Enough Disection
The following short rant was too long for Twitter so I’ve transplanted it here: Omar Minaya said yesterday that Jerry Manuel and Howard Johnson are safe… for now. So today everyone and their grandmother is siding with or against Minaya’s opinion. A lot of people were surprised by this but I’m not. I mean, what […]
Manuel Back On The Chopping Block
With the start of the second half of the season resulting in a 2-9 record the talk of manager Jerry Manuel’s job being in jeopardy have been resurrected. There’s also been talk of hitting coach Howard Johnson being on the hot seat. If winning and losing is the criteria with which you hire and fire […]
Reason For Optimism, Thinking Of Doom
Winning 2 games out of 3 against the Yankees could be a big deal for the Mets. A series win against the world champions is certainly a shot in the arm going into a series against the runner up and NL East division rival Philadelphia Phillies. If nothing else it has bought Jerry Manuel at […]
Thoughts About the Coaching Staff
Coaching is a part of the game that is hard for a fan to really understand than one may think. Pitching, hitting and third base coaches are a bit more visible than others since you can usually see the fruits of their labor in the teams stats. But unless you watch a team more closely […]
Mets Coaching Shuffle
In the wake of the firings of Willie Randolph, Rick Peterson and Tom Nieto the Mets coaching staff was obviously shuffled around. Sandy Alomar Sr. moved from third base to bench coach, Ken Oberkfell and Luis Aguayo were brought up from New Orleans to coach first and third respectively and Dan Warthen was brought up […]
Heyman: Peterson, Johnson May Be Fired With Randolph
I’ve written about my displeasure with Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson a couple of time recently. Apparently I’m not the only one feeling this way. In an article for SI.com Jon Heyman says that manager Willie Randolph may fired this weekend but possibly as early as today. Heyman’s sources say that if (when?) Randolph is […]
Who Else Should Go When Randolph Is Fired
“It’s not the heat. It’s the humility.” – Yogi Berra Those words must be going through Willie Randolph’s head these days. His team is 30-33, 7 1/2 games out of first place and fading fast. The team has been struggling all year but gave a glimmer of hope with a 7-3 run after Memorial Day. […]
Jaramillo A No Go, HoJo Still In
In a report in this morning’s New York Daily News Mets general manager Omar Minaya is quoted as saying that Howard Johnson, not Rudy Jaramillo, will be hitting coach in 2008. I love Rudy like a brother, but it would be totally unfair to bring him in after I interviewed him as manager. It wouldn’t […]
Jaramillo Possible Hitting Coach for Mets in 2008
Rumors surrounding the Willie Randolph’s coaching staff for next season have been starting to go around. There is no reason for Omar Minaya to have not already confirmed the coaches unless there was a change at hand. The most rumored story is that the Mets will add Texas Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo as the […]
Mets 1986 Lineups
I was looking at some of my logs and noticed that I registered a few hits from web searches for information on the starting lineup of the 1986 Mets. So as a public service I now bring you some information on lineups the Mets used in ’86.
