I’m a Mets and Halos fan, strange as that may sound. Born, raised and still living on the east coast, however, I’m subjected to much more Mets than Angels coverage and thus slant more toward the Mets than Angels. Hope that doesn’t make me an enemy around these parts, because I really enjoy your commentary at Halos heaven.
To you and 44FAN below, one thing you have to understand about the Mets’ fanbase is their paranoia and almost irrational fear that no matter how good it seems, it’s somehow going to end up bad in the end. This is a long-standing product of being in the same city as the Yankees, as well as the effect of the last few seasons.
Since falling one game short of the World Series in 2006, they’ve been on the wrong end of two late-season collapses (one of which was of historic proportions), and endured incompetence from the organization’s heirarchy from ownership (the owner’s son, COO Jeff Wilpon, is seen as soemthing of a spoiled rich kid who meddles too much with baseball decisions) to the general manager and field manager.
By the end of the 2010 season, the organization was basically a joke (check out Amazin Avenue for a chronology of individual embarassments) and the fans had absolutely zero faith in the people running the organization to do literally anything right. The hiring of Sandy Alderson as GM was seen as a smart move, but was still met with skepticism, a symptom of this now-instinctual fear that it will all somehow go wrong.
Ted Berg (and others) are desperate for soemthing, anything to grasp hold of and believe in. This is why he may come across that way in the interview with Rev. Aside from that, Ted seems like a pretty cool dude from what I’ve seen of him on television and the internet.
That said, Collins sounds like a guy who has his uses, but not as manager. This Mets fan hope they go in a different direction.
And for my next evil plan I will manage.... THE NEW YORK YANKEES!!!
TheAntiSox - November 12, 2010
Its the New York METS... you ass....
TheAntiSox - November 12, 2010
Rec'd
red floyd - November 12, 2010
EEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHH!!!
lightupthehalo29 - November 12, 2010
The interviewer seems in denial of Collins' lack of people skills
He seems almost desperate for you to say something positive about Collins
angelsownredsux - November 12, 2010
sort of like my denial of brandon woods baseball skills
cant somebody say anything positive about good ol woody?
clover_black - November 12, 2010
He makes for a good looking ball player
halofan4life - November 12, 2010
Sort of like Soth's denial of Mathis' lack of skills in general
Though he is premium…
lightupthehalo29 - November 12, 2010
That guy is the lamest interviewer ever.
44FAN - November 13, 2010
interview
I’m a Mets and Halos fan, strange as that may sound. Born, raised and still living on the east coast, however, I’m subjected to much more Mets than Angels coverage and thus slant more toward the Mets than Angels. Hope that doesn’t make me an enemy around these parts, because I really enjoy your commentary at Halos heaven.
To you and 44FAN below, one thing you have to understand about the Mets’ fanbase is their paranoia and almost irrational fear that no matter how good it seems, it’s somehow going to end up bad in the end. This is a long-standing product of being in the same city as the Yankees, as well as the effect of the last few seasons.
Since falling one game short of the World Series in 2006, they’ve been on the wrong end of two late-season collapses (one of which was of historic proportions), and endured incompetence from the organization’s heirarchy from ownership (the owner’s son, COO Jeff Wilpon, is seen as soemthing of a spoiled rich kid who meddles too much with baseball decisions) to the general manager and field manager.
By the end of the 2010 season, the organization was basically a joke (check out Amazin Avenue for a chronology of individual embarassments) and the fans had absolutely zero faith in the people running the organization to do literally anything right. The hiring of Sandy Alderson as GM was seen as a smart move, but was still met with skepticism, a symptom of this now-instinctual fear that it will all somehow go wrong.
Ted Berg (and others) are desperate for soemthing, anything to grasp hold of and believe in. This is why he may come across that way in the interview with Rev. Aside from that, Ted seems like a pretty cool dude from what I’ve seen of him on television and the internet.
That said, Collins sounds like a guy who has his uses, but not as manager. This Mets fan hope they go in a different direction.
El Duq of Hurl - November 17, 2010
have fun ny
but i thought terry francona was going to fail in boston because of what happened in philly.
Halos in DE - November 12, 2010
Don't hold back, Rev...
Tell us how you REALLY feel about Collins…
red floyd - November 13, 2010
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