Comments on: Plax Being Plax http://www.nygmen.com/2008/10/06/plax-being-plax/ A one-stop resource for New York Giants coverage, insight, and analysis. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:42:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dan http://www.nygmen.com/2008/10/06/plax-being-plax/comment-page-1/#comment-12587 Dan Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:58:16 +0000 http://www.nygmen.com/?p=418#comment-12587 I just wrote a rather lengthy comment for the previous entry before it was erased because I forgot to enter my email address. So fucking frustrating. So instead of talking about the game, this comment is to defend Greg . . . . Esto, solid points about Plax. Something tells me that if I were a professional athlete, I might not necessarily watch my own team play as maniacally as I do as a fan (especially when I've been benched). Now I know this is besides the point of this blog, but let me digress to the "Manny being Manny" point. First, Greg is not a Yankees' fan (he's a Mets' fanatic) so "Manny being Manny" should not be viewed so much as Manny-bashing as it should be as an objective observation. Second, Manny is a great player. I would never deny this. I am also rooting for the Dodgers this postseason, not because of Manny but because of Torre (I am a Yankees' fan). But these truths do not take away from the reality that Manny can be poison to a team and I would never want someone with that kind of disruptive potential on a team of mine that has gelled the way the Giants have. And fortunately, I don't think that Plax is Manny. And saying so is not necessarily to be interpreted as echoing a Boston blood-sucker media type. Because we're talking about Plax here, not Manny. So Greg, please do not refrain from using any analogies that are to the point and make sense. And I believe that the Manny analogy was an appropriate one. You see, here in New York we use nuance in our sports' analysis as opposed to the one-dimensional praising/bludgeoning that you might find on Boston sports' blogs. Keep on commenting Esto! I hope you don't take this the wrong way. I just wrote a rather lengthy comment for the previous entry before it was erased because I forgot to enter my email address. So fucking frustrating. So instead of talking about the game, this comment is to defend Greg . . . .

Esto, solid points about Plax. Something tells me that if I were a professional athlete, I might not necessarily watch my own team play as maniacally as I do as a fan (especially when I’ve been benched).

Now I know this is besides the point of this blog, but let me digress to the “Manny being Manny” point. First, Greg is not a Yankees’ fan (he’s a Mets’ fanatic) so “Manny being Manny” should not be viewed so much as Manny-bashing as it should be as an objective observation. Second, Manny is a great player. I would never deny this. I am also rooting for the Dodgers this postseason, not because of Manny but because of Torre (I am a Yankees’ fan). But these truths do not take away from the reality that Manny can be poison to a team and I would never want someone with that kind of disruptive potential on a team of mine that has gelled the way the Giants have. And fortunately, I don’t think that Plax is Manny. And saying so is not necessarily to be interpreted as echoing a Boston blood-sucker media type. Because we’re talking about Plax here, not Manny. So Greg, please do not refrain from using any analogies that are to the point and make sense. And I believe that the Manny analogy was an appropriate one. You see, here in New York we use nuance in our sports’ analysis as opposed to the one-dimensional praising/bludgeoning that you might find on Boston sports’ blogs.

Keep on commenting Esto! I hope you don’t take this the wrong way.

]]> By: Esto http://www.nygmen.com/2008/10/06/plax-being-plax/comment-page-1/#comment-12584 Esto Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:32:20 +0000 http://www.nygmen.com/?p=418#comment-12584 Good points because I also felt that Plax was getting to much crap from the mainstream media. And as a fan I didn't watch much of the 2nd half because it was boring so I'm not mad that he tuned out. Heck there are other games going on that Plax might want to watch to see how Corners or Dbacks might play him. It's important to study your opponent. Which brings me to the part of your piece that I didn't like which was your "Plax being Plax isn’t nearly as bad as Manny being Manny or T.O. being T.O." I'm a huge Manny fan and that boy works hard, including studying tape to see how opposing pitchers approach his at-bats. So please refrain from writing like those Boston blood-suckers meda types that take shots at Manny who won two Chips thanks to his HEALTHY bat during the postseason. And now he's back in another Championship Series. I hope we get to see a Dodgers-Sawx matchup! The plotlines will be many! Good points because I also felt that Plax was getting to much crap from the mainstream media. And as a fan I didn’t watch much of the 2nd half because it was boring so I’m not mad that he tuned out. Heck there are other games going on that Plax might want to watch to see how Corners or Dbacks might play him. It’s important to study your opponent. Which brings me to the part of your piece that I didn’t like which was your “Plax being Plax isn’t nearly as bad as Manny being Manny or T.O. being T.O.”
I’m a huge Manny fan and that boy works hard, including studying tape to see how opposing pitchers approach his at-bats. So please refrain from writing like those Boston blood-suckers meda types that take shots at Manny who won two Chips thanks to his HEALTHY bat during the postseason. And now he’s back in another Championship Series. I hope we get to see a Dodgers-Sawx matchup! The plotlines will be many!

]]> By: stantheman http://www.nygmen.com/2008/10/06/plax-being-plax/comment-page-1/#comment-12582 stantheman Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:08:55 +0000 http://www.nygmen.com/?p=418#comment-12582 the MSM is just biased against the NYG the MSM is just biased against the NYG

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