Good morning. This is one of those days that I have trashed my plan for the day because one again the storyline has changed and I try to be in touch with my fellow fans.
Today is about the manager.
I don’t think there’s a move to be made here. Well, there’s a move but they won’t make it so let’s walk through the options:
Bobby V: is there anything out there that makes you think the Wilpons want to spend the money and/or deal with him? Not happening.
Backman: it seems someone has decided Wally has to spend some time in purgatory before he gets the reigns. There’s a good shot he is the manager after our 2010 interim manager.
That brings us to the Bob Melvin, Oberkfell, and who ever else you want to throw in there scenario.
Let’s say Omar draws his guns this morning. That leaves “Bob Melvin” four games to get his feet wet before facing the media circus that is the Yankees, with TBA as the 4th starter and TBD as the 5th taking turns this week.
Then manager Melvin gets to deal with another circus that is the Phillies, and the new angle of the “cheating.”
What happens is Melvin has a bad streak? Season over and fans pack it in before Dave Howard’s warm weather arrives to save the gate.
Nope, Jerry gets 10 more games. If the ten are a disaster, change sells hope and hope might sell tickets.
Speaking of selling tickets, how do you not call Pedro? Let’s see what he has.
I killed him on this site for two years but there’s a big difference between pretending he is an ace and decding he might be better that R.A. Dickey.
A media circus is coming one way or another. Bobby can handle it, heck maybe even make it worse, but he’ll keep the fans engaged – and always remember the baseball game is the mechanism by which the Wilpons sell hot dogs, tshirts and fuel a tv network. Spend a few bucks and it might come back. Save a few and you might pay for it into 2011.