Any Takers on Pat the Bat?

its the Mets..how much more batshit insane can you get??

sane and reasonable in his previous stint under Bobby Cox, though.

but he apparently felt they were a joke and not deserving of a man of his stature. Or at least that’s how the media is playing it.

“2 years”? Really. He played 151 games in 2008, and got back on the field in late 09. He didn’t miss a single season. One year, maybe since the 09 bit wasn’t much. But he played in all of 2008, worked back up to the bigs + his rehab assignment in 09, and was working with no limitations in spring of this year. What two years are you referring to sir? I see a large chunk of a single season missing from his recent resume and no where close to the “nearly 2 years” you claim.

And did the man not rip hits all spring? So I guess spring training doesn’t count, his time at the end of last year doesn’t count either, and the only chance he had “to get warmed up” was once the season began? What was spring training for, his short stint last season for, if it wasn’t to get him reaccustomed to major league pitching?

The man showed Casey Kotchman like power for the first month of the season, and has finally gotten back into things. Make all the excuses you want, but reality doesn’t agree with most of what you just said. Maybe he needed to refind his swing to produce the power instead of just contact, maybe he was pulling a Tex/LaRoche and needed a little warmer weather to make the ball fly far. But the fact remains that until the past week or so, he had no power. Now, he’s seemingly back to normal. Facts is facts, whether you want to believe them or not, or make a bunch of lame excuses that have no bearing in reality like the “2 years” bullsh.

For this statement alone:

No way that Mitch Jones could outproduce anyone in MLB today; he strikes out a ton and has never produced at the MLB level unlike Burell who once was one of the only threats in the Phils lineup.

Have you ever bothered to see why he hasn’t been an MLB-regular? I think “Never given the chance” is the correct answer. CB did a nice little post on the hard-luck that MJ has had in his career, and ability has never been the issue.