Daily Archives: June 19, 2008
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:
Tagged MetsBlog |To watch SNY.tv’s exclusive Post Game Extra, hosted by Gary Cohen and Ron Darling, including highlights and quotes from last night’s win against the Angels, click here:
Jerry Manuel, with a smile, speaking to reporters prior to 
Wednesday’s game, regarding what he told Jose Reyes in the locker room on Tuesday after the shortstop stormed off the field and tossed his helmet in disgust of being pulled from the game with a possible injury:
“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.”
…i don’t know whether to laugh at this, or be afraid…
…apparently, jerry refers to himself and his players as gangstas…
In fact, during Manuel’s introductory press conference on Tuesday, he told reporters that he often uses the expression, “Gangstas on the field, ladies on the bus.”
Manuel, on his relationship with the players, and whether his confrontation with Reyes allowed him to how his team who his boss, while speaking to reporters prior to Wednesday’s game:
“Once you step into an authoritative position, you’ve got to be an authority. That’s the bottom line, and that has to be accepted. I’m not here to make friends, or for people to like me, or for people to say this or that about me, I’m here to run the club in the best way that I think is possible.”
In a post to Hot Foot, Anthony De Rosa has created the perfect movie posted to honor ‘the new boss.’
The Mets (35–36) defeated the Angels (43–30) by the score of 5 to 4 in 10 innings tonight in Anaheim.
Congratulations Jerry Manuel, on your first win as manager of the Mets.
For a recap, boxscore, stats, etc., go to SNY.tv.
- The Mets (specifically Jose Reyes) got out to a three-run lead, but back-to-back hits by Vladimir Guerrero and Torri Hunter in the fifth inning gave the Angels a lead that Francisco Rodriguez would eventually blow in the top of the ninth, as David Wright ripped a two-out single to drive in Reyes to tie the game.
- In the 10th, the calm and cool Damion Easley hit a solo home run to left field for the game’s deciding run.
- The Mets bench was alive as Easley returned to the dugout following his home run…giddy, would be another word that comes to mind.
- A Lets Go Mets chant broke out in Anaheim, amid the silent and stunned home crowd.
- The Mets had a base runner in every inning.
- Carlos Delgado hit his 10th home run of the year.
- Hunter’s RBI single in the fifth skipped just below the glove of a diving Reyes.
- Wright made a routine, yet exceptional play in the 10th to throw out the first batter of the inning.
- Jerry Manuel spends a lot of time looking in his binder, studying the field and talking one on one with his players, which is interesting to watch.
- Joe Smith, Scott Schoeneweis, Duaner Sanchez and Billy Wagner pitched four scoreless innings in relief.
- Lastly, Reyes played a sensational game tonight, which was nice to see following the previous game’s debacle.
The Mets are off tomorrow, but return to action on Friday against the Rockies in Colorado where John Maine will face Aaron Cook.
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