I love a snarky post and ESPN’s Page Two has written the definitive piece on Tom Nieto.
The overall numbers say it all. From Opening Day through Monday, the Mets collected 419 singles, but just 124 doubles. The man holding runners up at first base, time and again? That’s right — Tom Nieto. This is not a result of small sample size — in 2007, with “Red Light” Nieto on the case, the Mets hit 294 doubles, but an astounding 1,045 singles. Not surprisingly, the team failed to make the playoffs.
Hilarious. click:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=megdal/080619&sportCat=mlb&campaign=rsssrch&source=new+york+mets
