“I want to make this pledge to Mets fans — our team will play the game the right way.” -Terry Collins 4/1/2011
“This is a team that can’t do anything right.” – Gary Cohen 4/16/2011
Well that didn’t take long, did it?
When the manager promises that his team will play the right way, and then one of his players goes and attempts to steal third with nobody out, then that looks bad on the manager. But then again, how long has Daniel Murphy been playing baseball that not only doesn’t he know that he’s not that fast, but he doesn’t know that you don’t steal third with nobody out? Hasn’t he been doing this all his life? Or did he just appear out of a cornfield and wander into Shea three years ago?
What bothers me more than anything is Bobby Ojeda talking about how somebody like Mike Pelfrey needs to sack up and make a big pitch on his own without having David Wright give him a pep talk. And he’s absolutely right. But how is anybody going to sack up on this team when the team itself complains to the commissioner’s office about having to play two doubleheaders in three days? Nothing but excuses and cries for help. That’s what this organization is about these days. “We’re tired.” “We play too much.” “We have no money.” It’s one thing that this team is bad. I can deal with that. But nobody is ever going to get tough on this team when the people who sign the paychecks handle adversity by whining to the damn commissioner’s office?
And speaking of not taking long, after Saturday’s doubleheader sweep this baseball team has a chance to lose five games in 76 hours. Statistics say you can come back from that. The calendar says you can recover from 4-11. What I see with my eyes tells me something else. It tells me I’d better start preparing for another midnight massacre sometime in late July.
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