Re: Mets Loser of the Year Award


""Chris ®"" <headbanger11421@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >__ Doug Mientkiewicz
>
>>__ Braden Looper
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>>__ Victor Zambrano
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>>__ Kaz Ishii
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>>__ Kazuo Matsui
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>>_X Pat Buchanan
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> Sorry, this ballot is confusing.
>
> (In all seriousness, the only real choice is Beltran. The others have
> produced at about the rate one could have reasonably expected, or their
> failure wasn't all that suprising).


I expected Beltran to tank in his first year, just as so many others have
when adjusting to the spotlight and intensity of New York.

Using this same logic, I expected Matsui, with a year under his belt and a
better understanding of the territory, to blossom this year and approach the
type of performance that had earned him the reputation as the best
all-around player in Japan. Indeed, most of those who tanked during their
first year found a way to recapture significant portions of their game
thereafter; I really expected Kaz to do something around .350/.420 in 2005.
So, to me, Matsui is a bigger disappointment/loser than Beltran.


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