Across the state in Port St. Lucie, the New York media tried to elicit responses from the Mets to Jimmy Rollins' comments that the Phillies are "the team to beat" in the NL East. About the best came from Billy Wagner: "Our motivation isn't to beat the Phillies," the former Phils closer said. "Our motivation is to win the World Series." Mets 3B David Wright (left), who referred to Rollins' initial comments last month as "bulletin-board material," added this: "If that’s Jimmy’s way of motivating the team, then that’s his choice. That’s something you’re not going to find around here. We don’t need any motivation. We go out there and we’re going to take care of business. We have the type of veteran leadership that isn’t going to talk about it. We’re going to go out there and back it up.
Also, the Phillies announced they sold 65,000 individual-game tickets today. Fans were lining up as early as 4 a.m. to be among the first to buy tickets. ... Finally, I was having dinner tonight on Clearwater Beach when former Phils catcher Darren Daulton walked into the restaurant.
That's all for tonight. See ya tomorrow.
3 comments:
Did you happen to ask Daulton how Mork was coping with life without Mindy?
Scott,
A true Mets-Phils heated, on-field rivalry hasn't existed since ... well ... maybe ever.
You're right, observing which one of these two clashes of baseball ideology (new-school Amazin's vs. old-school Fightin's) emerges as King of the Mountain will be one of the fun sidestories of the season.
Unless, of course, both stink and the Braves vault back to throne. I think I'd cry.
Geoff: Good point about the Braves. I, for one, think they're going to be much better than people are giving them credit for. And, for all the bluster coming out of Clearwater and Port St. Lucie, the Braves are being awfully quiet in Orlando. Anyone who underestimates the Braves may be doing so at their own peril.
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