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May 12, 2009 - 2:23 PM
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ANZALDIMAN
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Mets manager Jerry Manuel is a difficult guy to understand sometimes.
He's got this thing going with the press after every game where he never loses his cool, and he's a broken record after every game in press conferences because he basically says the same thing over and over again win or lose with that laid back delivery.
The press eats it up, and are set back on their heels when he flashes a smile every now and then and goes about his business. Always with a twinkle in his eye.
"Well, we did a lot of good things tonight..some positive things..annnd, there are some things we need to work on.. but overall, I believe that the things we are doing right outweigh the things we need to work on.."
It's always this zen type stuff in press interviews, and I like Jerry, he's a very personable guy, but I'd like to see more of the fire he showed on the field when he got thrown out of the ballgame and was suspended for one game a few days ago for making brief contact with his cap against an umpire that he disagreed with.
Manuel obviously has some fire inside but you'll never see it during the post game press conferences.
Do I agree with all his moves so far?
Absolutely not, but I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for at least this season.
He is a former manager of the year while in Chicago managing the White Sox, and he has had the Mets playing a whole lot better lately.
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May 19, 2009 - 11:55 AM
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ANZALDIMAN
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The saga of the New York Mets continues..
The Mets lost an extra innings game they should have won last night in Los Angeles because of some more mental blunders.
Ryan Church has been in the big leagues long enough now to know that he has to touch third base with his foot when he is rounding the base attempting to score.
He missed the base.
One thing is for sure, Jerry Manuel does not like Church for whatever reasons, and I'm sure it's mutual. Manuel stared him down when he came into the dugout afterwards, and then promptly turned his back on him.
Manuel did not even go out to argue the call with the third base umpire after Church was called out for missing the base to defend his player, so what does that tell you?
When the manager refers to his player in a press conference after a game as "the guy", as in "the guy missed third base", you know all is not well behind the scenes.
The Mets had K-Rod waiting to close, and the run that the Mets thought they had to pull into the lead was rendered null and void because of Church's brain fart.
We'll see how this progresses, but right now the Mets have lost power threat Delgado to a hip injury, and who knows when or if he'll be back this season.
He's also in the last year of his contract, and is 37 years old.
The Mets are pure and simple going to have to make a trade for a first baseman, and the most likely name bandied about has been Nick Johnson.
Minaya better start making some phone calls to some other GM's soon, because the starting lineup as now constituted is not going to fly for the rest of the season.
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Eight in a row!
You mean, Yankee wins? That is good.
MaxB
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Now if we could just smash the Twinkies a few times. 
