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Quote: Willie on Castillo not Running

by Matthew Cerrone on April 1st, 2008 at 8:11 am

In the first inning of yesterday’s game, Luis Castillo cost the Mets an early when he stopped at third with two outs on a bloop double by Carlos Beltran.

he would have scored too, had he been running hard from first base the entire time…plus, it was two outs, so he should have been busting it from the crack of the bat anyway

However, following the game, Willie Randolph explained to reporters that Castillo is still ‘a little banged up,’ and so he is not running at 100 percent, which is why he stopped at third.

Randolph later joked that he would bench Castillo for not running hard, mocking the reporters a bit for being so harsh, saying, while laughing, “Wow, ok, I’ll chastise him later, I’ll get the whip and beat him,” which the reporters and he shared a laugh over.

Castillo was 1 for 3 with a run scored and two walks.