Thursday, May 15, 2008

Ticked off?

I get annoyed listening to games when the Mets don't play well. I don't get annoyed when the Mets lose playing well. It's when guys aren't running the bases well that fans are right to be angry. Why weren't Castillo & Wright running in the 2nd on the pop up? What was Reyes thinking. Don't get me wrong. If Reyes sees an opportunity to go first to third on a bunt, it's a decent gamble. BUT he has to be going full tilt from the get go and not just make this decision when he gets to second. You go hard and then pull up if that play's not on. You don't do it the other way around.

Loads of people are screaming that Willie needs to be fired. They may well be right. I'm not a big fan of firing the manager when the problem is that the players aren't hitting or making their pitches, but the mental lapses seem to indicate that there's a bigger problem here. If Willie's going to be fired the number one concern has to be finding a manager who can get Jose Reyes to play like he did in 2006. He seems to have gone back 4 years.