DX and the Glass Man... Good Old Times
2000 was a great year.
It was the new millenium and Young Sip was finishing his senior year of high school.
That was the last year the Mets made the World Series. The best and worst time of my life.
That was also the year of WWF. For the Real Sip's senior project he put on a WWF skit in our school gym. I had the pleasure of playing the Road Dogg Jesse James of Degeneration X.
Man did I love DX. Who didn't love those famous two words: "Suck It."
It's been a long time since I watched the WWF. It's also been a long time since the Mets made it to the World Series.
So It had to be a sign when I was going to watch SportsCenter at 11 p.m. Monday evening and accidentally clicked on the end of the now WWE Raw.
Normally I would have changed the channel not knowing/caring about any of wrestling's storylines. Not this time.
There on the stage were Triple H, now of those catchy 'Man Law' Miller Light commercials, and The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels. I didn't think it was possible. DX reunited.
It was 2000 all over again and everything felt like it was ok.
2000 was the year of DX, graduation, a new school and the 17th birthday of our good friend and resident Glass man, Mr. Glass.
Yesterday I jocked D-Wright deeming him the most valuable player on the Mets. I stand by this and for the 7th straight time after running a praise piece, the Y2K jinx came through and sent the Mets to a loss and D-Wright to an unexceptional night.
Wright is an All-Star this year and for many years to come. He has a partner in crime that will be with him at the midseason classic for a long time to come.
Mr. Glass.
We all see it when it happens. When this guy gets on base, look out. Unfortunately, for a long time this didn't really happen. Not so much anymore.
As usual, Glass has started the 2006 season leading baseball in SB and triples.
But what you may not notice is that Glass is also leading the entire MLB in Runs Scored. When this guy gets on base, watch out.
When he gets on, he usually scores...and the New Mets usually win.
The Mets are an incredible 30-10 when Glass scores a run... last night of course being one of those 10 in the L column.
Glass has scored 57 runs in the 108 times he has reached base (does not include FC's in which he was safe at first despite making an out.)
The math is easy. As his OBA rises, so do the Mets.
And Glass is starting to show signs in this dept. as well. Through 66 games, Reyes has a .338 OBA. This is leaps and bounds the most important stat on the team and also the team's most dramatic improvement. As Reyes goes, so do the Mets.
Reyes' OBA has climbed every season since 2004.
2004: .271
2005: .300
2006 .338
This is really Reyes' second full season and he is slowly learning how to hit. While last year he looked very ugly at the plate, this year he just looks a little ugly.
A little ugly translates into leading baseball in R, SB and 3B.
Now imagine the future. This kid is dominating baseball games from the leadoff spot unlike anyone in the game since Rickey Time. And yet, he is still a young and undisciplined baseball player.
Just imagine 2007 and 2008 when Glass gets more comfortable and that .338 becomes .358 and .368. His numbers coule be out of this world.
He could steal 75 bases and score 150 runs in a season.
I was talking to Kenny from Camp today about Glass and we both agreed. We agreed that outside of Ichiro, Reyes is the best leadoff man in baseball.
Reyes is one of very few people that can dominate a game. He may be the only Met that truly can.
Pujols can with his bat. Papi and Manny can as well.
Reyes can with his speed.
These are game alterers. In the same way pitchers have to pitch around those guys they have to change the way they pitch when Reyes is on base.
The guy is a freak.
Right now he is a freak .338% of the time and is an All-Star.
When the day comes that that number is 370% or 380% of the time, we may be looking at the first MVP out of the leadoff spot since Ichiro.
That's good company.
VCD,
SM
You may realize that I didn't even begin to discuss Glass' clubhouse presence. Let's just say he is the most enjoyable player to watch in the dugout of our entire lives. The guy's all about high-fiving, smiling, laughing, joking, and enjoying the game of baseball. He makes baseball fun. He is the Anti-Yankee. God bless him.
It was the new millenium and Young Sip was finishing his senior year of high school.
That was the last year the Mets made the World Series. The best and worst time of my life.
That was also the year of WWF. For the Real Sip's senior project he put on a WWF skit in our school gym. I had the pleasure of playing the Road Dogg Jesse James of Degeneration X.
Man did I love DX. Who didn't love those famous two words: "Suck It."
It's been a long time since I watched the WWF. It's also been a long time since the Mets made it to the World Series.
So It had to be a sign when I was going to watch SportsCenter at 11 p.m. Monday evening and accidentally clicked on the end of the now WWE Raw.
Normally I would have changed the channel not knowing/caring about any of wrestling's storylines. Not this time.
There on the stage were Triple H, now of those catchy 'Man Law' Miller Light commercials, and The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels. I didn't think it was possible. DX reunited.
It was 2000 all over again and everything felt like it was ok.
2000 was the year of DX, graduation, a new school and the 17th birthday of our good friend and resident Glass man, Mr. Glass.
Yesterday I jocked D-Wright deeming him the most valuable player on the Mets. I stand by this and for the 7th straight time after running a praise piece, the Y2K jinx came through and sent the Mets to a loss and D-Wright to an unexceptional night.
Wright is an All-Star this year and for many years to come. He has a partner in crime that will be with him at the midseason classic for a long time to come.
Mr. Glass.
We all see it when it happens. When this guy gets on base, look out. Unfortunately, for a long time this didn't really happen. Not so much anymore.
As usual, Glass has started the 2006 season leading baseball in SB and triples.
But what you may not notice is that Glass is also leading the entire MLB in Runs Scored. When this guy gets on base, watch out.
When he gets on, he usually scores...and the New Mets usually win.
The Mets are an incredible 30-10 when Glass scores a run... last night of course being one of those 10 in the L column.
Glass has scored 57 runs in the 108 times he has reached base (does not include FC's in which he was safe at first despite making an out.)
The math is easy. As his OBA rises, so do the Mets.
And Glass is starting to show signs in this dept. as well. Through 66 games, Reyes has a .338 OBA. This is leaps and bounds the most important stat on the team and also the team's most dramatic improvement. As Reyes goes, so do the Mets.
Reyes' OBA has climbed every season since 2004.
2004: .271
2005: .300
2006 .338
This is really Reyes' second full season and he is slowly learning how to hit. While last year he looked very ugly at the plate, this year he just looks a little ugly.
A little ugly translates into leading baseball in R, SB and 3B.
Now imagine the future. This kid is dominating baseball games from the leadoff spot unlike anyone in the game since Rickey Time. And yet, he is still a young and undisciplined baseball player.
Just imagine 2007 and 2008 when Glass gets more comfortable and that .338 becomes .358 and .368. His numbers coule be out of this world.
He could steal 75 bases and score 150 runs in a season.
I was talking to Kenny from Camp today about Glass and we both agreed. We agreed that outside of Ichiro, Reyes is the best leadoff man in baseball.
Reyes is one of very few people that can dominate a game. He may be the only Met that truly can.
Pujols can with his bat. Papi and Manny can as well.
Reyes can with his speed.
These are game alterers. In the same way pitchers have to pitch around those guys they have to change the way they pitch when Reyes is on base.
The guy is a freak.
Right now he is a freak .338% of the time and is an All-Star.
When the day comes that that number is 370% or 380% of the time, we may be looking at the first MVP out of the leadoff spot since Ichiro.
That's good company.
VCD,
SM
You may realize that I didn't even begin to discuss Glass' clubhouse presence. Let's just say he is the most enjoyable player to watch in the dugout of our entire lives. The guy's all about high-fiving, smiling, laughing, joking, and enjoying the game of baseball. He makes baseball fun. He is the Anti-Yankee. God bless him.
posted by Sippy Momo at 2:46 AM
3 Comments:
great job with your PS part. that is extremely important. Glass gets it done on the field all business. then he has an individual relationship with all his boys(well most). that relationship is exemplified by the individualized handshakes' with the boys. I love it. although i would rather him practice hitting & baserunning with anderson hernandez than a prolong 'pound'. it is great that these guys show enthusiasm. act like a human being instead of a robot. kick some shit when u are pissed off. curse at an ump when he makes a bad call....and toss a bat in the direction of an opposing teams bat boy after u get hit by a pitch
There's a great Tom Verducci article today about Mr. Glass.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/tom_verducci/06/20/reyes/index.html
A little example of Reyes' totally genuine joie de vivre: AFOMG and I were at the 16-inning game that Beltran homered to win, but before that could happen, Reyes first tied it up with a completely surprising 8th or 9th-inning (after 16 innings, I forgot which) golf swing homer. When he took the field for the top of the next frame, AFOMG and I were sitting along the third base line, and the fans in the vicinity of course started screaming and applauding as he came back out to take his practice grounders at short. What was absolutely priceless was the genuine look of joy on his face when he turned to look directly at and acknowledge the fans, as if we were his buddies, with this kind of self-deprecating, huge smile, slightly head-shaking "Am I dreaming? Can you believe I just did that?" look that you often see on Little Leaguers but pretty much never see on a pro's face, at least not from the stands. It was fantastic.
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