SORRY, BUT THAT’S HOLLYWOOD FANTASY & IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY IT TOOK THE HEROICS OF ONE IN MAKING THE SUPREME SACRIFICE TO ACTALLY PULL IT OFF. CRITICIZING JERRY AT A TIME LIKE THIS IS TANTAMOUNT TO CRITICZING CUSTER FOR NOT COUNTERATTACKING TO VICTORY. NOW, AS MOST OF YOU LIKELY KNOW, I’M USUALLY AN ULTIMATE OPTIMIST; BUT WITH THE LIKES OF CASTILLO,CORA,SCHNEIDER,MURPHY,EVANS,HOBBLED-UP SHEFF,CHURCH,TATIS,WRIGHT TO WHITTLE A WINNING LINEUP FROM WHILE STARTING LIVAN,NIEVES & EVEN SAINT-ANA AND ANTICIPATE A SERIES VICTORY IS CERTAINLY DRINKING MUCH STRONGER SPIRITS THAN KOOLAIDE. I LOOKED AT THIS SERIES & FIGURED OUR METS SHOULD LOSE 2 OF 3; BUT COULD WIN 2 OF 3. AFTER REDDING’S BULLPEN EHAUSTING APPEARANCE IN PITT, JERRY HAD LITTLE CHOICE BUT TO LET LIVAN TAKE IT ON THE CHIN. THE BIGGEST JOKE OF THE WEKKEND WAS THE CONCERN OVER FRANKIE’S AVAILABILITY ON FRI. I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO OMAR PULLING OFF THE BIGGEST, MOST IMPACTFUL MIDSEASON DEAL IN MLB HISTORY WHEN THE REPLACEMETS DEAL CORA,TATIS,MURPHY,REDDING,SHEFF,PARNELL,DESSENS FOR REYES,BELTRAN,DELGADO,MAINE,PUTZ,WAGNER
THE IMPACT MAY NOT BE FELT THE FIRST 2 WKS; BUT IN AUGUST, EARLY SEPT.(BEST KNOWN AS THE ‘DOG’DAYS) THESE UBER TALENTED, VERY RESTED REINFORCEMENTS SHOULD MANAGE TO RECOOP WHAT WAS LOST IN STANDINGS SINCE 5/22 ESP WITH 2 SERIES EACH AGAINST HOUSTON,CHICAGO,ARIZONA,COLORADO & 9G LEFT Vs NATS. THE MOST REMARKABLE THING ISN’T THE QANTITY OF PLAYERS MISSING; BUT THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THEM: ARGUABLY,
BELTRAN IS #1 CF IN NL
REYES IN TOP 5 SS IN NL, POSSIBLY #1 LEADOFF HITTER
DELGADO, TOP 10 IN POWERHITTERS
MAINE POSSIBLY BEST #4 SP IN NL
PUTZ, TOP 5 SETUPS IN NL
THE NYM HAVE BEEN MISSING THEM FOR MORE THAN HALF THE GAMES PLAYED TO DATE YET THEY STILL ARE IN THE HUNT, ONLY 3GB.
SOMEHOW THE FANBASE IS STILL COMPLAINING ABOUT NITS. FOR JERRY TO FIELD A COMPETITIVE TEAM, MANY PLAYEERS ARE OUT OF POSITION. YESTERDAY, 7/4, 3 OF 8 FIELDERS WERE IN RELATIVLY NEW POSITIONS WITH A FOURTH, SHEFF, LIKELY NOT PHYSICALLY UP TO CAPABLE FIELDING, GROUND COVERAGE,RANGE. TATIS @ 2B? CORA @ SS, MURPHY @ 1B? CHURCH IN CF? EVANS IN LF?
AND SOMEONE WANTS COMPETANT FIELDING? WHO? EVANS IN LF & SHEFF IN RF? MAYBE THAT WORKS WITH BELTRAN COVERING ALLEY 2 ALLEY; BUT CHURCH?
AT THIS POINT JERRY’S GOT TO FIGURE CUSTER HAD IT EASY! IT WAS OVER WITHIN HOURS.
PERSONALLY, MY BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT IS IN NOT SEEING HOW DOMINANT THIS ROSTER WOULD’VE BEEN IF HEALTHY ALL SEASON. MEX PREDICTED IT AS A ‘SPECIAL’ SEASON THIS YR FOR AMPLE REASON. THE GORILLA IN THE ROOM, PHILLY WAS REAlly a chimp on steroids(pun intended) NO MORE THAN AN OPORTUNISTIC PERENIAL SECOND PLACE TEAM WITH IMPECCABLE HOTSTREAK TIMING, NO WONDER THEY COULDN’T GET THEIR MINDS OFF US, THEY TRULY KNOW HOW FORTUNATE THEY WERE. HELL, DOES MIKE SCHMIDT HAVE TO PUMPUP THE EGOS OF A TRULY BETTER TEAM? UNLIKE HOLLYWOOD, THE BETTER TEAM DOESN’T ALWAYS WIN; BUT AS MY DECEASED FATHER USED TO TELL ME ON THE GOLF COURSE; “SON, IT’S OFTEN BETTER TO BE LUCKY THAN GOOD”.

Animal House Speech.