You gotta believe. I know 2-0 does not mean we break out the champagne, but you couldn't have asked for a better script than yesterday's game. The game had so many highlights, Wright's 9th inning catch and home run, R.A's pitching effort (what he called a 'community win'), great relief pitching, clutch hitting and the two home runs of Lucas Duda.
With that name and that slugger look (6'5", 250 pounds), it is only a question of time before the quiet and unassuming Duda will own New York. Face it, over their fifty years, you can count on the fingers of one hand, the legitimate sluggers that the Mets have had on their roster (topic for another time).
As Met optimists, lets take a deep breath, hope for the best and celebrate the accomplishments of Lucas Duda in quotes.
"He's got the strength to hit it out of anywhere. He's got a chance to be some kind of power hitter."
--Terry Collins, on Lucas Duda
"It's a gorgeous feeling. It's refreshing to know that those line drives that were doubles could go out there."
--Ike Davis, on Lucas Duda's Home run to Center field that would likely have been a double before the dimensions changed
"He is not a burner out there, but he will catch the ball and he'll make some plays you might not think he can and he will do whatever he can to win."
--Mike Gillepsie, UC-Irvine Baseball Coach, on the fielding ability of Lucas Duda
'I'd put him up against anybody in the league as far as power."
--David Wright, on Lucas Duda
"Offensively, the guy is going to be a force."
--Terry Collins
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