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The Institution

Edgy MD Sep 01 2014 10:29 AM

Yesterday was a rare day, with experience big leaguers like Curtis Granderson and Daniel Murphy out of the lineup, more than 50% of the team's experience, as measured by game appearances, belonged to a single guy, David Wright, who had exactly 1,500 games to his name entering the contest. Order Player Pos. G Pct. 1 Lagares cf 221 8.0% 2 den Dekker lf 59 2.1% 3 Wright 3b 1500 54.6% 4 Duda 1b 478 17.4% 5 Flores ss 81 2.9% 6 Nieuwenhuis rf 183 6.7% 7 Herrera 2b 2 0.1% 8 Recker cf 124 4.5% 9 Gee sp 101 3.7% I imagine if we look hard enough, we can find a Met who carried over 70% of his team's experience out there. Still, I wonder how alienating it is, being an institution out there with a bunch of guys who may just be passing through, who've mostly done time in the minors this season, who are still adapting.

d'Kong76 Sep 01 2014 10:45 AM Re: The Institution.

The alienating thing may be when he looks around he realizes he may be El Capitan but not necessarily the best guy on the field and then some.

Edgy MD Sep 01 2014 11:11 AM Re: The Institution

Oh, I think there's nothing wrong with being the captain and not being the the best player. I think he'd love to have few Beltrans and Delgados knocking him into the fifth hole.

d'Kong76 Sep 01 2014 01:05 PM Re: The Institution

Alienated is an odd choice of words, for me, I guess. Dude is making $20/per the next what five years. I hope things change for him and if not this year, soon.