Category Archives: Manuel Being Manuel

Evaluating the Mets Pitching Staff

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Joe Janish

In David Lennon’s article on the “housecleaning” of the Mets, the poor performance of the pitching staff — and Dan Warthen’s responsiblity for it — was explained away by the injuries (funny, seems that EVERYTHING that’s gone wrong for the … Continue reading →

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Setting Up the Excuse File

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Joe Janish

The 2009 season hasn’t yet ended, but already Mets manager Jerry Manuel is setting up excuses for the 2010 season. In our latest installment of “Manuel Being Manuel”, we have this gem from The Star-Ledger, in response to whether he … Continue reading →

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David Wright was NOT Disciplined

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Joe Janish

Despite at least one newspaper article to the contrary, David Wright was NOT BENCHED for disciplinary reasons on Sunday afternoon. I’ll state it again, so that it is perfectly clear: the fact that David Wright stopped running about 15-20 feet … Continue reading →

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David Wright is Unorthodox?

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Joe Janish

At first I thought this was the reason Wright played on the high holy day of Yom Kippur. Then I realized I had read the quote too quickly, and also realized Wright isn’t Jewish (though he and many Mets had … Continue reading →

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Manuel Perpetuates Blame Game

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Joe Janish

Ah, now it’s all clear. Perhaps I was too harsh on Frankie Rodriguez, Johan Santana, and Carlos Beltran. By blaming others, finger-pointing, and driving the bus over their teammates, they were merely carrying out the ethos set in place by … Continue reading →

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Different Animals

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Joe Janish

Back in May, before the entire Mets roster went on the disabled list, there were many “stars” in the lineup but only a handful of “gamers” — the type of players who went all-out, all the time, regardless of the … Continue reading →

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Jerry Manuel Likes Citi Field

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Joe Janish

After last night’s ballgame, and during the postgame show on SNY, Mets manager Jerry Manuel was asked how Citi Field “played”, and whether he thought the expansive park was “fair”. Jerry’s response: “I like the park …. I like it … Continue reading →

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Castillo In the Two Hole

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Joe Janish

Bespoketh Jerry Manuel during last night’s postgame, in regard to Luis Castillo: “The thing about Luis, we have found a way to fit his game in to what we’re doing and we’ve kind of worked around him as well. He’s … Continue reading →

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