What we've been waiting for
A late-inning comeback? A ninth-inning hit with a runner in scoring position? A home run in extra innings? Billy Wagner slamming the door in the tenth?
Hey, that was special.
The first win of the Jerry Manuel era was something we've seen almost none of this season. Too often we've seen the other team take the lead and the Mets fail to step up. OK, so they waited for the last possible minute to step up, but they did it, and ended up beating the Angels two out of three.
Amazingly, Wright came into the game batting 1-for-20 in the ninth inning, but his single with two outs drove in Jose Reyes, who was on his best behavior. Reyes had three hits and scored three runs. The RBI was Wright's 54th of the season.
Damion Easley, starting at second base, blasted his second homer of the season in the top of the tenth, and Wagner pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the frame for the save.
The Angels scored three in the bottom of the fifth to take a 4-3 lead and it could have been worse for Ollie Perez. The Angels got two singles and walk to load the bases with none out, and then Vlad Guerrero singled in two as Manuel let Perez try to work his way out of the jam. Torii Hunter singed in the go-ahead run, and a fly out later, the Mets got fortunate. Wright made a nice play to throw out Guerrero at the plate, and then Castro picked off a wandering Hunter at second, with Wright making the final tag of the rundown.
Manuel himself pricked up some ears when he joked that if Reyes pulled a tantrum again, he'd knife him. "You know next time you do that I’m gonna get my blade out and cut you. Right out there on the field. I’m a gangsta now, you wanna get gangsta on me, I’m gonna have to get you now, you do that again, I’m gonna get you, right out there on the field."
So we've gone from "Yes, Joe, it's toasted" to straight up gangsta style. Can we get Lastings Milledge back?
Meanwhile, Willie confronted Manuel about a meeting the latter had with Tony Bernazard on the field last week at Shea. We know Willie and Tony hated each other, but Willie wasn't undermined by Manuel to Bernazard. That damage was done long ago. And you can't prevent the two from having a conversation, right on the field, no less.
Word to your mother.
Hey, that was special.
The first win of the Jerry Manuel era was something we've seen almost none of this season. Too often we've seen the other team take the lead and the Mets fail to step up. OK, so they waited for the last possible minute to step up, but they did it, and ended up beating the Angels two out of three.
Amazingly, Wright came into the game batting 1-for-20 in the ninth inning, but his single with two outs drove in Jose Reyes, who was on his best behavior. Reyes had three hits and scored three runs. The RBI was Wright's 54th of the season.
Damion Easley, starting at second base, blasted his second homer of the season in the top of the tenth, and Wagner pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the frame for the save.
The Angels scored three in the bottom of the fifth to take a 4-3 lead and it could have been worse for Ollie Perez. The Angels got two singles and walk to load the bases with none out, and then Vlad Guerrero singled in two as Manuel let Perez try to work his way out of the jam. Torii Hunter singed in the go-ahead run, and a fly out later, the Mets got fortunate. Wright made a nice play to throw out Guerrero at the plate, and then Castro picked off a wandering Hunter at second, with Wright making the final tag of the rundown.
Manuel himself pricked up some ears when he joked that if Reyes pulled a tantrum again, he'd knife him. "You know next time you do that I’m gonna get my blade out and cut you. Right out there on the field. I’m a gangsta now, you wanna get gangsta on me, I’m gonna have to get you now, you do that again, I’m gonna get you, right out there on the field."
So we've gone from "Yes, Joe, it's toasted" to straight up gangsta style. Can we get Lastings Milledge back?
Meanwhile, Willie confronted Manuel about a meeting the latter had with Tony Bernazard on the field last week at Shea. We know Willie and Tony hated each other, but Willie wasn't undermined by Manuel to Bernazard. That damage was done long ago. And you can't prevent the two from having a conversation, right on the field, no less.
Word to your mother.
posted by Gaspo @ 6:43 AM
1 Comments:
At June 20, 2008 at 12:28 PM ,
crazyjoedavola said...
Well I am glad you finally calmed down. Nice win, of course it came at 1 am so most of us didn't see it. The Jays just hired Cito Gaston, can the Mets now bring back Davey?
/God I hope not
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