Jul
18
2012

I Can Fix Josh Thole In Two Minutes

An article by Joe D

7 Comments

Poor Josh Thole just cant seem to catch a break these days…

Whispers about his game-calling…

Too many passed balls…

A god awful amount of wild pitches…

You just gotta feel bad for the guy…

To make matters worse, Terry Collins is calling for a team meeting apparently because of comments Pedro Beato made after last night’s wild pitch. You know the one right?

“I yanked it a little too far,” Beato told reporters. “Unfortunately, Thole wasn’t able to get to it. It got away from him.”

Even Bobby Ojeda and Gary Cohen both said Thole should have caught it and gotten out in front of it…

One of our readers sent this into us today.

What do you think?

Any chance it could help?

About the Author: Joe DeCaro

I'm a lifelong Mets fan who loves writing and talking about the Amazins' 24/7. From the Miracle in 1969 to the magic of 1986, and even the near misses in '73 and '00, I've experienced it all - the highs and the lows. I started Mets Merized Online in 2005 to feed my addiction. Follow me on Twitter @metsmerized.

7 Comments + Add Comment

Mr North Jersey July 18, 2012 at 5:49 pm

You know I may be wrong but that glove doesn’t look like a regulation glove.
Original Mets Fan July 18, 2012 at 5:51 pm

Is that a catchers mitt or a chest protector! lol
Paul Festa July 18, 2012 at 6:05 pm

He already uses that glove for Dickey…
Kay July 18, 2012 at 6:38 pm

When I read the title of this, Rick Peterson came to mind immediately
mitch petanick July 18, 2012 at 7:51 pm

Hopefully he’s shrinking Josh Thole and that’s why the glove looks bigger…that way his strike zone will be smaller, and maybe he can actually get on base once in awhile by earning walks as pitchers try to deal with his shrunken strike zone.
sarge69 July 19, 2012 at 12:25 am

Yeah maybe he should of blocked it but Beato needs to shut up and do what he is paid to do, get batters out instead of throwing the ball over the place but the plate, sheesh.
- theonlymaskman July 19, 2012 at 9:54 am
  
  Exactly. Pitch strikes and keep the ball around the plate and you won’t need a super-human catcher. It’s not like Beato is the second coming of Seaver that he can afford to spout off.

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