Quote: They Were Better
Johan Santana, talking to reporters after last night’s game:
“This whole series, they played great baseball, they did the little things and they took advantage of it and we didn’t. And that’s the reason why they won the game and won the series. I mean, we tried, but they were better.”
…okay, well, there you have it…
According to the New York Post, Braves fans chanted, “Ov-er-rat-ed,” as the Mets left the dugout following last night’s loss.
…it had to be the Braves…of all the teams, in all of the league…ugh…
…however, johan is right…the Braves out-hustled the Mets in every moment of this series…what’s worse, as the game went on, while the Mets continued to play hard, they also played sloppy and looked like they were all trying to do too much, not too little, and thus made some pretty costly mistakes…
…most fans like to think that the solution to a slide like this is to play more aggressive, to play harder, to hustle more, etc., but, according to SNY’s Lee Mazzilli, and so many other baseball voices, the solution is to actually slow the game down…“Let the game come to you,” as they like to say…instead, right now, the Mets are pressing, and look tight, and so mistakes will happen and losses will pile up, especially when playing a team as hot and loose as the Braves, who can afford to take chances and play more aggressive…
