"Has anyone ever heard of plagiarism?" Rollins said, breaking into a laugh.
The NL MVP treated Beltran's in-your-face message that the New York Mets are the team to beat in the NL East like a take-out slide at second base.
He eluded it nicely, but mixed in a jab the way some middle infielders purposely land on a hard-charging runner at second base.
"Sequels are never good," Rollins said, crediting teammate Brett Myers with that statement first.
Also from SI.com,
"I expect to be in the playoffs and deep into the playoffs," Wilpon said Tuesday at the Mets' spring training complex. "That's our expectation."
The mild-mannered Beltran said earlier this spring that the Mets were the team to beat in the NL East -- similar to the bold statement Philadelphia shortstop Jimmy Rollins made last year.
"I like it when players speak their mind," Wilpon said. "Beltran's not the kind of guy that's out there every day making proclamations. It's very meaningful when Carlos Beltran says something like that."
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