The reason I am convinced the Mets will tap the he-who-makes-vanilla-pudding-seem-exciting Melvin is because, quite frankly, this is what the modern Metropolitans do. Over and over and over and over again. They tempt their fans with Lou Piniella and Dusty Baker, then bring in the woefully overmatched Howe, as they did for the 2003 season. They hear a New York boy like Jason Marquis talk of his desire to return home and pitch at Citi Field, then decide John Maine can fill the rotation slot just fine (admittedly, Marquis has been horrible in Washington. But that’s not the point. When a pitcher who has had double-digit wins for six straight years says he wants to play for you, you listen)…
via New York Mets’ manager will be someone like Bob Melvin – Jeff Pearlman – SI.com.
I cut off the excerpt there but Jeff mentions some other deals and non-deals. Feisty headline.
I’m starting to wonder if the 2011 manager isn’t Jerry Manuel.
I wrote to Pearlman on Twitter. He responded to me that the column was written in sarcasm and he doesn’t believe that. He then told me he thinks either Torre or Backman will be the guy
I don’t really care who manages the team. If they don’t develop an organization plan and stick with it, it won’t make a bit of difference if they pick Joe Torre, Wally Backman or bring back Jeff Torborg.