Comments on: Duque’s night http://mets.lohudblogs.com/2008/04/03/duques-night/ All about the Mets Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:08:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: metsfan http://mets.lohudblogs.com/2008/04/03/duques-night/comment-page-1/#comment-38799 metsfan Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:20:06 +0000 http://mets.lohudblogs.com/2008/04/03/duques-night/#comment-38799 El Duque could actually work out for us. He had one bad inning, gave up the 2 runs, after it, he got it back together again. Obviously its against A ballers, but whatever, if El Duque can do what he wants to do out there, he can get hitters out. It's just a matter of being physically able to. I say take it slow, like they are, 3 more starts down there, taking it easy, and he may actually be able to give us something down the road. Pelfrey needs to step up, but if either he doesn't, or Pedro comes back a lot later then "expected", we're going to need someone else to step in. It'd be pretty nice and convenient if El Duque could be that guy. El Duque could actually work out for us. He had one bad inning, gave up the 2 runs, after it, he got it back together again. Obviously its against A ballers, but whatever, if El Duque can do what he wants to do out there, he can get hitters out. It’s just a matter of being physically able to. I say take it slow, like they are, 3 more starts down there, taking it easy, and he may actually be able to give us something down the road. Pelfrey needs to step up, but if either he doesn’t, or Pedro comes back a lot later then “expected”, we’re going to need someone else to step in. It’d be pretty nice and convenient if El Duque could be that guy.

]]> By: Dan Gurney http://mets.lohudblogs.com/2008/04/03/duques-night/comment-page-1/#comment-38797 Dan Gurney Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:16:42 +0000 http://mets.lohudblogs.com/2008/04/03/duques-night/#comment-38797 Three more rehab starts for what: pitching in Shea or a trip to the 60 day DL??? I hope that didn't sound too flip or cruel but I couldn't resist. I have a lot of respect for Hernandez, both as a pitcher and someone who grew up in a dictatorship like Cuba. I hope he makes a great comeback. But you have to consider anything you get out of him as a bonus. Another athlete you wonder what would he have done if he had good health. Three more rehab starts for what: pitching in Shea or a trip to the 60 day DL???

I hope that didn’t sound too flip or cruel but I couldn’t resist. I have a lot of respect for Hernandez, both as a pitcher and someone who grew up in a dictatorship like Cuba. I hope he makes a great comeback. But you have to consider anything you get out of him as a bonus. Another athlete you wonder what would he have done if he had good health.

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