Quote: Building Character
By winning last nights game, the Mets took the series from the Phillies and are now above .500 and 2 games out of first place.
After last night’s dramatic win, Jerry Manuel commented on whether he’s happy to pull out the victory:
“That’s an understatement. Any time you put 10 runs on the board and you feel confident in your pitching you expect it to not be that difficult. But, we won the game, we won three out of four, we’re back in the mix and we’re moving above .500. So, all this is just a part of building character and strength and letting them know that, ‘Hey, this is going to be a diffilcut task. We have to be ready to do it. We’ve got to Man Up and keep pushing.’”
Carlos Beltran, who went 1-for-5 with a run scored on the team’s performance:
“Well, we’re playing better. I don’t wanna say that we’re right there yet, but playing a lot better and we’re doing things right…Right now, we’re happy with where we are and we’re looking forward to continuing to move on…We are fortunate to be where we are…But, it is the way it is and we’re happy where we are.”
…although i’m very happy the mets won last night, the game was almost the death of me…it seemed to be a microcosm for the roller coaster ride this season has been for me from a fan’s perspective…
