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Santos for Castro Revisited

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Joe Janish

There were other reasons the Mets lost yesterday, but the magnifying glass is on Jerry Manuel’s unbelievably illogical decision to replace Ramon Castro with Omir Santos in the bottom of the ninth, with two outs and the bases loaded. Per … Continue reading →

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Manuel On Mets Inability to Come Back

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Joe Janish

During last night’s postgame press conference, David Lennon posed a direct question to Jerry Manuel regarding the Mets’ inability to come back in games after falling behind. Please listen, and if you can glean anything that resembles something other than … Continue reading →

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Link Roundup

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Joe Janish

Anthony Rieber of Newsday alerts Carlos Beltran to the fact that his dad’s senior softball league does not allow sliding, but the National League does. Andrew Vazzano of TheRopolitans regurgitates a quick Q&A on Ken Takahashi he did with BaseballDigest.com‘s … Continue reading →

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Pitching Options (None)

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Joe Janish

In Adam Rubin’s column today, it was suggested that the Mets might shake up the starting pitching rotation, and/or consider adding an eighth reliever to fit the role of long man: Manuel mentioned after the Mets’ fourth straight loss that … Continue reading →

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Today’s Lineup

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Joe Janish

According to MetsBlog, this is today’s starting lineup: Jose Reyes, SS Alex Cora, 2B Carlos Beltran, OF Carlos Delgado, 1B David Wright, 3B Gary Sheffield, OF Ryan Church, OF Omir Santos, C Livan Hernandez, RHP That’s right, Alex Cora — … Continue reading →

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Is the Bullpen Overused?

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Joe Janish

A recent article on the SNY website suggests that the Mets could already be burning out their bullpen. A novel thought … and something I suggested on several occasions last year. Is it possible that the Mets’ bullpen woes last … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 14: Loss to Cardinals

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Joe Janish

Cardinals 5 Mets 2 It wasn’t even that close. John Maine finally made it into the sixth inning, but not because he pitched well. He also did not finish the sixth. Maine allowed five runs on seven hits and five … Continue reading →

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Manuel Concerned But Not Worried

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Joe Janish

The on-the-job training and resulting mistakes of Danny Murphy in left field did not phase Jerry Manuel a week ago, but Murphy’s latest snafu has the Mets manager “concerned”, though not “worried”. After Murphy fell flat on his kiester on … Continue reading →

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