacts, who cares what the opposing team MAY think? And if folks are concerned about a high and hard one from the opposition...well, that would be a test to see what your own pitchers are made of...right?
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Originally Posted by TarHeelMan
I think he still toned it down somewhat... The problem that other people had was with him doing it outside the dugout in plain view. He didn't celebrate with the handshakes until he got into the dugout, but it was still good to see him going loco and getting everyone pumped up after Beltran's HR.
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