Note: Two Hot Topics on WFAN
I have been listening to WFAN all morning, and the two most popular topics among fans who are calling in to the show are:
1) Jose Reyes’s ‘Cadillacing’ around the bases following his game-breaking, three-run home run last night against the Phillies, during which he did not run hard out of the batter’s box.
2) Marlon Anderson, and why is he starting when hitting just .203 in 118 at bats this season.
On Reyes, if that was ‘Cadillacing,’ than what was Rickey Henderson doing all those years? Jeez.
Why are people so infatuated with ripping on Reyes? He’s a hot-shot, 25–year-old, exciting baseball player. Let him be. If he doesn’t show emotion, people will say he’s stoic, not being himself and being a Kevin McReynolds, and if he does show off they’ll say he’s immature, a showboat and cocky. Unreal. Plus, with one out and runners on first and second, the runners were only half way up the base line tagging for a potential pop out, so Reyes had no choice but to slow his trot.
On Anderson, who will not be in the starting lineup today, I can only think that Jerry Manuel is pulling a page from Willie Randolph’s book in trying to get Anderson in to a rhythm, which is hard to do if he’s buried on the bench. The thing is, he should be buried. Easley should be starting in left field, and Argenis Reyes should be starting at second, with Fernando Tatis serving as the primary bat off the bench.
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