IGT 6/17/08 NYM vs LAA of A

[metirish]

I'm fine with Reyes not wanting to come out of the game , but after he was pulled he threw his helmet to the ground while walking away. That I don't like.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

="soupcan"] I didn't see it as belligerence so much as I saw it as a player really not wanting to come out of a game. Leadership, schmeadership - he did what any of us would do.

How do you suppose Willie would have handled it? The one and only time WWSB ever imposed any discipline on Reyes -- he sat him for 6 innings -- sent him into a 2-month slump and until the end was one of the (unfair) criticisms leveled at him. It's obvious Reyes is a petulant crybaby who demands kid-glove treatment. If he responds well it's very much a test.

Reyes in the papers today reports he apologized to Jerry and his teammates and said all the right things about directing his energies to the game etc etc. We shall see.

[soupcan]

="John Cougar Lunchbucket"] ="soupcan"] I didn't see it as belligerence so much as I saw it as a player really not wanting to come out of a game. Leadership, schmeadership - he did what any of us would do. How do you suppose Willie would have handled it? The one and only time WWSB ever imposed any discipline on Reyes -- he sat him for 6 innings -- sent him into a 2-month slump and until the end was one of the (unfair) criticisms leveled at him. It's obvious Reyes is a petulant crybaby who demands kid-glove treatment. If he responds well it's very much a test. Reyes in the papers today reports he apologized to Jerry and his teammates and said all the right things about directing his energies to the game etc etc. We shall see.

I don't know how Willie would've handled it, I don't even really know what happened.

Did Reyes say 'it's no big deal, really Jerry, I can play with this, its nothing.' If that's what happened and Manuel took him out anyway then Reyes' knee-jerk reaction was understandable.

I don't see why or where in a similar situation Randolph would've done anything different.

Reyes not wanting to come out is a good thing.

This whole week is on steroids.

[Guest AG/DC]

More telling is how this game was an amplified reflection of the Mets of the last year. Scoring early and mailing it in. Head-out-of-the-game plays, lack of hustle, impatient at-bats, everybody looking to someone else to right the ship.

Whining in public and showing up your manager in his first inning is understandable; it's also highly unprofessional.