Here’s the post-game audio from last night’s devastating loss. It’s ironic that Oliver Perez had such a terrific start and the Mets end up losing one of their more stunning losses of the season. And that saying something for this team.
Jerry Manuel:
Oliver Perez:
Francisco Rodriguez:
In case you missed it, here’s the Jerry Manuel report from WFAN’s Mike Francesa show. Surprise, surprise. They start out by talking about the injuries and go from there. Listen below.
We have some post game audio from Bobby Parnell and Jerry Manuel after the Mets 9-0 win over the Cardinals. Here’s Parnell talking about his game and the injury to Jon Niese:
Here’s the post game audio from the Mets 6-5 loss to the D-Backs. It’s the Mets third loss in this four game series at Citi Field. This lost series may well be the death knell for the 2009 version of the Mets that we’ve all come to dislike. Dropping to 50-55 on the season and 8 games out of the wild card leaves us with little hope for post-season play.
Jerry Manuel:
The D-Backs Ryan Roberts:
The Mets address the media after their 5-2 loss to the Arizona D-Backs.
Jerry Manuel:
Mike Pelfrey, who took the loss today:
Both SI.com and New York Post are reporting that Mets COO Jeff Wilpon met with GM Omar Mianya and manager Jerry Manuel during the Subway Series at Citi Field. The purpose of the meeting was to assure both that despite the horrible season that the Mets are having, their jobs are safe.
When asked about the assurance from Wilpon, Manuel said that no such meeting took place. He said that he wished it was true, but it wasn’t.
Jeff Wilpon has long been rumored to use Jon Heyman of SI as his media mouthpiece. This was especially evident last season before Willie Randolph was fired and Heyman always had the scoop from a “confidential” Mets source about what the organization was planning. It looks like that’s the case this season again, minus the “confidential” part.
I’ve heard a lot of complaints about Minaya and Manuel from Mets fans and some are valid. But this season was just completely lost to injuries. It really wouldn’t be fair to hold them accountable for what’s happened this year. Although if things go awry next season, the Wilpons might have a quick hook especially for Manuel.
Minaya has three more years on his contract and there’s no way the Wilpons are going to eat three years. It’s just not going to happen. So for those of you that want Minaya gone, and I’ve heard from you, don’t get your hopes up. He’ll be here for at least one more year.
Michael Kay of ESPN Radio is reporting this afternoon that Mets upper management is not happy with Jerry Manuel‘s candid comments to the media. Specifically, they don’t like his discussion of treading water until injuries heal and his talk of needing to trade for a bat.
Manuel has been able to develop such a good relationship with the media that upper management is afraid that they’ll be the ones to blame if the 2009 team goes down in flames. Personally, I appreciate that Manuel doesn’t insult my intelligence by saying anything but the truth that we all already know. Those of us that watch this team know that they don’t have enough offense right now. We know that the injured players are killing this team. Every other team knows that too. They’re not stupid.
Mets management needs to worry less about what Manuel is saying and more about how to avoid a disaster in the inaugural season at Citi Field.
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