MLB Exhibition Games 2013 Thread

**Evil Vito** · 02-24-2013, 01:40 PM

I'm actually pulling for Bay. He hit a HR in his first at-bat of Spring Training and immediately proclaimed that his swing felt like it did back in 2009. I'm sure people will use a Bay bounceback season as an excuse to LOL the Mets...but I think releasing him was the right move regardless. He had just reached the point where it was going to be impossible for him to succeed in New York.

He wasn't like Oliver Perez, who signed his big deal, sucked, refused to go to the minors to improve even though the Mets told him they wouldn't pitch him in a game otherwise, and in general looked like he couldn't care less about his performance as long as he was getting paid. Bay looked like he genuinely cared and was trying his hardest even though, for whatever reason, he couldn't get it going. He got booed every time he came up to the plate last year, including being booed during Opening Day intros. I really did feel bad for him.

02-24-2013, 01:40 PM	#11
Evil Vito President of Freedonia Posts: 58,381	I'm actually pulling for Bay. He hit a HR in his first at-bat of Spring Training and immediately proclaimed that his swing felt like it did back in 2009. I'm sure people will use a Bay bounceback season as an excuse to LOL the Mets...but I think releasing him was the right move regardless. He had just reached the point where it was going to be impossible for him to succeed in New York. He wasn't like Oliver Perez, who signed his big deal, sucked, refused to go to the minors to improve even though the Mets told him they wouldn't pitch him in a game otherwise, and in general looked like he couldn't care less about his performance as long as he was getting paid. Bay looked like he genuinely cared and was trying his hardest even though, for whatever reason, he couldn't get it going. He got booed every time he came up to the plate last year, including being booed during Opening Day intros. I really did feel bad for him.