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Last night on MetsBlog, I relayed the following quote from Jerry Manuel about Jose Reyes, made jokingly to reporters prior to last night’s game:
“I told him the next time he does that, I’m going to get my blade out and cut him, right on the field. Hey, I’m a gangsta now. You go gangsta on me, I’m gonna have to get you now.”
This morning, the Drudge Report, which gets roughly 20 million hits every day, used the following one sentence headline on it’s blog today, with no additional explanation, linking to a report in the Daily News:
“New NYMets manager threatens to stab a star player.”
…threaten…puh-lease…it was a joke, and as you can see in the following video, courtesy of SNY, every one in the room knew it was a joke as well:
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Anything to get hits. What a moron.
Ditto.
Ahh you gotta love the media…
He seems to want to cut Jose Reyes. He wants him to bleed out on the field. There is some truth to every joke.
The right wing slime machine can be so adorable sometimes.
fair and balanced
Fairly Unbalanced. Drudge is a fool.
Lord knows Matt Drudge would never sensationalize *anything*….
Yeah, we know it’s a joke, Mets fans know, and anybody with any intelligence knows, but it’s too tempting to use the quote as an out-of-context headline, which unfortunately points even more to what out-of-area folks like to call “typical New York mentality,” or something like that.
I just question the wisdom of saying this type of stuff. When you know it can so easily be twisted and misconstrued and you spend the next couple of days explaining it. Keep it in the clubhouse, Jerry ; stop trying to be so hip and cool and, well, “gangsta.”
Again, I have to wonder why it’s so important in New York to be cool, or street, or hip, or urban chic, or “gangsta,” and less important to be thoughtful, contemplative, dependable, reliable, and well spoken.
overreacting, much?
No, but others are, and that’s part of the problem. You’d think that after everything that just happened, and the media storm that ensued, the debaucle of the Mets’ botching of the firing of Willie Randolph and Omar Minaya’s rather stupid and poorly spoken comments, that Manuel would use better judgment.
This is just plain dumb. Funny, in a sort of New York way, but just dumb.
it was a joke. that’s the problem with political correctness. everything is a land mine leaving people afraid to say everything for fear of stern rebuke. what jerry manuel said was a joke. what he said has no relation whatsoever to the goings-on og the day before.
he was trying to be funny and engaging which was a main complaint about willie. just goes to show desperate matt drudge is for news because this is right up his alley.
F#$% the media and anyone else who disses the orange and blue. We’re ganstas now. Let’s show it on the field
Drudge definitely rides the ladies bus
I think what he said is definitely better than Willie’s old “Well I think what we discussed should stay in the clubhouse between us”….Jerry sidestepped the question without saying anything stupid or embarrassing his player. And he provided a good headline, so the media guys were satisfied. Whoever the moron is who took it seriously can go jump off a bridge. This was a “good job” for Manuel in my book. You can see how much looser the guys are, Reyes finally looked like he was having fun for the first time in a year…
YES JERRY WAS FUNNY AND HE HANDLED THE WHOLE SITUATION WITH REYES VERY WELL AND JUDGING FROM LAST NIGHTS PERFORMANCE, HE SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO GET THE BEST OUT OF HIM. I FEEL REAL GOOD ABOUT THIS GUY.
Jesus Christ, do you have to scream in my ear? I’m right here…
shouldn’t you be on the bus?
: )
maybe jerry can go gangsta on drudge
Now there’s a thought. But frankly, the idea of Jerry Manuel “going gangsta” is just, well, unbelievable and rather silly.
I don’t know, he’s definitely got some psychotic potential. All smiley and cool, then flying into rages behind closed doors (if you believe what you hear).
Matt Drudge is still around? Unless it’s 2002 again, I don’t see why anyone would care what his little website says.
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Matt Drudge is like the Kato Kaelin of the internet, coasting forever for being at the wrong place at the right time.
F the Media. I like it. I think he adds some humor to the clubhouse that may have been lacking with Willie. I feel like the players may relate to Jerry better than Willie, and im hoping he can develop good relationships with the younger players.
I hope all outlets keep bashing the Mets, bc i’m hoping they use it as motivation, just as the Patriots did all season long.
I totally agree.
An “us against the world” mentality is arguably the best motivation any professional sports team can have.
I’m all for humor, I think it’s sorely needed, especially around the Mets. Heaven knows they do enough dumb things on a daily basis to provide plenty of fodder for the daily humor machine. But maybe in this case it would have been a little better if Manuel had kept it in the clubhouse and let the press and everyone get to know him a little bit more before making these types of remarks. It just struck me as very odd that he would do this in the midst of the mediastorm and negative publicity already surrounding the Mets. It’s as if he has no sensitivity to it all, and of course, in New York, that could be deadly. Or, very funny. OR, make him look like an idiot. OR, make him look cool. OR, blow up in his face.
And so it goes…
Nah, he took the tension out of the room. I thought it was a great spot for him to be humorous. good for him.
Yeah Deb. Sorry, but I think you’re alone on this one. I think we all agree it was “gangsta” for him to do that. Here we go with NY fans. A few days ago people were complaining with the hiring of Manuel. “He is a Willie clone. He is too reserved and calm like Willie was. We need someone with fire who will loosen the guys up and motivate them to enjoy the game and play hard.” Now, Manuel is showing that side, and you are saying, “He should be stoic and straight-faced and make comments like these behind closed-doors.” Sounds kind of like Willie doesn’t it? You can just never win. I think 99% of readers have no problems with Jerry’s comments. You’re on your own.
Hey, I got no problem being on my own, lol. I stand by my remarks, and I guess we’ll just have to wait and see how the whole “gangsta” thing goes down.
If we’re gonna have another manager who’s afraid to be conversational and instead is PC about everything he says, we’re gonna have another couple of years of boredom out of this team. I’m glad that there’s finally some human effect coming out of that dugout and locker room. Make jokes, as stupid as they may seem, and speak your mind. Good for Jerry, good for the Mets. He’ll keep everyone loose and relaxed…
Drudge is absurd, but that’s what he does.
More important is the article he links to:
Manuel spent his second afternoon as interim manager working David Wright to near-exhaustion. Roughly 4-1/2 hours before Wednesday night’s first pitch, Manuel rapidly fired ball