Comments on: Lastings Who? http://www.hotstovenewyork.com/2008/05/14/lastings-who/ Hot Stove New York is the one-stop destination for New York sports fans. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:57:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Alex G. http://www.hotstovenewyork.com/2008/05/14/lastings-who/#comment-1527 Alex G. Wed, 14 May 2008 17:09:49 +0000 http://www.hotstovenewyork.com/?p=4621#comment-1527 Your absolutely right. 2 seasons ago Milledge was basically traded to Houston for Oswalt until Baltimore shut that deal down. The griping was because of how much of his stock had fallen. I, like most of the Mets fans I know were basically awestruck that "all" the Mets got were Church and Schneider. Looks like Omar got the last laugh. Your absolutely right. 2 seasons ago Milledge was basically traded to Houston for Oswalt until Baltimore shut that deal down. The griping was because of how much of his stock had fallen. I, like most of the Mets fans I know were basically awestruck that “all” the Mets got were Church and Schneider. Looks like Omar got the last laugh.

]]> By: gozer http://www.hotstovenewyork.com/2008/05/14/lastings-who/#comment-1526 gozer Wed, 14 May 2008 16:25:54 +0000 http://www.hotstovenewyork.com/?p=4621#comment-1526 Hey Alex, didn't know you were such a Milledge fan! i have to say, the guy got off to a good start with this fan seeing how he cranked his first homer on my birthday. Gotta say, it was pretty much downhill from there however. By the end of his days with the Mets, I hated his attitude, hated his immaturity - both emotionally AND as a baseball player. I was not at all sad to see him go, so let's not act like there was a universal lovefest for Lastings at Shea. Fans have been pretty harsh on him during his visits to Shea, so there's definitely a lot of bitterness and resentment there. Paul Lo Duca, for instance, won't receive the same reception (if he ever gets off the DL). With the Milledge trade, I thought the frustration of the fans was less that they were sorry to see him go, and more that they were incredulous to how much his stock had dropped. This was a guy who was rumored to be the centerpiece in deals to snare Manny Ramirez and Roy Oswalt. As recently as this offseason there were whispers that he could be moved in a deal for Santana, Haren, or Bedard. At the time, I wrote that to me "this deal is less about how it will affect the Mets on the field, and more about the meteoric fall of L Millz." Well I was only half right. Church is a mammoth talent on both sides of the ball. Way to go Omar! Hey Alex, didn’t know you were such a Milledge fan! i have to say, the guy got off to a good start with this fan seeing how he cranked his first homer on my birthday. Gotta say, it was pretty much downhill from there however. By the end of his days with the Mets, I hated his attitude, hated his immaturity - both emotionally AND as a baseball player. I was not at all sad to see him go, so let’s not act like there was a universal lovefest for Lastings at Shea. Fans have been pretty harsh on him during his visits to Shea, so there’s definitely a lot of bitterness and resentment there. Paul Lo Duca, for instance, won’t receive the same reception (if he ever gets off the DL).

With the Milledge trade, I thought the frustration of the fans was less that they were sorry to see him go, and more that they were incredulous to how much his stock had dropped. This was a guy who was rumored to be the centerpiece in deals to snare Manny Ramirez and Roy Oswalt. As recently as this offseason there were whispers that he could be moved in a deal for Santana, Haren, or Bedard.

At the time, I wrote that to me “this deal is less about how it will affect the Mets on the field, and more about the meteoric fall of L Millz.” Well I was only half right. Church is a mammoth talent on both sides of the ball. Way to go Omar!

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