1. Beltran is injured again, likely heading to DL. What a shocker. The guy always has a "sore" quad or "sore" abdominal muscle. For a guy who's only 30 to consistently have these nagging injuries does not bode well for his longevity as a player. Quite honestly the image of him taking strike three looking, therby ending our run in the playoffs, is about the most fitting image I can think of for him.
2. Every NY Post mets article these days must have a quote from Milledge. He is hands down the most quoted player in that paper. So, either: (1) milledge likes to talk a lot, so he's an easy quote, or (2) the Post seeks him out, hoping he'll say something dumb and give them great headlines.
3. Willie seems to be more aggressive in discussing players these days. For example, the other day he was unnecessarily harsh about how little Glavine's 300th would mean to him (willie). Then today, he fired back at PLD for suggesting he will be catching Glavine's 300th, saying 'We're not going to let him dictate whether he catches Tommy' based purely on his desire to do so, Randolph said. Wonder if there's some more tension behind the scenes there then we know about..
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Wow. I love Willie's attitude, but then again, I'm a Bobby Knight fan, so there's that.
That was a real interesting quote from the Duke. I've had the sense all season that the commeraderie and great clubhouse from last year has been a little strained. Don't know why. guess we'll have to wait 20 years until a book comes out on the '07 Mets similar to "The Bad Guys Won."
BTW, I think both of your reasons on Milledge being in the papers are spot on.
It's interesting, I think part of the reason that the team chemistry has probably been so good for so long (assuming that it in fact has been good) is that it seems that almost all the players are very bland. Not much chance for conflict when you have very few strong personalities. About the only people who show signs of life on the team (personality-wise) are PLD, Reyes, and Milledge, for good or bad. I'd be hard pressed to tell you if Green, Delgado, Beltran or Glavine even have a pulse just by looking at them.
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