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@dudabides
Duda still seems to fly under the radar on the national scene, failing to get the recognition some of his teammates receive. Even Duda said he doesn't feel he's more recognized in public, although he quickly noted he doesn't go out enough to get a true account.
THAT’S OUR FAVE SHUT-IN!
When the Subway Series commences this weekend, Duda just may be – apologies to Jacoby Ellsbury and the revived Alex Rodriguez – the best position player in this city.
No shit?
“It’s nice to have ‘Big Dude’ behind me,” d’Arnaud said of being protected by Lucas Duda batting behind him.
OH I BET IT IS TRAVIS WINK
Really into Duda’s whole Mormon underwear style.
I know what I would do, which is just love on them, the same way I do with teammates in here who are straight...As a believer in Jesus, that’s what I’m called to do; I’m called to love on my teammates.
Now THAT'S a lifestyle!
So maybe Lucas Duda IS funny after all.
Can we like get a spycam in the Mets locker room to get glimpses of Duda's apparent hilarity? Only glimpses of that, of course, nothing more. Ahem.
2 MANY LOLZ @ "goodness"
INTENSE NERDERY THEREIN.
Ike Whovis?
Duda isn't above cracking a few jokes -- one teammate said he even has been known to break out into song on bus rides
The New York Mets are silent as the gleaming silver Greyhound weaves its way through traffic. It had been a long flight home after a grueling West Coast trip. They will soon reach their destinations: an expansive compound in Westchester, a sleek high-rise in Long Island City, an empty bachelor pad on the Upper East Side. But for now, drained from long days in the sun and the hum of jetlag, they are quiet and contemplative as dusk turns the New York sky a brilliant mash of orange and blue. All of a sudden, a voice emerges.
LUCAS DUDA [singing]: HELLO DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND.
YEAH I OWN EVERY ASS IN HERE
from yesterdays game but THIS IS THE MOST EXCITED IVE EVER SEEN LUCAS AWWWWWW too bad they lost :(
DUDA SHOCK. DUDA FEEL...NO SADNESS, BUT...[whimpers] joy?
What qualifies as a test? Hitting the go-ahead RBI off of a lefty? Please. There is real pain and suffering in this world: bigotry and famine and genocide and—OH YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE TOWEL WAVE CELEBRATION THING? OK COOL.
On April 18, the Mets traded Davis to Pittsburgh. “Now, we’re going to see what Duda is made of,” Terry Collins said a few days later, in quiet moment outside the clubhouse. The manager had talked up Duda for years, but I hadn’t been listening. In fact, Duda tended to produce agreement between the analysts and the sun-soaked lifers; both sides saw potential for a dynamic bat. Scouts and skippers thought his swing was smoother than Davis’, while front office-types admired his approach and exit velocity. The only experience that led one to disagree, it seemed, was reporting. Through doing my job, and getting to know both as human beings, I arrived at an opinion that now seems clearly wrong. Duda has 20 homers this year; Davis seven. Duda’s OPS is .866; Davis’ is .705. The Mets chose wisely. On Monday morning, I asked Duda directly: Did writers, especially this one, overstate your issues with confidence? “I do think the media kind of played that like I wasn’t confident, or I was nervous,” he said. “I think that playing breeds confidence. For a long time, I wasn’t playing up to what I expected of myself. Confidence is thrown around so much. I have always had confidence.”
Or: How NY Baseball Writers Are Terrible At Their Jobs.
(I mean for fuck's sake, God forbid a young player express honesty about feeling insecure once in a while OH NO HE'S A HUMAN) (like no less than Ralph Kiner spoke glowingly of Duda's swing vs. Davis', maybe pay more attention to what's happening out on the field?) (have you compared their stats recently? Do you know that the Pirates are thinking of moving lefty-hitting power bat Alvarez to first base? What does that mean for Davis? Isn't it great that sportswriters have no actual influence?) (at least he fesses up to being a bad journalist?) (can I have his job?) /RANT
a) So if you try to rob Duda of a home run, he'll just hit another one later.
b) "We got Captain America and The Hulk" —someone in the dugout.
c) Oh he got an RBI off a lefty too. No big deal. Can it always be July?
Duda, sounding almost annoyed, played down or deflected each question. He tends to keep his answers brief, so brief that they are often followed by a stunned silence. This dance went on for six questions, about 1 minute 40 seconds total. When the pause grew longer, Duda stared blankly into the distance, over the group, his arms still by his side, as if he had been unplugged. After Duda was interviewed for this article, he harrumphed, hung his head, and echoed something he said when The Star-Ledger of Newark profiled him in 2012. “Dude, I’m the most uninteresting person in the world.”
Imagining a 70s sitcom opening credits of Duda harrumphing and then the title THAT'S OUR DUDA! spinning onto the screen.
(pretty good article; the exchange with Terry Collins is kind of heartbreaking)
