Quick, can you identify the person in the picture above?
I’ll give you a few hints …
He’s an “untouchable” but never met Kevin Costner and was only three years old when THIS MOVIE
He’s NOT related to a former Red Sox lefty named Mel.
He IS being given the infamous “Philip Humber Treatment”.
Give up? Chances are, you will see him if the Mets get a 15-run lead on the Nationals by the fourth inning tonight. Or maybe not.
First reader to correctly identify this young man — who has been seen walking around the field and in the bullpen at Shea wearing a realistic-looking Mets uniform — gets a Billy Wagner bobblehead (elbow intact).
Robert “Bobby” Parnell.
If this is indeed Parnell (the picture name can lie, right?), I hope he gets a start today if things goe well. However, more importantly, I hope Niese gets on the field as well. Assuming that he is scheduled to pitch Wed 9/17, it’s about time to give him at least an inning of work. One can argue that we can live without Parnell in the bullpen, but we definitely cannot live w/o 5th starter during the final 17 consecutive games, especially given that Pedro is scheduled 4 times during that stretch.
I just hope they don’t wait until they’re two games out with three games to play to give Parnell the ball.
upson – agreed on the 5th starter issue. Probably wouldn’t be as big a deal if Pedro was throwing better, but you are right.
As Mic said in the thread after this one, a six-man rotation is in order here, if only to preserve Pedro. Let Niese get some time in, in a pennant race, but in slightly less pressure than Phil Humber faced last year.
In lieu of a Billy Wagner bobblehead doll, I’d prefer an anonymous note be posted to Jerry Manuel’s office door…
Dearest Jer,
You have a bullpen full of different options to utilize. Please give us a new look, instead of having the same 3 pitchers combine to go 1 inning.
Al Reyes
Ricardo Rincon
Bobby Parnell; and god forbid he was called back-up
Eddie Kunz
Thank you.