Mailbag: What You Would Do With The New York Mets

Yesterday I asked…”So Mets Fans, What Exactly Is It You Want To Do?”

and you said:

Here’s what I would do…..like one former Jet head coach said ‘Play to win the game’
 
I’ve heard the arguments why David Wright shouldnt have bunted but enough with the psyche crap and win the game. Have him bunt and help the team win instead of worrying about how he would feel if he was asked to bunt. I was watching a Yankee Classic game the other day and Eddie Murphy on the Orioles bunted.
 
Now your big stars cant do that because of who they are and how much they make. ‘You cant have him bunt, you want him to try and hit a ball up the gap. You pay him to get the big hit.’ Really? The way he’s hitting? Another thing is that pitchers used to pitch until they got in trouble.
 
On the broadcast the other day Howie said that Jerry would pull Santana out early in games early in the season so he was fresh for when they needed him at the end of the season. Really? Maybe you wouldnt need him so big at the end if you let him pitch and win at the beginning. Now they pull guys out when there cruising along just so that they can put in the guy who has to pitch the 8th inning. Never mind that you have no idea if that next guy ‘has it’ or not that day. You have to do it, thats the way its set up. I understand you CAN do it that way but does it always HAVE to be that way? Can’t anyone manage a game the way they did 20 years ago? Isnt it an option anymore? I’m getting fed up with it. You cant even get thru a blowout win without using 4 pitchers and forget about a loss, you go thru 6 of them with pulling them out for pinch hitters and righty/lefty matchups never mind bringing the new guy in who cant find the plate and having to get someone else up. The bullpen is going to be toast by the All Star Game.
 
This team is so poorly managed and constructed. Most teams yesterday would have put a speedy guy in to pinch run after Sheffield got on in the 9th. We dont even have a guy to do that and rattle a pitcher. Jerry starts playing mind games ‘I wanted to break up Lindstrom’s rythym by bringing in Santos’ What? The guy loaded the bases in a heartbeat and you want to think its going to get him rattled by making him wait? You want that guy to stay rattled. I could go on and on. Thanks for letting me vent.
 
Re bullpen I hate when managers chase losses.  Willie was horrible at that.  I thought Joe Torre was really good at using his good guys when wins were on the table, and the scrubs on the other days.   Jerry needs one whipping boy who they torture in the 6-1 games…and let the dude pitch 5 innings and lose 13-1.  What’s the difference really?  Torre understood that.  Interestingly Joe Torre (who was available prior to the 2008 season when they brought Willie back) had a 2.5 game lead in the West prior to last night’s game.  (I’m cheating and writing on Thursday so I can sleep in).
 
 
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