Thursday, June 05, 2008

PICK THE TEAM.

Which team are these quotes below referring to?

“They’re not happy, and they shouldn’t be,” [team manager] said. “I’m sure our ownership and our fans, they’re not happy. Anybody that’s happy in this clubhouse, there’s something wrong.”

“This is not a field managerial issue,” [GM] said. “He’s not at the plate with men on first and second and leaving them there three times. Those things have to happen. His focus, and the staff’s focus, is to try to get them to do those things and to be a prepared club.”

[Only Yankees fans wimps will use Google to answer this.]

I don’t know why another team’s misery is something I am looking to, but I found the second quote to be telling because I don’t remember anyone in the Mets organization actually saying that.

I am not yet ready to say that Our 2008 Mets have turned a corner. Not just because of Oliver the Bad on Monday, but that is part of it. (And that whole thing makes me so angry I could scream, but that is for another time and another post.)

I missed the Pedro start (aside from a few key plays) because of an emergency at work. I missed yesterday’s game because I have friends in town playing shows.  I also think that a tiny break right now might not be the worst thing in the world. Last week was tough. The emotional rollercoaster is hard.