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Beltran wants Mets to ‘kill’ Cole Hamels

Posted by Tim Malcolm, Wed, February 18, 2009 12:20 PM | Comments: 154
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Carlos Beltran spoke to reporters in Port St. Lucie, and offered this quote about Cole Hamels, who was baited into agreeing that in the past two seasons, the Mets have been choke artists:

“The only thing that I know is he will be watched every time he faces us. Hopefully we kill him, and then he’ll have to deal with the situation.”

And as the world turns …

 
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  • Posts: 0 David W

    here you go Tim, being that you’re so consumed with Mets, along with the rest of “Phillies Nation” heres some more stuff to chew on…..let me guess, the first few post will be about the grammer, because thats normally a sign that you cant beat what he says, so why not get on him becuase of his grammer right guys…lol..

    Jose Reyes was his usually bubbly self in the clubhouse this morning and wasn’t even fazed by the plan to move him down from the leadoff spot. What irritated Reyes the most was the Phillies’ offseason comments, and Cole Hamels calling the Mets “choke artists.”

    “I don’t know why they always focus on us. They are the ones to win the world series. We don’t say nothing about them. We just say congratulatiosn to the phillies. They always say something about us and we don’t even focus on them. We focus on them when we play against them.

    “We don’t worry about the Phillies – we focus about the New York Mets,” Reyes said. “They have to be happy because they win the World Series. Why do they focus on us? What did we do to them? If they don’t like us, that’s OK.”

    Reyes also was surprised when he learned that the Phillies put a photo of him in Shane Victorino’s locker during the playoffs last October. Victorino’s teammates were accusing him of styling too much after a home run against the Dodgers and they considered it an insult to be compared to Reyes.

    “I heard that,” Reyes said.”I don’t know why they said that because I’m not the only when I hit a home run that I ‘pimp’ it. A lot of people do that. A lot of people from Philadelphia too. They stand there for a couple seconds and nobody say nothing. I don’t know why the Phillies focus so much on the New York Mets. We just worry about us.”

    As for hitting somewhere else in the lineup, that’s fine with Reyes. He’s buying into Manuel’s team-first attitude.

    “I’m here to do whatever they want me to do,” Reyes said. “People call me and say im not going to lead off anymore but I;m here to help this team win. no matter where they put me – third, second, fourth, fifth, whatever. I’m here to play baseball and help this team win a championship.”

     
  • Posts: 0 David W

    sorry forgot to mention that that piece was from Newsday in New York…

     
  • Posts: 0 Eric R

    I don’t think that even the Melts themselves believe what spews out of their mouths anymore. Hey, did you hear they’re the team to beat???

     
  • Posts: 0 dan

    sorry, that’s a bitch move, reyes. “what did we do to them?” it’s called a rivalry, buddy. and the mets are focused on us just as much as we are them. that’s what happens when you have a head to head situation like this, and it’s fine. but he’s sounding hypocritical while the rest of the two teams are trashtalking and he’s claiming his team isn’t.

     
  • Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm

    “here you go Tim, being that you’re so consumed with Mets, along with the rest of “Phillies Nation” heres some more stuff to chew on…..let me guess, the first few post will be about the grammer, because thats normally a sign that you cant beat what he says, so why not get on him becuase of his grammer right guys…lol..”

    No, not grammar, but spelling. Just learn how to spell “grammar” and “because.”

     
  • Posts: 0 David W

    LOL…I love it, feelings are getting hurt….lol…i actually havent seen one trash talk from the Mets this year!!! im sorry to say but reyes is right?? you guys started with the choke artist, pinning shit in mini me’s locker…..cmon dude, the mets do dont any of that shit….they ask us who do you think is better and we just say….US….thats it….but keep it up guys, mets will beat on that ass a lil more this year same way we did last year head to head…

     
  • Posts: 0 john

    Or how they were the team to beat the past 2 years. Who is beltran has he even showed up to play?

     
  • Posts: 0 David W

    well beltran is just saying the same thing…i know the philies have a “Killer mentality” when they face the Mets right??? so whats wrong with the mets having that same killing mentality??

     
  • Posts: 0 Jim

    It seems these mets fans have a “big brother” complex when it comes to phils. How else do you explain these trolls….

     
  • Posts: 0 Chase Mutley

    WORLD CHAMPIONS OF BASEBALL.

     
  • Posts: 0 Brian

    Tim and Phillies Nation aren’t “consumed with the Mets”. They are our rivals. And how is it that we are we so focused on them when Radio hosts from NY bait our ace into saying something? It’s so they can stir the pot in NY, now you have Beltran talking. Sounds like NY are the ones who are “Consumed with the Phils”

     
  • Posts: 0 Jason B.

    Reyes is sounding a bit more meek these days. Plus, it’s one thing to stand and admire a home run for a second and it’s another to perform a different secret handshake for each player in the dugout when you hit an homerun in the second inning of an exhibition game like Reyes does. What, does he have a tree fort that requires you to know a secret handshake? Judging by the guys in that locker room, there is certainly a “No Girls Allowed” sign hanging outside.

     
  • Posts: 0 Chase Mutley

    …and c’mon, in addition to Cole, everyone in baseball, sports, sitcoms, late night talk shows, knows that the Mets are choke artists. Why isn’t Jose Reyes commenting on the Daily Show? If the shoe fits, boys.

     
  • Posts: 0 JohnKruksLoveChild

    Beltran vs Hamels for 2008 season:

    OBP: .286
    Avg: .167

    Sorry, who was it getting killed again ?

     
  • Posts: 0 dan

    they ask us who do you think is better and we just say….US….thats it

    hahahaha. better when?

     
  • Posts: 0 Chutley

    World Champs

     
  • Posts: 0 Jason B.

    Our Championship Drought= 0 years

    Mets Championship Drought= 22 years

     
  • Posts: 0 Chase Mutley

    “With Santana, I have no doubt we’re going to win our division. I have no doubt about that…So, this year, tell Jimmy Rollins we are the team to beat.”

    Ok.

     
  • Posts: 0 john

    World Phucking Champs

     
  • Posts: 0 Todd

    ok, but let’s hold on one sec… i live NY as a phils fan and almost all of these guys are baited… beltran was baited into the question as he sat in the dugout, and you can see on his face that he had no intention of even dealing with it. He smiled and laughed when he said the part about “killing” hamels… and really, hamels is a big mouth, but he was baited by those douches on WFAN. Hamels should learn to keep it shut, but honestly, he seems the type to use the backlash as motivation.

    and Tim, i’m from and live in NY and i’m quite proud of my spelling and grammar. Those issues are specific to met fans, i assure you.

     
  • Posts: 0 Tyler

    just ignore those stupid mut fans… fortunately not all of them are that stupid and stuck up… i have quite a few friends who lik the muts but they are all good ppl… so those who offer good insight are ok, those who are idiots and can’t accept that we’re WORLD PHUCKIN CHAMPS, ignore them… as for reyes, ignore it… when he hones his potential and stops acting lik a baby, then i’ll show him some respect and attention

     
  • Posts: 0 David W

    Kruk

    Hamels 08 Numbers vs Mets

    Games Started 2

    0-2 ERA 6.00 10Ks

    It looks like Cole is the one that gets killed…

     
  • Posts: 0 Brian

    I agree Todd, Beltran was baited.

    Speaking of NY Media: In A Rod’s conference yesterday, did anyone here the report ask him what he thought about Moyer’s comments? What the reporter stated as Moyer’s comments, were not really Moyer’s comments at all. The reporter should have had the quote in front of him if he was going to ask a question like that. He kind of threw Moyer under the bus with innacurate information.

     
  • Posts: 0 Johnson

    he didnt say the quote verbatim but moyer did say how could you vote a guy into the hall of fame who did steroids…which is what the roporter said to arod…ha…spelling

     
  • Posts: 0 john

    Hey all you muts fans!
    Do any of you own a NLCS shirt or hat or anything?
    I think the answer is no
    Do you muts own any shirts or hats with The World Series Logo on it?
    Better yet what about a jersey and a hat with the Worls Series Patch?
    I dont think so

     
  • Posts: 0 Kramer

    New York City >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. Philadelphia

    nuff said

     
  • Posts: 0 Fran

    Met fans are the dumbest fans in baseball. It’s hard to put in words how unbelievably stupid you are.

     
  • Posts: 0 Chris.I

    In the begining when J-roll made them statements, it was fun! I honestly think it helped us get where we got…But for Hamels (out of all people) to open his mouth, that really pissed me off. I thought Hamels had more class than that, sorry! All were doing is putting BIG target on our backs. We won the WS, cheerish that sh*t and focus on doing it again….Who cares about the Mets? We don’t have to play the Mets 162 games.

     
  • Posts: 0 Fran

    On hamels behalf those words were put into his mouth. The question was something like, “After seeing the mets choke the past 2 seasons would you say that they are choke artist?” How else is he supposed to answer that question? Something like “No, they just blow big time”?

     
  • Posts: 0 Evan

    Yawn. I’m getting tired of all this talk. The rivalry is boring till there’s baseball to be played.

     
  • Posts: 0 j cole

    I wonder if Beltran plans on highlighting his hair again. I remember the first time I saw him take his helmet off and saw that, I was disgusted, then I laughed at what a douche he looked like. It was horrible looking.

    Like it is said over and over, the Mets are a group of talented players, but they are not a team.

     
  • Posts: 0 Manny

    I second that, Evan.

     
  • Posts: 0 Todd

    the rivalry is boring because it’s a clear media bullshit, a fabrication. Notice how players from both teams keep asking, “why do they keep talking about us?” Well, because the media keeps asking about the other team. The red sox and yankees have gotten a little stale, so this is the new focus. It’s always going to be NY and someone, the yanks are a circus these days, the mets are more entertaining.

     
  • Posts: 0 Chase Mutley

    The New York City is better than Philadelphia argument always gets me. Yes, New York is a great city. I’m willing to bet that 99% of you don’t live there but rather some dump like Long Island, or Bergen County, NJ, or West Chester. You’re not even New York City’s team. The Yankees are.

    Additionally, have you walked five feet out of the Shea / Citi Field parking lot into Little Puerto Rico with your chop shops and disgusting slobs sitting on lawn chairs in alleyways drinking Hurricane tall-boys while a mixture of car fluid, piss and sewer water runs underfoot?

    Guiliani tricked you all into thinking you lived in a classy city with your quality of life laws 10 years ago. NYC used to be where we went when we wanted to buy drugs and lap dances.

     
  • Posts: 0 Kramer

    I HOPE THERES A BRAWL THIS YR!

    WHO’D WIN?

    after putz beans j roll in the 8th inning of a game at citi, j roll runs after putz but delgado comes and BEATS THE CRAPPA OUTTA HIM! LOL

     
  • Posts: 0 Havoc

    I love this rivalry, and I’m enjoying the trash talking back and forth. It’s just making me anxious for the season to start. In regard to Reyes though I think he should be able to recognize the difference between celebrating a homerun and the 10 minute rain dances he like performing.

     
  • Posts: 0 Justin

    They’re the Washington Redskins of MLB, they’re a fantasy baseball team put together without any thoughts into how each plays into the clubhouse morale. Maybe a little homework on who the players are before they just throw money at all these high priced overrated “studs”. Carlos Beltran was a stud when he played in KC and Houston where he wasn’t expected to be the hero. NY thought he was their savior after the playoffs he had for Houston in one season, and has yet to even match that performance to warrant the overpriced contract he received. Johan Santana is just Johan Santana a guy that will go out every 5th day and pitch and he’s a stud but he doesn’t play all 9 positions 162 so the Melts, if i can borrow from Eric R., are just putting stats together and hoping for the best. No chemistry equals no championships sorry NY, you’d think you would have learned that lesson from the boys from the Bronx.

     
  • Posts: 0 Fran

    then howard comes in and lays delgado out harder then he did lidge when we won the WS

     
  • Posts: 0 Kramer

    i live in long island and I have no idea why you’d call it a dump. please enlighten me, I live on the gold coast of long Island, one of the most beautiful places ive ever been is the Northern part of long island

     
  • Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner

    Oh John….great that you are asking about patches,hats and T-shirts.I do have the 2006 Mets NL East shirt and cap,I also have my 2000 Mets NL Champs shirt and cap as well.I also have the 99 Mets wild card cap as well.I even drink my Sunday coffee in my 1986 Mets world Champs mug too.Albiet it is old news,just like the 2008 world Phvcking Champs its old news.Old news is history and can never be rewritten ,but remembered and revered in its own way and can never be taken away.I am proud of the 1 Mets champinship and 4 Islanders Lord Stanleys that I have seen in my life.Dynasty lives with the Islanders,too bad they suck now,but they are STILL my team.

     
  • Posts: 0 Kevin

    Will all the Phillies fans in the room please raise their hands…

    Those of you with your hands down might be the fans that are “consumed” with their team’s rival. This is, after all, a Phillies blog line.

    Go play on a Mets fan site… if there are any out there.

     
  • Posts: 0 Woodman

    The cry of a LOSER: We won head to head…… means NOTHING!!
    Winning the World Championship Trophy……. means EVERYTHING!
    I LOVE THIS!

     
  • Posts: 0 PhilsFans=Clueless

    You guys can pick up Hamels body at Citifield when we’re done with him….he’ll be six feet under the mound if you can’t find him.

     
  • Posts: 0 Kevin

    wait… if Hamels is 6 feet under the mound… where are they going to keep the Mets’ chances of winning a pennant?

     
  • Posts: 0 PhilsFans=Clueless

    Philadelphia is a loser town with loser teams. World Series was won and deserved but doesnt make it the city where Champions are made, thats New York!!

     
  • Posts: 0 Matt S

    Do Phillies fans go on the mets blogs and talk a bunch of shit? Becuase i could seriously care less what they say over there…thats what this is for, getting your thoughts and opinions out there, go hype up the mets and enjoy the season on your own time…

     
  • Posts: 0 mets09

    Mets Blog has more people then this blog kevin.

     
  • Posts: 0 Kevin

    thats such an insightful statement from ‘PhilsFans=Clueless’…
    by the way… with your infinite wisdom, could you tell us where the 2008 Championship trophy is residing?

     
  • Posts: 0 mets09

    I just enjoy this blog better,stupid people in both cities though.

     
  • Posts: 0 PhilsFans=Clueless

    Can’t wait til the season starts…will you guys still be holding on to your World Series of 08 as your prime argument?? You do know its 2009..a new season is beginning. Don’t live in the past like those Damn Yankees…

     
 
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