Straight Cash Homey Dot Net (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Jose Valentin, Chicago White Sox: When you’re the guy in the Nomar Cubs jersey, you get precious few opportunities to make fun of someone else’s wardrobe choices. This guy took full advantage when he got the chance. (Found by Adam in Chicago.)
Shea Nation (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
By Jack "The Hack" Mason Man, was it hot in Los Angeles this weekend- hitting over 113 degrees where David lives, around 110 where I live- and yet, it seems, the Mets were even hotter than the L.A. sun, for a change! Let's hit a bunch of random topics: Injuries Jose Valentin , it seems, is finished for this season, telling the Mets he needs the rest of the season to heal up for a comeback in '09. Okay,...
The Mets Report (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
Image via Wikipedia Mets infielder Jose Valentin decided to shut his season down for 2008. He’s been playing at Triple-A New Orleans but has been hampered by neck, ankle, and elbow injuries this season. He has said that he wants to give it another shot next year but there are reports that the Mets expect him [...]
Mets Today (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
The 2008 comeback attempt of Jose Valentin has come to an end. After hitting a pinch-hit homerun for New Orleans, Valentin called the Mets’ front office to say that he was shutting it down for the rest of the season — but is not yet ready to retire. Valentin had been struggling in his recovery from both [...]
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
Bart Hubbuch / Mets Blog : Valentin taking rest of year off — The Mets had hoped to get veteran sparkplug Jose Valentin back, but Valentin won't be rejoining them this season — or possibly ever again. — The 38-year-old infielder called the team Friday night from Triple-A New Orleans and said he plans to take the rest of the season off.
Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
The body lets you know when it's over, whether your 32 or 42, it has a way of saying enough is enough. Most of us have missed Jose Valentin since he went down early in 2007 and were surprised to see how good he looked in Spring training. Even those who didn't want to see the club getting older again, wished for his veteran leadership during this year's struggles. But Valentin's body has betrayed his...
Hot Foot (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
Bart Hubbuch of the NY Post’s Mets Blog is reporting that Jose Valentin has called it quits for the remainder of the season. The 38-year-old infielder called the team Friday night from Triple-A New Orleans and said he plans to take the rest of the season off. Valentin, cited chronic pain from elbow and neck injuries for [...]
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
Jose Valentin went 4-for-4 last night, in his fourth game since joining Triple-A New Orleans. In 17 at bats for New Orleans this season, while playing first base and designated hitter, Valentin is batting .235 with one extra base hit, four strike outs and a perfectly groomed mustache. …if he’s hitting, i would like to see him back with the Mets, [...]
Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
With all indications pointing towards Jose Valentin replacing Abraham Nunez on the active roster, most of what I read from around the blogosphere was opposed to bringing in another aging veteran. Valentin is hit less in AAA and while I understand the team wanting his leadership, a struggling offense just can't carry another weak bat. I'm all for bringing in Valentin if the team really feels he's that...
Hot Foot (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
For those who haven’t heard the news, Jose Valentin , The Stache, has been moved to AAA. Valentin, who said he would retire rather than waste a half season rehabbing, has spent the season to date rehabbing in St Lucie. One would assume if he was moved up, it’d be at the expense of [...]
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Jose Valentin was hitless in four at bats for Triple-A New Orleans last night. He had been hitting .320 in seven games during a rehab assignment for Single-A St. Lucie. Last week, at the baseball blog for the New York Times, Charlie Nobles talked with Valentin, who has been frustrated watching the Mets from the sidelines and [...]
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
Over at the baseball blog for the New York Times, Charlie Nobles catches up with the rehabbing Jose Valentin. According to Nobles, Valentin, who had been rehabbing a knee injury, but is now nursing a sore elbow, has been frustrated watching the Mets from the sidelines and believes he can help the team reach their potential. …while [...]
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
In his latest installment of Rumblings & Grumblings on ESPN.com, Jayson Stark discusses how the Mets clubhouse sorely misses Jose Valentin. Stark quotes a baseball insider as explaining: “Not having Jose Valentin might be the biggest difference between this team and the 2006 team … He not only played well. He’s a tough guy. He kept [...]
Hot Foot (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
Jayson Stark writes in his recent article assessing the first third of the season that the Mets are missing a key clubhouse leader in Jose Valentin. “Not having Jose Valentin might be the biggest difference between this team and the 2006 team,” said one baseball man. “He not only played well. He’s a tough guy. He [...]
The LoHud Mets blog (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Rickey Henderson, Jose Valentin and Julio Franco. What's the connection? All are veteran players who were around with the Mets in part to help Jose Reyes. I am not buying Willie Randolph's comments that Reyes is "still a baby learning to play the game." Sorry, he's been around too long to be playing in the daze that [...]
