Wednesday, February 06, 2008
MEET THE PRESS.
I realize this has been analyzed twelve ways to Sunday already, but here’s some thoughts:
- Johan was exceedingly well-spoken and composed. He was not rattled. This bodes well.
- If you listen closely, he has a little bit of a Midwestern accent - just like Delgado has the slightest trace of a New York accent. (I mean, Delgado’s English is almost perfect, but he’s definitely got those Bensonhurst “R’s” sometimes.)
- Not too many cliches. It didn’t feel rehearsed, it just felt like he thought about what he might want to say before he said it.
- He may give the other snappy dressers on the team a run for their money.
- Willie looks very bald without a hat, which is how we see him 99.9% of the time.
- David Wright, you couldn’t shave? I know it’s the off season, but still.
- However, the big shit-eating grin on DW’s face said it all, and was only matched by the big smile on TBF’s the entire press conference.
- To the moron with the $5 digital camera that was in front of the SNY camera, I hope someone beat the crap out of you later.
- Alan Schwartz: Can we just have him ask all the questions?
- Our Spanish comprehension was pretty good as a group.
- TBF was pleased, nay, delighted that the jersey was “the proper jersey” and “the proper hat.”
- This was a big event so I was pleased to see the Mets actually ACT like it was a big event.
You know what? We got Johan Santana.
I just can’t say that enough.
Posted by MG at 10:48 PM
I noticed his accent too, which I thought was just me. So thanks for pointing that out. Someone also suggested that DW should become a spokesperson for Proactiv. He’s cute and all, but I forget sometimes just how young he actually is. In line with the “big” event, I am just glad that Willie had the good sense to wear a good suit, unlike what he did after Pedro was signed. If I remember correctly, he wore a Tony Soprano-esque jogging suit.