8
2009
They Haven’t Scored Since Saturday!
An article by Former Writers
The Mets were shut out Tuesday night by the Dodgers over at Citi Field, the final score Dodgers 8, Mets 0. The last time the Mets scored was on Saturday afternoon. The scoreless streak is at 18+ innings. At what point does Jerry Manuel wake up and realize his offensive strategy isn’t working?
Why does Jerry continue to trot out double play machine Fernando Tatis? I know Tatis was comeback player of the year last year, but how many guys have had decent seasons the year after they won comeback player? Maybe its time to just release Tatis, and either platoon Murphy and Evans at first, or bring someone up from the minors. Tatis is batting a whopping .253 this year, eleven points less than his lifetime batting average.
Next, its time to give Jeremy Reed some substantial playing time. Reed is a decent outfielder and he’s batting .280 so far. For reason, known only to Jerry, Reed rides the bench most nights. Completely unacceptable.
Why is Fernando Martinez still here with his .176 batting average and sore leg? Omar, wake up here. The kid is NOT ready. His leg hurts, why is he taking up a spot on the roster? I just looked at the Buffalo roster. There are two outfielders down there, Cory Sullivan (.297 BA), and Jesus Feliciano (.300 BA). Lets get Martinez out of here and bring one of these guys up here. They can’t be worse than F-Mart has been so far.
For those of you who watched tonight’s game, did you see how Torre’s Dodgers worked the count. How they made Mets pitchers throw strikes? Did anyone on the Mets bench notice this? All the years Torre’s teams have won championships they always force the opposing pitchers to throw strikes. When the Mets are at bat, they swing like they have 11:00 PM dinner reservations and they don’t want to be late. Its time for Hojo to go. Its time for the Mets to stop this silly notion of bringing back coaches from 1986 for nostalgia’s sake.
We all hear about the errors the Mets make on defense, but on offense they are making plenty of mistakes too.
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NL East Standings
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationals | 26 | 18 | .591 | - |
| Braves | 26 | 20 | .565 | 1.0 |
| Mets | 24 | 21 | .533 | 2.5 |
| Marlins | 24 | 21 | .533 | 2.5 |
| Phillies | 23 | 23 | .500 | 4.0 |
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Gregg I’ve been saying Hojo has got to go for awhile now but everyone is so in love with 1986 that they can’t come to grips with reality that the guy isn’t a good hitting coach. Nuff said.
Gregga i agree with you on Tatis.I wrote on a post last week i’d rather lose watching Murphy and Evans and F-Mart play.I still think as an optimist if you look at the Mets schedule for the next 30 games,compared to the Phils we have a chancce to not loose sight of 1st.But this team needs a shake up.Jerry needs to throw some bats.Omar needs to go get Dunn,Halladay and Rios or Wells.If all that is stopping the Dunn trade is Parnell then let him go.Also Halladay is the best go all in on this guy.Toronto wants to shed money lets help them out. We can take on Rios a young athletic outfielder or Wells,but preferably Rios.Time to change was 2weeks ago,so shit or get off the pot,OMAR.
Does else think the least they could with this interim team is come up with a steady line-up?
I agree completely with the Fernando Martinez comment. Why is he with the Mets when he is unable to play? Why isn’t Jerry telling Omar to bring up a guy who an actually play? What’s with Mets mgmt? Do they check in their brains in the coat room when they come to work?