JerryWorld 2010

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm not sure what I'm being charged with here, officer, so I'll plead the fifth.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: I'm not sure what I'm being charged with here, officer, so I'll plead the fifth.

August fifth? I hope they don't wait that long to fire him..

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Oh, really, doctor?

The Mets have lost 14- and 13-inning games in a four-day span on the road trip without their most expensive reliever ever appearing. But don�t look for any change to their philosophy. Unless the Mets have a lead in extra innings on the road, Francisco Rodriguez likely will remain unused. �Pretty hard and fast,� pitching coach Dan Warthen said about the Mets� adherence to the philosophy. �There�s minute exceptions. I think it�s standard across baseball.� K-Rod has been known to grouse about usage, but the closer suggested Saturday he�s merely an employee who works when called upon. �My philosophy is to get people out when I come in. That�s my philosophy,� K-Rod said. �Every time they call out there, I�ve got to be ready for it.� Said Jerry Manuel about Saturday�s non-use of K-Rod: �I was going to go to him if we got the lead.� Manuel allowed that there might have come a point when Rodriguez had warmed up too many times and had to enter the game no matter the circumstances because after that he would have been burned out. �If I felt that he needed to warm up and go in, then we would have sent him in with a tie game,� the manager said.

[Benjamin Grimm]

So, Dan's as dumb as Jerry.

Good to know.

[ashie62]

Well, the Jets are supposed to be good.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: So, Dan's as dumb as Jerry.

Well, he's as wrong as Jerry. That's for certain.

How many times does this strategy have to fail? Standard across baseball?!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

And I love that "everybody does it" is the defense. Because that's how championships are won, and great teams are built: doing everything the exact same way that most everybody does "it."

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

It shows that the Mets on field management team definitely doesn't think outside the box. I just wonder how much thinking they actually do at all.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Where nepotism is rife throughout an organization, failure is inevitable.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

metsblog sez omar isn't guaranteeing staff will all be at work on tues.zzz

[metirish]

Gotta keep Chip Hale, the rest can go.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Second Spitter wrote: Where nepotism is rife throughout an organization, failure is inevitable.

I certainly wouldn't go there.

[Ceetar]

metirish wrote: Gotta keep Chip Hale, the rest can go.

I like Razor Shines.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Edgy DC wrote: The Second Spitter wrote: Where nepotism is rife throughout an organization, failure is inevitable. I certainly wouldn't go there.

May I respectfully ask why?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yes. Go ahead.








Oh, I see you actuallly are asking.

Because I don't think nepotism is rife in the organization. And because the Yankees are world champions.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Mate, I was only trying to be polite -- didn't think it warranted an acerbic response.

[ashie62]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: metsblog sez omar isn't guaranteeing staff will all be at work on tues.zzz

I would can Manuel, Warthen and Hojo..now

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sorry. I didn't mean to be acerbic. Only to play.

Gotta find a way to have fun even as the storm clouds hover.

Wait a minute... they can fire Randolph again?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

For emphasis.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Not for nothing, but with the Cubs job opening this offseason, plus quite possibly the dream job in LA, right now may be the last best hope to haul in BV for a second tenure.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Indeed.

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