Daily Archives: June 18, 2008
…the thing with last night’s game is that the Mets just looked so sloppy…i mean, it was among the most sloppy games they had played all year…guys were making physical errors, like Carlos Delgado, mental errors like Damion Easley and Luis Castillo not covering a bag, bad pitches, bad swings, temper tantrums, etc., and it was just ugly…
…my hope is that after a long, drawn out, emotional day, on which they witnessed the end of an era, so to speak, that maybe the team was just drained…which is understandle…the key, though, is that it is over…and it’s time to move on…
Jerry Manuel, speaking to reporters after the game, said:
“We didn’t play good baseball. We looked very tired. I know I was tired. They looked tired. Maybe they were going through what I was going through…Hopefully now the cloud is lifted, we can get back to playing baseball. We’ve got a good team. We’ve got some good players. It’s all a matter of us getting on the same page and doing the things that we need to do to win. We’ll be okay. Sometimes good pitching can make you look that way.”
To watch Manuel’s post-game talk with reporters, courtesy of SNY, click the play button below:
Last night, in a loss against the Angels, Johan Santana gave up eight hits and walked two, while allowing four earned runs through six innings pitched.
In the first inning, Carlos Delgado made an error that could have ended the inning, but which allowed a run to score.
…not that it really mattered, with the way John Lackey was pitching…a one-run lead would’ve been just fine for him…
Santana is 7–5 with a 3.04 ERA in 15 starts for the Mets this season, during which the team is 9–6.
The Mets have lost Santana’s last three starts.
…a reader e-mailed me this morning asking if i am disappointed in what santana has given the Mets this season…
…i’m not disappointed…i think he’s been very good…not great…but very good…and better than his record shows…
…what concerns me is that his velocity seems to be a bit off…and so, last night, while he’s trying to throw a first-pitch strike but the batters were just teeing off of him…he could not get anything by any one, unless it was his masterful change-up, which means he is essentially a one-pitch pitcher at times…
…that said, the way i see it, he would probably be 9–3 with a 2.80’ish ERA if he had a better bullpen behind him…of course, he doesn’t…that said, i think he, as a pitcher, has been exactly what i had hoped for…the stats are a different story…
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In the first inning of last night’s loss to the Angels, Jose Reyes led off the game with a single, but he grabbed at his hamstring before removing his batting gloves.
Jerry Manuel, just a few seconds in to his first game as manager, walked to first base and pulled Reyes from the game for a precautionary reasons.
However, Reyes walked away from his manager, towards the field, angry about being told to leave, while arguing and pleading his case in plain view for every one to see.
Reyes eventually gave in, left first base, untucked his shirt, threw his helmet toward the field, and bascially threw a temper tantrum, storming through the dugout and in to the clubhouse.
Manuel fixed his roster, and then immediately left the dugout for the clubhouse to talk with his young short stop.
Reyes returned, and apologized to his teammates.
…jeeez, how old is this kid…look, i don’t know what it is to be a major league baseball player, but i am pretty sure acting like a five-year-old child screaming for candy in line at the grocery store is not part of the professional game…unreal…
Manuel, on Reyes, while talking to reporters after the game:
“Well, you know, Jose is a guy who loves to play and hates to come out of a ballgame, and I think historically when he first got here, that was one of the things that kept happening to him. So, he kind of gets real frustrated when you do that. The one thing I love about him is that attitude. He wants to play. He wants to be on the field. He came back out and apologized to his teammates.
“Normally he can shake it out and he feels better. But me, this being my first game, I didn’t want to lose Jose Reyes for an extended period of time. I said, ‘Nah, I’ll let you squiggle and squirm, but you’re getting on out of here tonight. You can be mad all you want to, you can throw rocks, sling snot, cry all you want, but you’re coming out.’”
…well, i for one will not tolerate ‘snot slinging,’ jerry…count me out on that one, sir…i mean, that’s just gross…
Reyes, seemingly embarrassed, had the following to say to reporters after the game:
“I already apologized to Jerry about that. I’m hungry for the game. I just want to play the game, but he did the best decision there because it’s a long season. He wants me to stay healthy all season long.”
…in the long run, this is probably a win-win, in the sense that reyes and his hamstring were protected, and manuel got to play the heavy in the first possible moment of his time at the helm…
…show them who’s boss, jerry…
To watch SNY.tv’s exclusive Post Game Extra, hosted by Gary Cohen and Ron Darling, including highlights and quotes from last night’s loss to the Angels, click here:
The Mets (34–36) lost to the Angels (43–29) by the score of 6 to 1 in Anaheim tonight.
For a recap, boxscore, stats, etc., go to SNY.tv.
However, in case you missed it, know that Jose Reyes was pulled from the game due to a hamstring injury by manager Jerry Manuel in the top of the first inning after reaching on single. Reyes resisted Manuel’s precautionary request to be pulled and immaturely stormed off the field while throwing his helmet towards the dugout; Johan Santana was ineffective in his six innings of work tonight allowing five runs, four earned, on eight hits and two walks while striking out five; Aaron Heliman followed Santana, throwing a scoreless inning; The Met defense played lackadaisically and unsoundly, committing three errors; John Lackey dominated the Mets offense, allowing a run and scattering six hits over his 7.2 innings pitched, lowering his season ERA to 1.73; The Mets attempted a eighth inning rally, but were shutdown by setup man extraordinaire, Scot Sheilds; lastly, Claudio Vargas allowed a run on three hits in his inning of relief.
The Mets look to take the rubber game of their three-game series with the Angels tomorrow night, with Oliver Perez facing Jon Garland, starting at 10:05 pm.
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