Mike Silva at NY Baseball Digest has an outstanding piece on his site this morning on Carlos Beltran and his time as a Met and his comments on Mets fans needing to “get over 2006”.
I have to say it took me a while to appreciate Beltran and his contribution during his tenure. I think the turning point in the relationship came when Beltran went to Colorado to have surgery on his knee after the club, namely Omar Minaya and Tony Bernazzard handled his medical care piss poorly. Beltran was furious when the club made it seem he went rogue and receive an unauthorized procedure on his knee. When the truth came out it was Minaya and the team who were disingenuous.
What soured me with Beltran at the beginning of his Mets career was the double dealing he did behind the Mets back by offering himself to the Highlanders at a discount after the Mets made their substantial offer. It pissed me off because I saw Bobby Bonilla all over again. Bonilla, after getting the best offer out there from the M...
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January 27, 2012
Once again Carlos Beltran is being discussed in regards to the Mets. This latest activity is due to comments that Beltran gave regarding his time with the team at a recent B.A.T. dinner. Beltran always has been a polarizing player among Mets fans and his most recent remarks have done nothing to bridge the divide between those who thought he was unappreciated and those who felt...
Via Larry Brown Sports
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January 25, 2012
Any highly-paid player who does not bring a championship to a bitter fan base is at risk of becoming a scapegoat. When the Mets signed Carlos Beltran to a seven-year, $119 million contract back in 2005, their fans immediately began thinking “World Series or bust.” They were almost treated to a World Series trip in 2006, but they fell just short in the NLCS and remained...
Via Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest
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January 26, 2012
It was inevitable that Carlos Beltran would be asked about his New York experience one last time during the B.A.T charity dinner on Monday. “I’m not thinking about the fans, I’m thinking about myself,” Beltran said to reporters. He added that “we can’t bring 2006 back to 2012. It has been six years. If they want to continue to think about that moment, then that’s...
Via mlb.com
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January 24, 2012
Chalk it up to baseball's bizarre sense of symmetry that, when faced with his first free-agent decision in seven years this offseason, Carlos Beltran's most comfortable fit came with the Cardinals.
Via Mets Merized Online
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January 26, 2012
Sadly, Carlos Beltran’s Mets legacy will forever be defined by what he didn’t do: take the bat off his shoulder against Adam Wainwright during Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS.
However, Beltran meant so much to the Mets organization over the past seven years for his work on and off the field.
He was honored at MLB’s annual B.A.T. dinner as the recipient of the Bart Giamatti Award for...
Via Mets Merized Online
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January 24, 2012
Former Met Carlos Beltran is attending the BAT Dinner in New York tonight to receive the Bart Giamatti Award for his charitable work. Here is a video of an interview he did with MLB’s Studio 3 before tonight’s festivities…
Beltran will be wearing uniform No. 3 which came as a result of a majority vote from his followers on Twitter.
Beltran called Citi Field and...
Via Metstradamus
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January 27, 2012
So hey, Carlos Beltran had some things to say:
"What happened in 2006, you have to turn the page. That’s over. We can’t bring 2006 back to 2012. It has been six years. If they want to continue to think about that moment, then that’s their problem. Like I said, I have turned the page. I have really moved on."
Listen Carlos, you were paid good money by the Mets. Why...
Via Matthew Cerrone's Mets Blog
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January 25, 2012
Yesterday, before the B.A.T. dinner in New York, Carlos Beltran said he believes Mets fans are going to love newly-acquired OF Andres Torres, who Beltran played with on the Giants last season.
“He’s a good guy that really works hard,” Beltran explained. “He has a lot of energy and a lot of passion for what he does. He’s a strong human being.”
According...
Via NY Daily News
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January 25, 2012
There is no need to update Carlos Beltran’s relationship status with the people of New York to “it’s complicated” — that has remained unchanged since 2005.
Via SportingNews.com
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January 25, 2012
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Via Matthew Cerrone's Mets Blog
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January 24, 2012
The Mets will be honored tonight at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York during the 23rd annual B.A.T. fundraising dinner.
Tickets for the event, which can be purchases here, will be on sale today until 2 pm.
The dinner will include dozens of players from the team’s past, including Wally Backman, Carlos Beltran, David Cone, Ron Darling, Sid Fernandez, Bud Harrelson, Keith...
Via mlb.com
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January 25, 2012
It started with Matt Harvey, the college product with the big right arm. Then Jeurys Familia began outpitching his projections, and one became two. Soon after, the Mets traded Carlos Beltran for another top arm, Zack Wheeler, and two grew to three. Wheeler, Harvey and Familia all landed on MLB.com's 2012 Top 100 Prospects list, released Wednesday.
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