Tuesday’s Mets News: Get Rid of Delgado
The Metropolitans were unable to provide Willie with a post-meeting victory last night. Various Mets were asked if Willie should be their manager, and only Wagner stated that he supported Willie. Other players danced around the question, and tried to be politically correct. Delgado got really weird about the question. I’ve been trying to find the full quote, but none of the papers got it. Here’s a portion of what Carlos said, “I’ll tell you what I think. I think we need to play better. I think they don’t pay me to think. They pay me to play baseball. … (That’s) not a good question to ask.” When I listened to it, he finished the last question by saying that it’s not a good question to ask in front of everybody. So when should reporters ask the question? Also, Delgado was very nasty to the reporters after the first couple of questions. He began swearing which is probably why I can’t find it in the papers. Remember this, Delgado didn’t want to be on the Mets so he went to the Marlins instead. So what did Omar do? He went out and got Delgado. Carlos had one good year on the Mets in ‘06. In ‘07, he had a .258 average and was bored. This year, he has a .215 average. He’s a classless bum so get rid of him. The team chemistry should improve a little bit from this. I’m sure there’s more problems, but this is a good start. Thanks Willie for benching Delgado tonight. There are much bigger problems than Willie. Omar believes that he has championship talent so he is the first person that needs to wake up and smell the coffee. Once he realizes how wrong he is in his assessment, he will have to get rid of the bums and bring in championship talent. Even if these players have the physical talent, they don’t have the mental talent. Take Reyes for example. He has been great until Willie benched him. Once there was adversity, he has sucked. Down the stretch in ‘07, he sucked. Now that the Mets are supposed to win, Reyes sucks and the Mets are playing .500 ball. Reyes was able to succeed without pressure. After the collapse, my question was whether or not Reyes was injured or childish. I was upset with the Mets for not stating what the problem was until Spring Training. I thought Reyes should’ve been dealt to the Twins if he was being childish, but not if he was injured. In Spring Training, we found out that he was being a baby and he’s still on the Mets. Omar needs to take a better look at this team, and there are so many more issues.
Mets reliving a bit of history - Marty Noble compared the ‘08 Mets to the ‘04 Mets.
Mets held at bay by first-place Marlins - Marty Noble summarized last night’s game between the Marlins and the Mets.
Heilman locating pitches better of late - Jon Blau put together a pregame analysis for tonight’s game between the Marlins and the Mets.
Pedro to make return on June 3
Randolph to remain manager of Mets
Church to see a neurologist - Marty Noble reported that Ryan Church, “is to be examined by a neurologist.” Also, Marlon Anderson was, ”assigned to the disabled list because of a strain of his left hamstring.”
Tigers and Mets have common ground - Fred Claire believes that the Mets and the Tigers are struggling despite big offseason moves.
Newsday:
In the end, this town could make Willie toast
Same old ending as Marlins top Mets, 7-3 - Arthur Staple also summarized last night’s Marlins-Mets game.
Randolph still Mets manager after meeting
Beltran on manager situation: It’s a distraction - Carlos Beltran had this to say about Willie’s status:
I think they should say that and come out with something like that. Because it is a distraction. The reality is people say, ‘No, that doesn’t affect the ballclub,’ but it does. It does because you come to the ballpark wondering what’s going to happen. It’s natural as players, we all think like that.
At one point, I was in that situation when they were talking every day about me being traded when I was in Kansas City. To me, it was thinking it might be today. Tomorrow might be the day. It’s not fun coming wondering like that every day to the ballpark.
Randolph saga is field day for media - I bet it is. It’s been so overdone. I was bored of the story after the first two days.
Lightning kills former Mets pitcher Gonzalez - The AP reported that “Former Mets pitcher Geremi Gonzalez was killed by a lightning strike in his native Venezuela on Sunday. He was 33.” I’ve never actually knew anybody that was killed by lightning. That is an awful story. Die Hard Mets Fan sends our prayers to Geremi Gonzalez.
THIS DAY AT THE OLD BALLPARK - Newsday lets us know what happened at Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium on May 27 of a year in the past.
New York Daily News:
Embattled Mets manager Willie Randolph has brass’ support - for now
Fielding gaffes fail to boost Willie Randolph and doom Mets vs. Marlins - Peter Botte wrote up a game summary for last night’s game between the Marlins and the Mets.
Willie Randolph survives to manage the Mets another day
One meeting can’t clean up the Mets
Met players: It’s on us and not Willie Randolph
Thank Aaron Heilman for preventing blowout vs. Marlins
Ryan Church service still on hold
Lightning kills ex-Met riding boat
New York Post:
THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB ON A TEAM OF GOATS
PELFREY’S PUZZLED BY POOR START
BLAME FOR THIS MESS GOES BEYOND DUGOUT
JOSE’S HOT BAT CAN’T START FIRE
PLAYERS: BLAME SHOULD FALL ON US
TRADING PLACES - Dan Tomasino pointed out that, “The first-place team in the NL East will play at Shea Stadium tonight, but it’s not the hometown Mets.”
New York Times:
Randolph Is Still Mets’ Manager
No Good News for Randolph as Mets Lose Again - Joe LaPointe summarized last night’s game between the Marlins and the Mets.
The Star-Ledger:
Game 50: Marlins at Mets - Jeremy Cothran provided the lineup for tonight’s game between the Marlins and the Mets.
Wise placed on DL - Jeremy Cothran reported that, “Matt Wise was placed on the 15-day disabled list with weakness in his throwing (right) shoulder. To fill the void in the bullpen, the Mets called up RHP Carlos Muniz from Triple-A New Orleans.”
Somebody has to go, but it’s not Willie
Players speak volumes by staying silent
Reyes continues puzzling season
It’s all about the manager right now
For one day, the Mets were clicking on all cylindars. It must be that Rocky Mountain air. They scored 5 runs in the first inning and kept tacking on insurance runs. Vargas was pretty solid today. He only allowed 2 runs in 6 innings. And what a great Evans had in his Mets debut. Perhaps the Mets will be able to win this series before coming home. I would love to see that.
After a four-game skid, the Mets have to figure out how to turn it around. Once the losing streak ends, I do believe that they will go on and win exactly that amount of games because that’s trend that they’ve set in May. Hopefully, the Mets can smack the ball all over Coors Field. In appearance, Coors Field looks exactly like Citizens Bank Park (except it is purple instead of red) so maybe the Mets will have success just like they did in Philly. Perhaps being a mile high and some thin air might do them right. Omar changed his plans for the weekend to go and be with his team. Hmmm…
I’m trying to remain positive with my boys from Queens. The Mets swept the Yankees which was fun, but Willie keeps talking and the media is over-doing the situation. It seems like each writer for each newspaper had to write their own article on Willie. That’s too much. Willie keeps making it worse though.
A statement from Mike Piazza, via his agency:
The Metropolitans and the Yankees duked it out this afternoon, and the Mets won the first battle of the ’08 Subway Series. A mini-sweep in the Bronx will delay having to listen to annoying Yankees fans for another month when they go head-to-head in June.