Jan 13 2011 08:43 PM
Or so Edward Emil Kranepool sang on this record:
But this interview with the TCPalm (where I get all my Florida news) suggests he's a little more guarded with his emotions these days.
| "They have to make some deals," said Kranepool, who signed with the Mets as a 17-year-old. "They need pitching. You have to improve your ball club, but that's their decision to make. They have to compete in this market." |
Two probs there. Firstly, he's brandishing the fallacy of equating competition in offseason wheeling and dealign with competition on the field. Secondly, he's playing the "in this market" card. Boo.
| "Philadelphia keeps improving itself, so you have some pretty good teams to compete with." |
Certainly.
| "I only watch a good product," Kranepool said. "If they are winning, I will watch, and if not, I turn the station and root for someone else." |
Damn, 'Pool, that's cold. Why waste time changing channels? Why not just stick with the same game and switch your allegiance whenever the lead changes?
| "I am a Met true and true. I am the only guy who played his whole career with the Mets, I've got the longest time, longevity-wise ... but I still want to see a good ball club." |
Well, on that first part, I hear you, but to be a little literal about it, there are a lot of DePastinos out there who might take issue (to say nothing of Ron Hodges). On the second part, sure, but if you know the answer better than Alderson, I'd like to hear it.
Sometimes when Kranepool has opined on how the team should be run in the past, I got the idea that he was still (in a perhaps deluded sense) angling for a piece of the action. Or at least trying to stay relevant. Other times, I just get the idea that he's turnnig into the most crotchedy old poop.