Comments on: Maine not happy

By: sloppy

sloppy — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:48:27 +0000

I remember Seaver’s rookie year. He got bombed his last outing. Really bombed. If it was today, people would be screaming to send him to AA not even AAA. Our problem is that there’s no competition for jobs to speak of so every thing is built out of proportion. Couple more losses and the back of the rags will tell us they are playing bad because of September.

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:25:30 +0000

“That can turn a change-up into a not so fast fastball.”

Not to mention that is straightens out and doesn’t have that diving action towards the end of the pitch.

Seriously, why is everyone analyzing Spring Training so closely?

By: OMAR PADILLA

OMAR PADILLA — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:10:47 +0000

dave: glavine was a brave… he was always a brave to Met fans and will alsways be a brave. Maine is a Met. We do not think of him as an oriole. I like your point however, more with Ollie however. OP is called “head case” when he loses it, when he shows ihis emotion, but Maine who loses it just as easily, is cool. They both are inconsistent and they both need to figure things out to be really good, and they both need to change the way they handle things,

By: dave

dave — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:44:43 +0000

This is why I like Maine. He is a cool competitor. Never gets too high or low. Interesting how when he doesn’t show emotion this blog is cool with him, but when Glavine didn’t break any doors he didn’t care.

By: John Delcos

John Delcos — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:08:46 +0000

Holly: Some pitches require more finesse than others. The change-up for example. To throw it properly it should be at the same angle and arm speed as the fastball. If he’s too strong, the arm speed might be faster than he wanted. That can turn a change-up into a not so fast fastball.-JD

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:38:48 +0000

Ah, being “too strong”, one of my favorite pitching excuses ever!

(I’m not saying it’s not true, and obviously for the first spring training game it doesn’t matter anyway… but it’s a bit like being asked what your greatest weakness is on a job interview and saying you’re too much of a perfectionist).