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Familia’s Farewell

G-Fafif Oct 02 2021 06:02 PM

Nice Instagram message to the fans from former closer and imminent free agent Jay R. Eese F'Meelia. [tweet]https://twitter.com/metsfanmania/status/1444347975266885633[/tweet]

MFS62 Oct 03 2021 06:32 AM Re: Familia’s Farewell

Class way to leave. Never knew about that tattoo. Later

Edgy MD Oct 03 2021 07:42 AM Re: Familia’s Farewell

Riding the A on an October day Reading the Post next to a transit cop In the midst of the free agent list And when I reached Familia, I made a stop Now I'm sad to say, it's Closing Day Come post-season, the Mets won't play There'll be new relievers when the Spring comes round And Jeurys will be pitching in another town

smg58 Oct 03 2021 08:12 AM Re: Familia’s Farewell

He never regained his best form during his second tenure here. But in a season where the absence of class grated on me even more than the absence of wins, this was very welcome. Good luck Jeurys, wherever you wind up.

Frayed Knot Oct 03 2021 03:55 PM Re: Familia’s Farewell

He tattooed his heart?!?

Edgy MD Oct 03 2021 04:09 PM Re: Familia’s Farewell

Probably explains a lot about the performance falloff.

nymr83 Oct 04 2021 07:17 AM Re: Familia’s Farewell

Nice of him. Does anyone really ever like relievers? they're like Field Goal Kickers - they only have to miss one for the fanbase to turn on them.

Edgy MD Oct 04 2021 09:54 AM Re: Familia’s Farewell

I like relievers. I think they tend to be poorly served coming and going by their niche in the baseball ecosphere, and relatedly, as noted, they tend to make convenient targets for the zeitgeist, and this tends to elicit the worst from their personalities. But I like 'em.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 04 2021 11:04 AM Re: Familia’s Farewell

Few of them become popular though. Mariano Rivera is a notable exception, but that's because Yankee fans like people who electrocute dogs in their swimming pools.

nymr83 Oct 04 2021 01:33 PM Re: Familia’s Farewell

Trevor Hoffman was popular I think? and John Franco - as much for baseball as for being a local who was prominently involved with local charities and the FDNY

G-Fafif Oct 04 2021 01:51 PM Re: Familia’s Farewell

Being a “character” who doesn't blow too many leads will make a reliever beloved or at least recalled fondly. Everybody else who rises to bullpen prominence struggles to be tolerated.

Edgy MD Oct 04 2021 02:39 PM Re: Familia’s Farewell

Also worth noting that the rising whale gets the harpoon. If you want to be liked as a reliever, you would do well to stay out of that closer's role. There's also a whole lot of uglier shit mixed up in reliever hate.

MFS62 Oct 04 2021 02:46 PM Re: Familia’s Farewell

=nymr83 post_id=79234 time=1633375986 user_id=54] Trevor Hoffman was popular I think? and John Franco - as much for baseball as for being a local who was prominently involved with local charities and the FDNY

And the network must have felt John Smoltz would be liked when they gave him a job in the national TV booth. They were right. He seems to be knowledgeable as well as not dislikable.





Later

Lefty Specialist Oct 05 2021 11:02 AM Re: Familia’s Farewell

'The rising whale gets the harpoon.' I am so totally stealing that.