Note: Cancel Makes Willie look Good for a Minute
During last night’s win against the Rangers, the Mets had the bases loaded in the sixth inning, with the score tied, and Pedro Martinez stepping to the plate, who had thrown 92 pitches and allowed just one earned run.
Willie Randolph pulled Martinez, and instead chose to use Robinson Cancel, who last had a major league hit in 1999.
The Shea crowd let out a raucous boo in response to Randolph’s decision, but Cancel singled to center field, driving in Carlos Beltran and Damion Easley with the game’s deciding runs.
Randolph, on the crowd reaction, talking after the game:
“Well, you know, no matter what I do it’s going to go the other way anyway. So, you know, I wasn’t concerned about that. I mean, they like me for a second and then they don’t. So, that’s the way it goes. Fans are that way. I’m just trying to win a ballgame. It was one of those iffy calls for me, because Pedro was throwing the ball great, but I just felt like we had to take the opportunity to take a crack at it – and, I guess, Cancel made me look good for a minute.”
Following the game, Cancel talked with SNY’s Kevin Burkhardt in front of the team’s dugout, but Ramon Castro interrupted the interview by slamming a handful of shaving cream in to Cancel’s face, which you can watch in the following video clip:
