Go Ahead - I Dare You to Fire Me!
The Happy Recap: Mets 10, Brewers 4
Jerry Manuel's really living the life, isn't he? No matter how many stupid moves the man makes (such as resting a 23-year old Ike Davis after he hits a home run in the previous game, and his continued use of such stalwarts as Fernando Tatis - batting cleanup to boot! - and the ever continuing strikeout machine that is Gary Matthews Jr.), the Mets somehow are winning. It's almost as if he's making bonehead moves on purpose, sneering at us all and saying "Go ahead. Fire me. I dare you!". Seriously, is there any other explanation? He can't be THAT stupid, can he?
THE GOOD: R.A. Dickey was shaky at best, but he somehow got the job done as well, giving the Mets 7-innings of knuckleball dancing, picking up his 2nd win of the year, mainly due to a balanced hitting attack highlighted by 4-for-5 Jeff Francoeur, a two-run dinger by Angel Pagan, a clutch bases-loaded 2-run single from Luis Castillo, 3-for-4 hitting by Henry Blanco (who threw out another potential base-stealer), and two hits apiece by David Wright and Jose Reyes. Dickey even drove in a run himself.
No one was happy to see Dickey leave the game when Manuel turned it over to the bullpen in the eighth for absolutely no reason, but despite a one-batter appearance by Pedro Feliciano, Elmer Dessens and KRod finished the game out nicely, the latter pitching a 1-2-3 ninth with 2 strikeouts.
THE BAD: The Mets battered the Brewers horrific bullpen, but the real bad part of this game was the original lineup card, which had Fernando Tatis in the game for Ike Davis, and batting cleanup in the process. Why would you possibly start Tatis over Davis is a game you have to win to avoid being swept on the road? And why on Earth would you bat him in the four-spot. Tatis has never met a doubleplay he didn't like. I don't want to hear about this lefty-righty crap - we know what Tatis can do. And there's no reason whatsoever to "rest" a 23-year old in May after he banged out a big homerun just the previous game. NONE!
Not surprisingly, when Davis finally did enter the game (which was inevitable), he went 0-for-3. Manuel = young player momentum killer (just ask Daniel Murphy).
THE UGLY: Things are getting pretty ugly with Oliver Perez, who won't accept a Trachsel-like demotion to the minor leagues to work things out and would prefer to embarrass himself and his teammates just sitting around and laughing at Omar Minaya and all us Mets fans about his $36 million dollar contract. Boo me all you want, he's saying. How much money do you make? Who's laughing at who?
Jerry Manuel says there's no role for him on this team besides mopup duty, which makes him the most expensive useless garbage the Mets have ever seen. Somewhere, Bobby Bonilla and Mo Vaughn are smiling at their respective all-you-can-eat buffets.
Jerry Manuel's really living the life, isn't he? No matter how many stupid moves the man makes (such as resting a 23-year old Ike Davis after he hits a home run in the previous game, and his continued use of such stalwarts as Fernando Tatis - batting cleanup to boot! - and the ever continuing strikeout machine that is Gary Matthews Jr.), the Mets somehow are winning. It's almost as if he's making bonehead moves on purpose, sneering at us all and saying "Go ahead. Fire me. I dare you!". Seriously, is there any other explanation? He can't be THAT stupid, can he?
THE GOOD: R.A. Dickey was shaky at best, but he somehow got the job done as well, giving the Mets 7-innings of knuckleball dancing, picking up his 2nd win of the year, mainly due to a balanced hitting attack highlighted by 4-for-5 Jeff Francoeur, a two-run dinger by Angel Pagan, a clutch bases-loaded 2-run single from Luis Castillo, 3-for-4 hitting by Henry Blanco (who threw out another potential base-stealer), and two hits apiece by David Wright and Jose Reyes. Dickey even drove in a run himself.No one was happy to see Dickey leave the game when Manuel turned it over to the bullpen in the eighth for absolutely no reason, but despite a one-batter appearance by Pedro Feliciano, Elmer Dessens and KRod finished the game out nicely, the latter pitching a 1-2-3 ninth with 2 strikeouts.
THE BAD: The Mets battered the Brewers horrific bullpen, but the real bad part of this game was the original lineup card, which had Fernando Tatis in the game for Ike Davis, and batting cleanup in the process. Why would you possibly start Tatis over Davis is a game you have to win to avoid being swept on the road? And why on Earth would you bat him in the four-spot. Tatis has never met a doubleplay he didn't like. I don't want to hear about this lefty-righty crap - we know what Tatis can do. And there's no reason whatsoever to "rest" a 23-year old in May after he banged out a big homerun just the previous game. NONE!
Not surprisingly, when Davis finally did enter the game (which was inevitable), he went 0-for-3. Manuel = young player momentum killer (just ask Daniel Murphy).
THE UGLY: Things are getting pretty ugly with Oliver Perez, who won't accept a Trachsel-like demotion to the minor leagues to work things out and would prefer to embarrass himself and his teammates just sitting around and laughing at Omar Minaya and all us Mets fans about his $36 million dollar contract. Boo me all you want, he's saying. How much money do you make? Who's laughing at who?
Jerry Manuel says there's no role for him on this team besides mopup duty, which makes him the most expensive useless garbage the Mets have ever seen. Somewhere, Bobby Bonilla and Mo Vaughn are smiling at their respective all-you-can-eat buffets.
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