Murphy’s Law – Any thing that can go wrong will go wrong. I certainly know it wasn’t Bob Murphy who said that, he was just way too positive a person. But the Mets are exemplifying the law Murphy had penned who knows when. The Seattle Mariners, the worst team in baseball who has scored the fewest runs in baseball defeated the Met 11-0.
There really is nothing to say. The highlight of the game was seeing Jerry Manuel getting thrown out of the game. Beltran soon followed. Mets fans should be ecstatic because their biggest complaint was that Willie never did that. At least the Braves and Marlins lost again too. For that matter the Yankees were shelled by
I think sooner or later we must come to the conclusion that unless Omar Minaya pulls a fast one at the trade deadline, this season will not be one of the Mets bests. It won’t be one of the worst either. But as fans, we are going to have to come to terms with the notion that this team is not headed to the playoffs this year, Shea’s last.
Oliver Perez was simply awful tonight. In contrast to Santana’s struggles last evening, Perez wasn’t even on the same playing field. What’s most disturbing is that lately Perez’s velocity has been down. I wonder if there is a problem in that arm. You know his left arm would have to be falling off for Perez and his agent Scott Boris to admit there was a problem, not in his walk year.
More importantly the Mets offense took another night off. Just last night, Jerry Manuel in his post game chat with the media stressed how the Mets hitters need to work on knowing the strike zone. Obviously they have made no adjustments. Now the difference in Jerry and the previous manager is somewhat refreshing. Where Willie Randolph would have sugar coated and said the Mets have a good offensive club that are not hitting right now, Jerry flat out said tonight the Mets are a bad offensive club. There is no spinning with this guy and I for one appreciated it. He’s talking tough and that’s just what the Mets need. You can tell that his demeanor is not just for show.
During tonight’s post game press conference, Manuel openly admitted that changes to the lineup and the rotation will very well be necessary. Let’s give Manuel a chance. I think he has what it takes to right this ship but it will not happen overnight. It may take 30 to 40 games before we see major changes. Let’s just hope the rest of the division continues to struggle while the Mets get their act together. And by the way, Manuel also praised Mets fans stating they deserve better. In his words he said “They are waiting, they’re waiting, they’re waiting, they’re waiting, they’re waiting, they are hoping we do well and it’s not fair to them”. Hey, he gets it. Manuel’s winning me over and change will come.
In retrospect, Omar made the right decision last week. No disrespect to Willie Randolph but the Mets are in better hands right now. At least after a tough loss like tonight, you get the feeling that the manager is just as frustrated as we are and intends to do something about it. Hopefully he will.
Carlos Beltran just said something very interesting in the club house. When asked about getting thrown out of the game, he made a remark that is somewhat telling about his, perhaps the teams, feeling towards Willie Randolph. He said “a manager coming out to protect his players is the way it should be”. Interesting…
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