" Vote early & Vote often !!"
Yes last nights loss was difficult to swallow. Heading into Atlanta to face the Braves as a third place team with a .500 record would have been a moral victory. But dems be the breaks.
Last night Jose Reyes went 0-3 which lowered his batting average to what is still a Major League leading .342.
The ironic thing is that as of last night Jose is second in voting to Troy Tulowitzki in the National League Shortstop All Star Game voting. Troy has 1,828,509 votes while our M.VP has 1,241,553 and in a distant third is Jimmy Rollins of the Phillies with 999,537.
I feel that it is plain as day that Jose deserves to start this years All Star Game. He is the most exciting as well as dynamic player at that position.
So please go to www.Mets.com by clicking here, and vote as many times for your favorite Mets – primarily our best player at the moment – Jose Reyes !!!
And with that said…. HERE COMES THE INFAMY !!!!!
The New York Mets purchased the contract of middle reliever, Jack Aker from the Atlanta Braves on June 14, 1974. Jack was sidelined late in the season with a lower back starin,but he still managed to appear in 24 games, going 2-1 with 2 saves and a E.R.A of 3.48. He retired after the season ended and he immediately became a manager for the Mets minor league system from ’75-’82.
The New York Mets traded outfield prospect, Marvell Wynne and and minor league pitcher, Steve Senteney to the Pittsburgh Pirates for catcher, Junior Ortiz and minor league pitcher, Art Ray on June 14, 1983. Junior played two seasons with the Mets – mostly as a reserve catcher, and he hit a combined .236 with 23 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. Wynee did have a play a couple of seasons with the Pirates before falling off the radar.
The song that Mo Vaughn most relates to these days is ” Living After Midnight” by Judas Priest !
12 comments
metsfan4decades
6/14/2011-8:34am at 8:34 am (UTC -4)
I’m probably in the minority in that I enjoy the ASG. However, I think the fans voting on it leaves something to be desired. Obviously, as a whole many don’t vote for the best for one reason or another. I’ve actually read where some NL fans vote for the worst AL players on the list so the NL will have an advantage in the game. LOL.
I did my part the other day. Voted 75 times for Jose. Did that when I saw Rollins leading the pack for NL SSs. Rollins? Really? Just goes to show you many are not voting talent in. I see where Rollins has dropped to 3rd in the meantime so at least some are getting serious about voting.
Not sure Reyes will be able to pass Tulo in the voting though. We shall see.
ajgmets
6/14/2011-1:51pm at 1:51 pm (UTC -4)
Reyes’ numbers and the impact he’s had on the Mets and their early season “success” would/should put him at the top of the NL All Star shortstop balloting.
As a Mets fan and a baseball fan, I love Reyes when he’s happy and productive as this benefits the team and makes the game enjoyable to watch.
I perceive it as an “outsider” living in what can arguably be called the best “baseball town” in America, Reyes and his attitude which throughout his career can be described as spotty at best, causes many fans outside of New York to see him as an injury prone head case who’s only playing for a contract and that the money he’ll demand will make it virtually impossible for any smaller market team to compete for the rights to his services.
I am often compelled to defend Jose in discussions with baseball fans in this market who consistently refer to the fact that he, despite his obvious talent, would be a bad fit anywhere else but New York and his antics are such that the moral fiber of the “bible belt’ will neither tolerate nor support such a player.
I vote for Reyes at least 100 times every time I cast my All Star votes via my multiple e-mail accounts and am certain that even if not elected as a starter; he will be the club’s lone representative at this year’s mid season “exhibition with consequences” in the Arizona desert. While Tulowitzki, who has the All American Boy image to go with his immense talent will (deservedly?) more than likely garner the bulk of the votes nationwide making him the people’s de facto choice as the NL starting shortstop.
Vote Early…or late and VOTE OFTEN…LOL
I truly despise the fact that every team pushes their own players as if they were Heisman trophy candidates in the summer before September even arrives. I’m certain Brad Emaus will receive at least 20,000 votes from party line Mets fans voters…
stickguy
6/14/2011-9:07am at 9:07 am (UTC -4)
Hard to get excited by the ASG. Keep in mind, it is a populatity contest (fans vote for their favorites). So, teams with more fans, get more players in (yankees). And as always, big names will get in on reputation. It never has been the “guys putting up the best numbers for 2 months start” game!
He may not start, but Jose will 100% be there.
and don’t blame the fans too much. Writers and players are just as bad sometimes (just look at gold glove voting).
beyond Jose, bigger question is, will they have anyone else there as a reserve? ONly guys with any kind of case are Beltran and K Rod I think, and both could easily be left off.
metsfan4decades
6/14/2011-9:32am at 9:32 am (UTC -4)
Gee keeps this up, one could make a case for him going as well.
stickguy
6/14/2011-9:35am at 9:35 am (UTC -4)
thought of him, but that has to be a real long shot. Maybe if he wins 5 more games by then giving up no runs, but I suspect he will get squeezed out by bigger names.
metsfan4decades
6/14/2011-9:48am at 9:48 am (UTC -4)
Very possible. If he goes undefeated though heading to the AS break, it’ll be interesting to see if they skip over him.
njstuckintx
6/14/2011-9:38am at 9:38 am (UTC -4)
While the wins are strong, he’s not putting up dominate numbers. not a ton of K’s, and other than long balls, I hear chicks dig the K’s.
darknova306
6/14/2011-10:23am at 10:23 am (UTC -4)
I honestly haven’t watched an ASG since about 1998. Whether that makes me a bad fan or not, I really don’t care. It’s an exhibition, and most of the players looked like they were treating it as such, so I lost interest in it. To me it’s just a three day vacation in the middle of the season to get some things done around town without worrying about being home in time for a game.
And honestly, if you want to have the game count you can’t let the fans vote. That’s not fair to the players trying to win homefield advantage. Though, I still say that having it count is one of the dumbest things Bud has done.
darknova306
6/14/2011-10:25am at 10:25 am (UTC -4)
That being said, I usually do vote about 50 times to help offset 50 votes of stupid people. Just my little way of improving the world.
kistics
6/14/2011-12:31pm at 12:31 pm (UTC -4)
Where can you see the AS ballot results?
metsfan4decades
6/14/2011-12:37pm at 12:37 pm (UTC -4)
I don’t know where you officially can see the running tally of votes but I got this update from MLB here:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110613&content_id=20424344&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
(It’s at the end of the article and is the NL only.)
kistics
6/14/2011-12:45pm at 12:45 pm (UTC -4)
Thanks. Kemp is #5 in the OF list… little more votes than Vicky…
Nice…