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gothambaseballmagazine.com - 3/5/2008

Online Home of Gotham Baseball Magazine - Lastings Impressions

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Lastings Milledge's recent comments have Mike Silva telling many Mets fans "I told you so". Good Bye and Good Riddance. I have to admit feeling vindicated after hearing the quotes of Lastings Milledge throughout last week. Hearing him talk about how horrible New York was almost brought a tear to my eye. I quickly came to my senses and realized that Milledge was just validating what we at ...

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Gotham Baseball: Silva: Lastings Impressions
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog — Gotham Baseball: Silva: Lastings Impressions Does Silva “lack the baseball intelligence to be successful”?...You decide! Perhaps I am being harsh on Milledge. He did, in limited time, put up ok numbers. I just don’t understand his bitterness coupled with the love of him from the fan base. I am glad that David Wright correctly responded by labeling him the “bitter traded guy” and Billy Wagner is also right in stating that Milledge should “open his ears and close his mouth”. Milledge claims he didn’t have clubhouse support but Cliff Floyd, a man whose job was threatened by him, ...

Lazy Spring Days
the metropolitans — ... Another bad article about Lastings. I like Church and do not think the Mets received nothing in return for Milledge, but we should all let this go. Lastings' statements were hardly inflammatory and even had a lot of truth. He might not have been a great fit personality wise for this team, but he is not a malcontent and meant well in my opinion. ...

Thoughts About the Washington “Misfits”
Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest — ... Has Lastings Milledge confused Shea Stadium with Yellowstone Park? I think I parked my car in the same spot as he was positioned in the outfield. Give Milledge credit, he is playing better, but I still stand by my Good Bye and Good Riddence article in March. ...

Milledge Career at Crossroads?
Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest — ... During spring training of last year I wrote a controversial article about former Mets OF Lastings Milledge. This point of view has brought me much criticism throughout my two years of freelance writing. Milledge, although short on results, dazzles Mets fans with his potential. It appears that 2009 may finally be the year that, if results don’t match potential, Milledge star will finally fade. ...

Milledge Following the Path of Ryan Thompson
Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest — ... My “Lastings Impressions” article that I wrote for Gotham Baseball Magazine in March of 2008 resulted in message boards, blogs, and my personal email box being littered with all sorts of taunts. I was called racist, clueless, and accused of having a personal agenda. None of that was true since my information was based on conversations I had with a member of the Mets organization that coached Milledge. ...