When Things Start Bad
We’re only 6 games into the season so it’s a little early to get too negative. But losing 4 out of 6 (including 2 of 3 from the lowly Washington Nationals) is not the way you want to start the season.
So why am I so down on the Mets already? A few reason:
- Sean Green was put on the disabled list yesterday. 2010 is looking a lot like 2009 already.
- Both Jerry Manuel and Jeff Francoeur alluded to the idea that the team just wasn’t prepared against the Nationals yesterday. I don’t care which team your playing against, when you’re at the major league level you better be prepared. When this happens the manager is to blame but it’s not only too early in the year for a managerial change but such a change wouldn’t add the needed fire.
- During Friday’s game David Wright thought a a fly ball was going to clear the fence for a home run and failed to run hard. The outcome of the play is irrelevant to the fact that a team leader like Wright must run hard until the umpire makes the call.
These are symptoms of bad teams. If gone unchecked things will only get worse.
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Things have started to turn around quickly over the last two weeks… Let’s go Mets! Get the series win in Philly tonight and move on to Cincy.