Mets’ Wright doesn’t like to give Philly fans too much credit

Fun quote.  More fun then calling a fanbase “stinking.”  (scroll down and look at the weekend posts)

“I don’t like to give Philly fans too much credit,” Mets third baseman David Wright said aftwerwards, “but they got this one right. It’s a proud moment to stand out there and you’ve got 45-50 thousand people chanting. That was pretty special.”

via Bin Laden USA | Mets Phillies Chants | SportsGrid.

Mets’ Howie Rose on Bin Laden News

CBS with Howie’s reaction to the news breaking during the game.

“(I’m) still kind of spinning from what was an utterly surreal night on the air — and as well as off,” Rose told Marc Malusis after the game.
Rose and producer Chris Majkowski wanted to hold until the news became official. Mounting chants of “USA!” in the stands made it impossible.

I must have just missed it. I switched to the radio around 9:30 and kinda remember Howie shouting about Young’s 7 strong innings at which point I turned it off. I like my sleep. Stupid Sunday Night Baseball.

More from Howie

The Mets seem unimportant this morning

Good morning Mets fans,

I’m one of the many who woke up to the Bin Laden news and didn’t experience the emotional outbursts last night. Still, in my corner of the world everyone is abuzz as old emotions return.

I had some stuff scheduled for the day – a cool Bat Day memory, more Mr. Met video, and normally this morning article would be about Young, Paulino and how I don’t enjoy Sunday Night Baseball. None of that seems appropriate this morning.

That’s not to say that I might not fire off one of those in an hour or two, but right now a rant about the color of a shirt would be stupid.

Where’s your head at this morning?

Mets Comment on Bin Laden News

Here are some reactions from the Mets Players after tonight’s game.

Terry Collins received the news of Osama bin Laden’s death in the dugout from bench coachKen Oberkfell.

“That’s certainly something bigger to celebrate than this, I can tell you that,” Collins said. “Obie came over to me and he said, ‘You know why they’re chanting?’ I said, ‘No,’ and he told me. It’s a big night. One of the guys [third base coach Chip Hale] said at the end of the game, ‘That’s as big a night as we’ll have in a long time. We got bin Laden and we won.’

“Obviously this is a big night for the United States. I wish we could have finished the game two hours ago and celebrated a little bit of it. We’ll take a nice ride home, take the day off and get ready for San Francisco. This is a good win for us, and obviously a huge win for America tonight.”

Beato said he focused on the game, but he had more of a direct connection to Sept. 11 than perhaps anyone in a Mets uniform on Sunday night. Beato had watched the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers from rooftop of Xaverian High School in Brooklyn.

When I was in high school, we got called into the auditorium,” said Beato, who had moved from the Dominican Republic to New York shortly before. “I thought it was like a routine thing. Five days into the school year my freshman year, I don’t know what’s going on. They called us in. They were talking about what happened, but I didn’t understand too well. Me and a friend of mine just went up to the roof of the building once we knew what it was. We saw the building just smoking from the roof.

You can read more here from Adam Rubin and ESPN.