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By: Hot News » Jimmy Rollins Girlfriend

Hot News » Jimmy Rollins Girlfriend — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:32:30 +0000

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By: Laura Poznanski West

Laura Poznanski West — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:18:58 +0000

Do you know anyone else with this last name? I was online searching for “Beltran” and your blog came up–and here, we have the same last name.

Crazy.

By: MiracleMets.net - A New York Mets Blog » Blog Archive » Carlos Beltran

MiracleMets.net - A New York Mets Blog » Blog Archive » Carlos Beltran — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:08:39 +0000

[...] thought I’d share with you something written about a month ago by the great Joe Posnanski.Â Here is a nice little piece of business about Carlos Beltran, who has just been this underrated force on the Mets the past two years.Â His 2006 was better, but [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:19:20 +0000

Brian, that was exactly what this article was about. That someone would actually expect Carlos Beltran to automatically hit a home run in Game 7 is why he is so underated because people like you expect him to be great every at-bat

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:56:44 +0000

Bo or Beltran

Which player has more physical talent? My knee-jerk would be Bo Jackson since his abilities allowed him to do a multitude of legendary, freakish things. Not to mention being a ProBowler and an MLB allstar. Their dispositions are different which makes the comparison difficult. Bo the more aggressive and Beltran more reserved and fluid. Maybe the better question is who had better baseball physical talent?

I grew up watching Bo and was devastated when learning of his hip injury. To this day, I feel deprived not knowing just how great Bo could become given his immense raw ability.

By: David in Toledo

David in Toledo — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:15:48 +0000

I’ve really enjoyed my half-hour reading on this site today.

By: Thefinerev

Thefinerev — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:37:14 +0000

I remember that day very well!!! I skipped a seminary class with few of my friends. They were selling tickets cheap and we sat on the third base line and marveled at the deeply pitted face of the Unit. I remember watching Beltran tag up with effort after Harvey made contact. I grabbed my friends by the arms (the kind your normally not comfortable with) and braced myself and said, “Oh sh&% he’s gonna go.” There was not way in the world he could have made it, but man was it amazing. I tell my 4 year old son that story sometimes when we watch a game on TV. I have a feeling I might tell that story to his kids… thanks for that Joe

By: brian

brian — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:46:19 +0000

I have always thought Beltran was overrated. I watched him for five years in KC and, while the team was mostly bad, I cannot remember him ever carrying the team. He had one magical run in the playoffs for the Astrons, but aside from thathe has been a good and dependable player, not a huge star.

Also, I can’t believe that no one mentions his most famous moment as a Met, when he struck out looking as the last out in game 7 against the Cardinals, when a home run would have won the game.

By: zomgMatt

zomgMatt — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:32:58 +0000

SusieQ:
“I live near Houston and go to the Mets games whenever they are in town. It is horrible to hear them boo Beltran. The Astros fans claim that he left there at the trade deadline without the Astros having a chance to replace him. They blame him for only leaving because of the money.”

We boo him for a more legit reason than that. He played the Astros for chumps. He used us only to raise the Mets’ bid. The Astros offered him more money to play, but he just wasn’t interested in playing here. That would’ve been fine, had he simply told Houston as such. Instead, he prevented the Astros from signing anyone else in the offseason.

He would have been a better match in Houston. Fans in New York boo him (and A-Rod) out of stupidity. Fans in Houston adored Beltran in 2004. He was still batting in the low .260’s, but Astros fans recognized his greatness. He’s wasted on New Yorkers.

By: Another Jake

Another Jake — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:58:24 +0000

I’m late to commenting on this because Joe writes sop much that I’m playing a hopeless game of catchup…but his description of how many people view Beltran was rather haunting.

You see, I am a Reds fan, and we recently rid our club of someone who, while not nearly the all-around player Beltran is, is in much the same boat: Adam Dunn.

The people who hate Dunn (and they are legion) have their arguments, mostly centered around his flaws: he strikes out a lot, his numbers with RISP can be frightening, and his defense before this year could be an adventure — this year he is mostly average.

Of course, these arguments do not focus on what he does well – namely, hit the hell out of the ball and get on base at an astonishing clip — unless you are Dusty Baker and claim that walks merely “clog up the bases,” which is only the second most idiotic thing that man has uttered this season.

Faced with the idea that the front office was not going to be willing to resign him or even offer him arbitration, I suppose the Reds took the best deal they could get for him. But I cannot help but think that the D’Backs not only got a helluva bargain for his services for the rest of the season (the Reds are reportedly paying half his remaining salary), but they are going to be first in line to sign him to a long term contract at the end of this season.

The good news is that AZ fans (and more importantly, the front office) seem to get it…they appreciate him for what he can do, not what he can’t.

And there is a deep part of me that is pulling for a Arizona – White Sox World Series to make sure that one of our proud warriors can get a ring, even if our team is swirling down yet another whirlpool of a season.

I totally feel the psychic pain of KC fans. Just wonder how many contortions Dusty and Walt are going to make the Reds go through until it’s “their team,” rather than Krivsky’s.