Month: March 2009

Jerry Manuel Is So Much More Than A Gangsta

There are so many qualities I admire about Jerry Manuel, but the one I admire most is his ability to be forthright and tell it like it is. Unlike past Mets managers, I never get the feeling that Manuel is simply paying us lip service. Yesterday, he weighed in on Pedro Martinez and regardless of whether you agree with him or not, you are left with no other choice than to respect the way he...

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Mets Would Be Smart To Cut Duaner Sanchez

I think it’s time we stop dreaming about the Duaner Sanchez we saw for three months in 2006, and start accepting the fact that the “pre taxi cab from hell” Sanchez is never coming back. It’s been three years… Lets move on already… The truth is that, he was riding a hot April in 2006 anyway… April: 0.00 ERA, OBA .135 May – July: 3.70 ERA, OBA .252...

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Redding Must Be Joking

After being knocked around yesterday by the Michigan Wolverines, Tim Redding was quoted by the New York Post as saying,”I showed them last year – that’s why I’m here,” said Redding, who was 10-11 for the Nationals in 2008. “I don’t have anything to prove. I’ve proved to myself I belong on this stage, with a ballclub of this caliber, doing the job...

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Jose Reyes Offers To Play Another Position

There was an interesting article from Jim Baumbach of Newsday this morning in which he reported that Jose Reyes would be willing to switch to another position for the WBC Dominican team. Jose Reyes said he told Dominican Republic manager Felipe Alou he is willing to play “anywhere on the field” in order to get both Reyes and Hanley Ramirez in the lineup at the same time. Reyes...

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Update: Pedro Still Tops Our Poll For Fifth Starter

On Saturday we ran a poll… Who Should Be The Mets Number 5 Starter? We have registered over one hundred additional votes since yesterday, and Pedro’s numbers continue to rise. Pedro now stands at 59% with 262 votes, followed by Tim Redding in second place with 19% and 83 votes. Today, Ron Darling said that the thing that was most impressive about Pedro Martinez was not...

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