how they rave about how tough Max is because he gets himself run over blocking the plate, and yet nobody says a word about Saltys’ toughness. I read a post on the DMN blog about Salty losing his grandfather a few weeks ago to cancer and his other grandfather undergoing serious cancer surgery last week. At the same time playing with a groin injury which was obvious at Saturdays game. I have had that injury and it hurts to do just about anything. Running is definately beyond difficult. It effects throwing, swinging, and mobility. Pretty much everything. Yet he still worked and got the pitchers through their innings and victory. After reading that post I got to thinking about how he wasnt content to just settle for singles (which is hard enough)but somehow stretched both his hits to doubles, putting himself in scoring position. At the time I could see the pain on his face and the visable limp and was wondering why. Now I know and give him props. I’m sure the staff and his teamates new what was going on with him and when you talk about leadership, ability and toughness, his effort spoke volumes.
OK, carry on with your bashing and rants about getting rid of the kid because he sucks and is stinking up the joint and blah, blah, blah. I for one will be following him much more closely now and giving credit where it is due.

Just trying to get rid of the CAT so we can bring up another rookie to see what their future could be with the team…example Nelson Cruz maybe or Drew Meyer

I know the Mets are looking for a bat, but I think they’d prefer someone with a little more punch, like X. Nady. Wouldn’t completely rule it out, but they wouldn’t give up much for Cat, I don’t think. They might actually be more interested in Nelson Cruz.