Tag: Jerry Manuel

NY Times: Jerry Manuel Profile

I’ve read many profiles of new Mets manager Jerry Manuel over the last 24 hours. Most have been too brief with Zen-like references of his reading preferences. For a more in-depth description of who Jerry Manuel is take a look at Ben Shipgel’s profile of Jerry Manuel in the New York Times.

Some quotes from the column:

Manuel’s other preferences include more fluidity within the lineup, which includes a partiality for moving Beltrán, the regular cleanup hitter, or Wright, the No. 3 hitter, if he sees fit, and the hopes of establishing more definite roles among his relievers.

I like that quote because I’ve thought all along that Carlos Beltran was miscast as a cleanup hitter. It would be nice to see David Wright there once in a while too. I’m looking forward to a fresh perspective on the Mets lineup.

Mets Commit 3 Errors In Loss To Angels 6-1

Johan Santana didn’t have it tonight in Jerry Manuel’s first game as the Mets manager. Jose Reyes was hurt in the first inning and showed up Manuel when he was pulled from the game. The game felt like a resounding thud for the Mets.

There was virtually no offense in the game for the Mets against Jon Lackey. Damion Easley scored in the first inning on a double play ground out by David Wright. That was it for the Mets offense.

Santana pitched six innings giving up five runs (four earned) on eight hits and two walks while striking out five. Aaron Heilman pitched a clean seventh inning and Claudio Vargas gave up one more run in the eighth.

The Mets were sloppy in the field with errors by Carlos Delgado, Marlon Anderson, and Luis Castillo.

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Mets Fans: You Wanted It, You Got It!

The curious method with which Omar Minaya used to fire Willie Randolph, Rick Peterson, and Tom Nieto is worthy of discussion based on oddity alone. But it doesn’t change the fact that many Mets fans wanted this to happen a long time ago. I’ll even go as far as to say that MOST Mets fans wanted Willie fired. The word is that Jeff Wilpon agreed with you.

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I appreciate Omar Minaya’s loyalty to Willie. That’s a worthy trait to have. But the time for change was long overdue. If you read this site regularly, you know that I’ve wanted something to change with the Mets this season. It didn’t have to be Willie getting fired, but if he did I thought it to be completely justified.

Mets fan have boo’d Willie mercilessly for some time now. I haven’t participated in that. Although I’ve made no secret of the fact that I thought that Willie was a slightly below average manager, I didn’t see anything from him that would cause me to boo him.

Many of us didn’t connect with Willie based on his long history with the Yankees and lack of a dynamic personality. We’ve deluged the talk shows with calls to fire Willie, and we were brought to the edge of sanity with last season’s “collapse”.

Change is here, and I’ll be giving Jerry Manuel a big round of applause when the team gets home. I’m not sure that he’s the long-term answer for the Mets but I’m more than willing to give him a chance. It’s time to move forward.

Mets Press Conference June 17- 5 PM EDT

The Mets will hold a press conference at 5:00pm EDT today to introduce Jerry Manuel as their new manager. Omar Minaya will make the announcement and I’m sure will have to answer many pointed questions from the media in Los Angeles.

The press conference will be carried live on TV by SNY. I’m sure that WFAN will carry it on the radio as well. This is a nice departure from the morons at SNY that didn’t carry the Minaya press conference about Willie Randolph’s job status on Memorial Day.