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Jack Clark takes shots at the 80’s Mets, calls them cheaters and rips Gary Carter as all-talk.
In a radio interview, the former slugger said he snubbed his old rivals at All-Star Games and accused them of cheating and showboating.
An excerpt of the interview can be heard on nytimes.com/sports, and more was available Tuesday on the KTRS site. A full version of the interview will be aired by the radio station on Wednesday morning.
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As Mets Police picks up more and more followers, I don’t want anyone to think I’m schizo – so just for clarity, although 95% of the things on here are posted by me (Shannon) there’s a few other guys who write. Lately it has been Vegas Rich who has been stirring things up with his calls to fire Jerry Manuel (scroll down).
I don’t agree with Rich. I don’t care who is managing – you can’t manage against walking the pitcher, or falling down, or having to start your 4th string shortstop for a week. I don’t think the Mets problems have anything to do with arguing about use of the bullpen, or a failed double-switch, or even a tendency for awful starts (see Bobby Valentine). Bringing in Buck Showalter, Don Mattingly or Bobby V part two right now would just be a back page distraction – and bringing in an ex-Met (we know Carter wants the job, or maybe Backman, or I am known to have a Mazzilli crush) will just wind up in the fans turning on an old friend (see Buddy Harrelson’s 20 year exile).
This team deserves to be 10 games back. They aren’t. Everyone remain calm, and don’t freak out about today’s lineup.
Mr. Met has left a new comment on your post “Are the New York Mets Stupid or Liars?“:
Agree that it’s not Jerry’s fault, but I think it most certainly is Omar’s fault. He did NOTHING in the offseason once the bullpen was addressed and there were at least 3 positions he needed to shore up, not to mention the leadership vacuum on the team that everyone was complaining about after Collapse 2008: The Sequel.
It all rests squarely on Omar’s shoulders.
They haven’t handled injuries well for years. Their MO is to downplay every injury, no matter how serious, and not put a guy on the DL until a week or 2 later, suffering with the abbreviated roster in the process during that time. Sure, you can retroactively DL a guy, but that doesn’t change the fact that you played with less than a full roster for those days in between. It’s like clockwork, and you could make book that that’s how it goes down every single time a guy gets hurt.
I share your angst that the freefall has begun and there won’t be a lot of excitement around New Shea come August and September. The silver lining (Mr. Met always smiles because he always sees a silver lining) is that tickets will be that much more affordable as the summer goes on.
Sparks has left a new comment on your post “Are the New York Mets Stupid or Liars?“:
I am a board certified and licensed athletic trainer, and once worked under an orthopaedic MD who did a fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery, which included his covering Mets games. As much as it pains me to criticize other professionals, the Mets’ medical team looks more and more clueless with every occurrence. Granted, it is *entirely* possible that they’ve just run into a series of strange injuries that are tough to diagnose and/or haven’t responded as they should have–those things happen, and weird stuff tends to come in streaks in this profession–but there do seem to be an AWFUL lot of surprises and trial-and-error going on involving guys who are supposedly getting some of the most expert care available.
I will say very bluntly that I completely disagreed with the handling of Church’s concussion from the start, even as it was taking place. Putting him on a plane to Denver the same night as he was knocked nearly (if not completely) unconscious was both an awful and dangerous decision. As a matter of treatment, he should have been allowed to rest in Atlanta for a couple of days, and as a matter of safety, what were they going to do if his condition had suddenly deteriorated 20,000 feet over Nebraska?
DyHrdMET has left a new comment on your post “Are the New York Mets Stupid or Liars?“:
there’s a lot of blame to go around. jerry and omar aren’t responsible for the injuries, save for one or two players that omar acquired that may have been damaged goods (in a general sense, not a specific known case). the medical staff and communication (not necessarily lying in EVERY case) around injuries is an absolute joke. they can’t be blamed for EVERY injury, but i have a feeling that they can be blamed for SOME injuries. the WBC for sure is to blame for a lot.
it’s almost a perfect storm (the WBC’s cause, the medical staff and bad communication around the injuries, and just some bad luck) to be a joke.
I welcome new writers to join the Mets Police, so if you’re interested (even for a one-off guest column) just drop me a note at [email protected] I’ve actually never met Vegas Rich!
Also appreciated are any pictures from Citi Field or any stadium, the quirkier the better.
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On Monday I write a weekly column for Flushing University. This is this week’s:
Well, I finally got what I wanted. After all these years of signing guys from the Braves, or the Dodgers, or a bunch of 40 year old free agents, the Mets have finally gone out and fielded a team of “Mets.”
You might not like it, you may have hated how it looked over the weekend, but I love it.
What is a “Met” you ask? I know one when I see one. Usually it’s someone who has come up from Tidewater (or whatever you kids call AAA these days). Sometimes it can be someone who choses to become one (Keith Hernandez being the prime example.) You don’t have to be scouted and drafted by the team, or come all the way through the minors. Ryne Sandberg is not a Phillie, Sid Fernandez was not a Dodger, and Omir Santos is not permanently stained as an Oriole.
Lately the team has been seemingly 95% Met. We have what will likely be our all time greatest home grown superstar at third, a promising rookie at first in Murphy, Nick Evans battling him for time, Mike Pelfrey in the rotation for years to come, hopefully Jon Niese to soon join him, and Fernando Martinez struggling but at least he’s one ours and not 40. When the walking wounded return, Jose Reyes is a Met and so is John Maine. I’ve always said I’d rather lose with a home grown bunch than win with Tom Glavine. What’s the point of beating the Braves if the only when you can do it is to beat them with a Brave pitching? That’s like the Washington Generals signing Curly Neal. What’s the point?
Look at the 1986 team. Backman, Santana, Mookie, Dykstra, Strawberry, Gooden, Darling, Sid, McDowell, Orosco – heck even Doug Sisk. They were ours, with a couple of captain-types from out of town to show them how. I have an affinity for that team. The 2000 team? I never feel nostalgic about them. I know everyone loves him but I see a Dodger behind the plate, a Mariner at first, an Oriole at short, a White Sock at third. Never felt like any of them were “my guys.” I was more likely to root for Bobby Jones of Jason Tyner. So back to 2009, and lots of pieces are missing but I don’t mind. Beltran is nice, but he’s not from around here. Delgado? Y’all tried to boo him out of town last April so don’t act like he’s Ed Kranepool. Sheffield? He was a jerk with ties to steroids until the Mets ran out of warm bodies, so let’s not get all warm and fuzzy there. Me, I’m fine rolling our Murph, Santos and friends forever. I know I will get called names, and I know lots of you want Omar Minaya to roll the dice on the future. I’ll stick with what we have. Maybe in 2009 it won’t work out, but maybe in 2019 I will have one hell of a team that I’ve spent a decade rooting for. Wouldn’t that be nice for a change in Flushing?
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Interesting stuff in SI.
Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz typify tendency to fall off at age 33 – Joe Posnanski – SI.com
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