Despite Shortfalls, Delgado Is All Mets Have

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N.Y. Sun: Marchman: Despite Shortfalls, Delgado Is All Mets Have
Published 4/25/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
N.Y. Sun: Marchman: Despite Shortfalls, Delgado Is All Mets Have Get your frei HOF’er toast, here! So, have some sympathy for Mets first baseman Carlos Delgado. He once was a great player, and now he isn’t. Every year for a full decade, the man hit at least 30 home runs, often more, and sometimes quite a lot more; last year he hit 24, and this year he’s on pace for eight. When he came to the Mets three years ago, he looked to have a decent chance at the Hall of Fame. Now, he looks to have only sketchy chances of holding a job next year. He’s been dropped a spot in the order, ...

Marchman : The Mets Have No Alternative To Delgado
Published 4/25/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... “No matter how much money they make,” muses the New York Sun’s Tim Marchman, “athletes are just like other people, and would prefer to do well rather than badly.” For a proud man like Carlos Delgado, is any size paycheck worth tolerating death threats from Long Island City’s no. 1 SF Giants fan? ...

Carlos' Curtain Calls
Published 4/28/2008 by Jason at Faith and Fear in Flushing
... But this column by the peerless Tim Marchman moved me to a bit of pity -- Marchman offers a cold-eyed dissection of Delgado's woes, with little hope for a turnaround, but tempers that grim analysis with the observation that "one just hopes that the fans and even the writers keep in mind that baseball is hard. Don't get down on the man: Even if it isn't enough, he's doing what he can." And there's no reason to doubt that. Delgado appears to have gotten old a couple of years earlier than we'd thought he would, but that's not a hanging crime. Gary Carter and Keith Hernandez and ...