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Salamander Q
Administrator & Newt
Posts: 433
(1/2/02 3:06 pm)
Reply Ambler meets SP (8/5/01)
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Gold Glove
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 1483
(8/5/01 9:52:14 pm)
Reply I met SP last night at the Tides game
I met Mets GM Steve Phillips at the Tides game today. He was there with his son.
Here's what was said:
GG: Are you Steve Phillips?
SP: Yes, I am.
GG: May I have your autograph? (Why not?)
SP: Sure.
GG: Great job on the recent trades.
SP: Thanks.
GG: Do you think any of these guys is going to contribute to the Mets next season?
SP: Yes. I think so. We'll see how things play out.
GG: One more thing... Pete Walker has been pitching really well this season and I think he deserves a look in a September callup.
SP: I appreciate that and I think Pete would too.
GG: Thanks.
He seemed very professional about everything and I didn't want to cut short our little conversation with a waiver question or to ask whether any deal were imminent. Not much to be said, but he seemed like a decent guy.
Edited by: Gold Glove at: 8/6/01 12:57:01 pm
FrankstylT
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 1095
(8/5/01 9:56:24 pm)
Reply ..
you left out the parts where he had security remove you from the stadium and filed the restraining order.
Brad34
Mets Starter
Posts: 70
(8/5/01 9:56:32 pm)
Reply SP
I thought this was going to be another Whartongate post
dennyh
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 591
(8/5/01 9:56:57 pm)
Reply Re: SP was at the Tides game: My interview
You should have told him not to low ball Gaimbi this off season like he did Olerud, Hampton and every other free agent.
Rey Ordonez Sucks
Mets All-Star
Posts: 174
(8/5/01 9:58:12 pm)
Reply Re: SP was at the Tides game: My interview
Great opening line! Is that what you use when you pick up your boyfriends in the bars?
Gold Glove
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 1485
(8/5/01 9:59:18 pm)
Reply Re: SP was at the Tides game: My interview
Like I said, I didn't want to get booted or anything. A fan asking a few questions isn't a huge deal. He was sitting in a regular seat, not the press box, right behind home plate. I only asked him a few things that he COULD comment on. I know it's not like him to comment on other team's players or potential trades, so I didn't bother.
tr
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 1981
(8/5/01 9:59:24 pm)
Reply Re: SP was at the Tides game: My interview
I have a feeling that this is going to end up being a LONG thread.
sunkist01
Mets All-Star
Posts: 486
(8/5/01 10:44:07 pm)
Reply ***
When I saw him two weeks ago and screamed "Daryl Ward!!!" he looked less than amused. I just laughed. How cool is that guy's job? I don't care what he has to put up with it still beats mine.
Met Police
Mets All-Star
Posts: 290
(8/5/01 10:47:26 pm)
Reply Re: ***
hahah 'Are you Steve Philips' GG that's classic....
Believe in Rey......
ihatetoddzeile
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 1114
(8/5/01 10:49:20 pm)
Reply Re: ***
GG,good interview...thanks for the info....I would like to see an ambler interview with SP...
"So...You are telling me that I gotta make the bat...hit the ball???" Jay Payton
"We are a veteran ball club...we'll be fine" Steve Phillips
"You know, I have seen alot of things in my time, and I have been alot of places, but one thing is for sure...this team sucks!" A wise old drunken Met fan that sits next to me.
Edited by: ihatetoddzeile at: 8/5/01 10:52:29 pm
Paulie Cee
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 1752
(8/5/01 10:51:23 pm)
Reply Re: ***
Yeah, you're a regular Mike Wallace...
Wait 'til next owner!!
Gold Glove
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 1490
(8/5/01 10:58:31 pm)
Reply Re: ***
It wasn't an interview as much as it was a hi, keep up the good work, and callup some of these Tides in September conversation. He was with his son! I didn't want to be demanding (I could've been thrown out or something...).
Marc
Mets Rookie
Posts: 30
(8/5/01 11:11:06 pm)
Reply I spoke with Steve Phillips
I spoke to SP a couple of years ago during spring training during the Brad Radke rumors and I came out and openly asked him if Radke was coming to New York and he joked by saying they already aquired him...
SP has always been given an autograph or talked with the fans..
I'm sure it's not the first or last time that a fan has talked with SP about a trade rumor
I doubt that SP would have told gold glove any info about waiver deal. So good job gold glove and keep us updated about the farm system
Ambler...did you take any photo's this past spring traning??
Gold Glove
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 1496
(8/5/01 11:16:01 pm)
Reply Re: I spoke with Steve Phillips
He kept a pretty low profile. I only saw Tides staff people talking too him once in a while. None of the other fans seemed to notice he was there or recognize him.
PiaZza4MvP
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 724
(8/5/01 11:31:31 pm)
Reply Re: I spoke with Steve Phillips
you shoulda told him what we all think of him, regardless of the circumstances, take one for the team GG
you also should have praised gim on a good job of landing every possible good FA on this team.
Gold Glove
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 1523
(8/6/01 11:57:21 am)
Reply Re: I spoke with Steve Phillips
I don't know. I prefer to keep my other connections. If I'd said something, I might've lost them.
YGB
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 3801
(8/6/01 12:22:51 pm)
Reply Re: ***
I would like to see an ambler interview with SP...
Ambler: Hey Steve. Can I have your autograph?
SP: Sure.
AM: Thanks. While you’re at it, can you show me the plan?
SP: The plan?
AM: Y’know, the plan. How you’re going to execute the massive rebuilding this team needs.
SP: I’m not sure we need a massive rebuilding, but…
AM:Yes you do.
SP: Do not.
AM: Do too.
SP: Oh yeah?
AM: Yeah. Like Piazza. When are you going to trade him?
SP: I don’t believe we will be trading Mike Piazza.
AM: See?
SP: See what?
AM: It’s not your fault, really.
SP: What isn’t my fault?
AM: You’re constrained by the cheapass owners.
SP: We all work under a budget. Don’t you?
AM: Well…
SP: We’re doing all we can to put a good team on the field. We have to keep an eye on now and on the future.
AM: Why don’t you dump Zeile?
SP: Dump? We’re not in a position to dump players, especially those we’ve made a large investment in and we’re counting on to come around. Right now the market isn’t good for Todd, and we’d need something back. This isn’t a simple matter of addition by subtraction.
AM: You traded all the wrong guys.
SP: Heh-heh. Tell that to Ed Wade.
AM: You coulda got more for Reed.
SP: Like who?
AM: I gotta go find my seat
SP: Wait. Who?
AM: I dunno. You should have thrown in LOBIN and Toad.
SP: Sure. This isn’t rotisserie, you know.
AM: What about A-rod? Wasn’t that 24 and 1 nonsense just a ruse?
SP: There was some truth to it. The bottom line was we couldn’t afford to sign a contract that big.
AM: Ordonez sucks. Play Desi every day.
SP: That’s a matter for Bobby to decide.
AM: You should force Piazza to play first.
SP: I thought you just said we should trade him?
AM: I’m not spending another dime on Mets baseball until you show me the plan.
SP: Then what are you doing here?
AM: Uhhh… Free tickets. I won them in a radio contest.
SP: And that hotdog?
AM: Found it over by the trash can.
SP: I see.
AM: Steve?
SP: Yeah?
AM: Will you show me the plan?
SP: No.
AM: Please?
SP: Sorry. You’ll have to wait. If I went around showing my plan to everyone, I could lose whatever leverage I have.
AM: Then I’m not spending another dime on Mets baseball.
SP: We’re really going to miss you.
Ca plane pour moi!
FrankstylT
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 1101
(8/6/01 12:23:14 pm)
Reply yeah, that was really informative..
...I'd hate to lose access to that kind of juicy stuff.
The Big Train
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 3323
(8/6/01 12:28:43 pm)
Reply Re: yeah, that was really informative..
YGB, you always pull the trigger before I even set my sites.
Krusty is coming. Krusty is coming.
Paulie Cee
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 1760
(8/6/01 12:30:19 pm)
Reply Re: yeah, that was really informative..
"It wasn't an interview as much as it was a hi, keep up the good work, and callup some of these Tides in September conversation."
Oh. Then why didn't you title the thread, "SP was at the Tides game: My hi, keep up the good work, and callup some of these Tides in September conversation?"
Coming soon: "Gold Glove Interviews Bobby Valentine."
GG: "Hey Bobby, great job with the team this year!!!"
BV: "Who is that knucklehead in the mezzanine screaming at me?"
Wait 'til next owner!!
original jb
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 1409
(8/6/01 12:42:48 pm)
Reply
YGB, I'm suing you. I just almost choked on my coffee from laughing so much while reading that interview.
lgm6986
Mets Rookie
Posts: 38
(8/6/01 12:49:08 pm)
Reply
Stevie Lowballs Phillips lowballed Olerud? He signed the same contract in Seattle that the Mets offered him. Hampton was offered $105 million for 7 years. I wish someone would lowball me with $15 million a year. Besides, and I'm saying this for the 15th time, SP does not decide how much money to offer free agents. He works within the budget that is alotted him by Wilpon and Doubleday. I'm not suggesting he is above criticism, because no one in this organization should escape blame for this disastrous season. However, he cannot logically be criticized for things that are beyond his control. The owners dictate salary offers to marquee free agents. Not Steve Phillips.
Bubba Sponge
Mets Hall-Of-Famer
Posts: 2183
(8/6/01 12:52:34 pm)
Reply Re: SP was at the Tides game: My interview
YGB...archive it now.
“Singing Polly Wally Doodle All Day...â€
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