{"id":2501,"date":"2016-02-27T12:19:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T18:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2501"},"modified":"2016-02-27T13:33:43","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T19:33:43","slug":"we-all-follow-lucas-duda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2501","title":{"rendered":"We All Follow Lucas Duda"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"21\"<\/a>Thanks everyone for the continued updates as Spring Training gets rolling and the numbers pile up.<\/p>\n

I’ve been very busy lately (more on that below) but happened to tune into the Twitter Garbage Fire ignited by Ken Davidoff’s curious piece<\/a> in the Post yesterday suggesting Lucas Duda was the club’s most\u00a0“overhated” and underappreciated Met. I have no problem with opinion columnists sharing opinions — particularly provocative ones — but this one simply didn’t ring true and marked\u00a0the second time this month a Post columnist goofed in delivering supposed insights to the team\u00a0(see Kernan’s since scrubbed-clean Jerry Blevins piece discussed below). I have a lot of respect for\u00a0the Post sports but they can’t be misinterpreting fan sentiment and also cover it well.<\/p>\n

While objectively there probably are some Mets fans who dislike Duda (some people don’t like puppies either)\u00a0Davidoff’s search for an angle overlooks the obvious. Duda in fact strikes me as an especially easy player to root for, even among a current squad with plenty to like: He’s darn good to start with, and his seeming discomfort in the spotlight to me makes him come off very much one of us.<\/p>\n

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@wefollowlucasduda @cgrand3 @jlagares12 @travisdarno @mcuddy5_3_23 @jeurys27<\/a><\/p>\n

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