"Uncle Steve" Calls Out The Mets

[Frayed Knot]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Are any of us buying into the narrative that Cohens dumb tweet was either calculated or influential? We were one bad pitch away from the very same loss we suffered 60 other times this year

Calculated? In a half-assed way, maybe. But more likely just the owner venting in a way that tries to remind the fans that he's a frustrated fan too



Influential? Not a bleeping chance. The team got their first hit in, what? the 5th inning and had three knocks by the end of regulation.

But then their outburst in the 12th was when the 'motivation' kicked in?!? Yeah, right!

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, but it was a really well-pitched game through all that. Cohen calling out the hitters really motivated the pitching staff.



#scienceisreal

[G-Fafif]

One run through six. Gonna need another calculated or influential tweet from ownership.

[Centerfield]

I can't see how that tweet could be calculated to do anything. I think it's a frustrated owner sounding off. And it's silly to think it had any effect on the game.



Maybe the only newsworthy part is that the players keep saying they have the right approach at the plate, while the owner clearly thinks they don't. I don't know exactly what the process is, but the owner and players are clearly not on the same page.



Nor is it evident from their play what their objective is. I mean, if I had to guess, their philosophy seems to be "hit a lot of ground balls right into the shift".



Then once in a while complain that the BABIP gods are against you because you hit a sharp ground ball into shift.