Jason Marquis Calls Mets "Perfect Fit"

Well, they probably are. He's wrong about calling Citi Field "a beautiful stadium", though.

4 months ago Al Yellon 27 comments 0 recs |

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I'm shocked he's not already there!

I was sure that his good friend David Wright had been pushing for him to be traded/signed on the Mets for the last 2 years!

by ak123 on Nov 18, 2009 11:24 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I agree with him.

It’s always cool when a guy can play for his hometown (cough, cough – Curtis Granderson – cough, cough). And I’d think the Mets rotation could use the stability he brings.

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by dat cubfan daver on Nov 18, 2009 11:27 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

A team that looks good in the first half

and then slides unstoppably in the second half and doesn’t show up in the playoffs – a perfect fit for Jason Marquis you say? Interesting.

Is he traded yet?

by DGU on Nov 18, 2009 11:36 AM CST reply actions 2 recs

Well, as a Cubs fan, I'd say, "Yes. Indubitably."

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by dat cubfan daver on Nov 18, 2009 11:40 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

If it harms the Mets' chances...

I endorse it wholeheartedly.

Some grudges never end.

by MN exile on Nov 18, 2009 11:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm...

When was the last time Marquis pitched for a team that didn’t go to the playoffs?

oh yeah…

NEVER!?!?!?!

Eamus Ursuli!

by WGNstatic on Nov 18, 2009 9:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Marquis going to New York..

is at least a year overdue. That deal should have been done when he was with the Cubs.

by Damen Jackson on Nov 18, 2009 11:49 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Probably would have gotten something better for him too

And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.

by Ace Venom on Nov 18, 2009 11:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

And gotten them to take the entire contract.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Nov 18, 2009 12:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That was my thought at the time...

Who REALLY wanted to give Oliver Perez 30 million dollars?

by Damen Jackson on Nov 18, 2009 12:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hendry?

I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Nov 18, 2009 1:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Zing!

by chilango2 on Nov 18, 2009 6:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Marquis is a nice Jewish boy from Long Island

it makes total sense he’d want to be a Met or a Yankee.

There is no such thing as an ugly female breast

by Worf on Nov 18, 2009 1:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Close but no cigar

He is a nice Jewish boy from STATEN ISLAND though I believe he now lives in Long Island.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim

by Doggie Stalker on Nov 18, 2009 10:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ah...

Long Island just sounds better.

There is no such thing as an ugly female breast

by Worf on Nov 19, 2009 6:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'll bet Citi Field looks beautiful to pitchers

since it’s so hard to hit the ball out of the park.

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on Nov 18, 2009 1:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Future trivia question

Who was the last pitcher to hit a Grand Slam out of Shea Stadium? Jason Marquis.

Had Zambrano (I think) not served one up to Delgado the next night, Marquis would have been the final player to ever hit a Grand Slam out of Shea.

by ak123 on Nov 18, 2009 2:33 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Good memory.

It was Z giving up the GS to Delgado on 9/24/08, one day after Marquis hit his.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Nov 18, 2009 2:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

It's funny

I can tell you every detail of each game I’ve been to live but for the life of me I’ll usually forget if I watched it on TV an hour later.

by ak123 on Nov 18, 2009 3:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I was at both games.

Was late to the first game, and just walked in as Marquis hit his granny. At that point, the game was all over but the Mets fans booing their own team relentlessly (somewhat fun).

The next game, I got to watch mostly Cubs backups against the Mets regulars – wasn’t so fun either.

by madcow256 on Nov 18, 2009 5:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Met fans booing their own team?

The heck you say?

Actually the B-team had an exciting game against the Mets you talked about. Ramirez hit a 3-run HR in the 10th to seal the deal.

Then the next night I think the Cubs lost but Hoff hit 2 HR. I only remember this because a friend of mine said “My teams luck, this Micah Hoffpauir will hit his first HR against the Mets tonight. Everyone else does”. And I said “With your teams luck, he’ll hit his first two”!

by ak123 on Nov 18, 2009 7:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Nah, the day after the Marquis granny, we lost 6-2 to Johan

It was relatively close throughout the game until the Delgado slam in the 6th. A day after that (and obviously when I wasn’t there) was Aramis winning the game in the 10th. You’re right about the 4th game being Micah’s 2 HRs (albeit in a losing effort).

by madcow256 on Nov 19, 2009 8:13 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The Delgado slam was the day Aramis won

Because The Mets were up by like 4 or 5 runs that day and then Cubs came back that same inning…I’m very positive of this.

by ak123 on Nov 19, 2009 10:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200809240NYN

by ak123 on Nov 19, 2009 10:12 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You're right about the slam. My bad.

The B-team lost 6-2 the day after Marquis’ slam to a combination of Reyes and Wright.

by madcow256 on Nov 19, 2009 8:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ha, I remember that. Awesome.

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by dat cubfan daver on Nov 19, 2009 11:15 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Marquis' playoff run

That to me is simply unbelievable.

He has played in 9 MLB seasons. Nine times his team has gone to the playoffs.

He has played on 4 different teams. Three of those 4 did not make the playoffs the year before he came and two of the three missed the playoffs the year after he left (Atlanta being the exception in both cases).

I can’t imagine that that record is matched in baseball history.

Eamus Ursuli!

by WGNstatic on Nov 18, 2009 9:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs