Manuel’s Musing

“To some degree, we've pitched well. We've played good defense. The baserunning has been good. We just haven't had that big hit to break it open or put us on top.”

-Jerry Manuel

Technical difficulties

My laptop doesn’t seem to be working as it should.  It’s going in for repairs.

Until further notice, consider this blog on some sort of hiatus.  I’ll try to pop in if something major happens.  You can still follow my thoughts on Twitter (thank goodness for smartphones!).

Manuel’s Musing

“We need Ollie.”

-Jerry Manuel

Game Recap: Reds 3 – Mets 2

I didn’t see the game and I have two finals and three papers due tomorrow.

So, in short: Crap.

Also, here’s a photo of a Phillies fan who is about to be tased/tazed…

More tomorrow.

Escobar out for season

That’s a good $1.25 million spent.

Game Chat: NYM @ CIN [Game 26]

Chat removed, as usual.

Lineup from Cincy

1. Angel Pagan – CF
2. Luis Castillo – 2B
3. Jose Reyes – SS
4. Jason Bay – LF
5. David Wright – 3B
6. Ike Davis – 1B
7. Jeff Francoeur – RF
8. Rod Barajas – C
9. Oliver Perez – LHP

Game Chat will be up at 7 p.m.

I will be on WQAQ.com from 7-10 p.m. tonight, but I should be tracking the game via Gameday, Twitter, etc.

Anthony DiComo taking over Mets MLB.com beat full time

First, a little about me: I'm taking over the Mets beat from Marty Noble, whom you may have followed over at Noble Thoughts. I began at MLB.com as an intern in 2007, then did backup work on the Mets and Yankees beats over the last two seasons. Starting today, I will be covering the Mets full time.

-Anthony DiComo on his blog, Mets Cetera

Marty Noble is not retiring, just cutting down on his work.  DiComo is taking over full time starting today.

And for you tweeters, you can follow DiComo: @AnthonyDiComo

The back pages [Images]

Is it a good thing or a bad thing when the team loses and they’re still on the back page?

Also, same photo for Newsday and the Daily News.

Bad time to have a bad game, but…

It’s just one game.

Unfortunately, that was the Mets ace, Johan Santana.  Unfortunately, it came right behind Mike Pelfrey’s also bad game.  Unfortunately, it happened on national TV.  Unfortunately, it happened against the Phillies.

But one game doesn’t make the season.

Yes, we know “every game counts the same,” but one bad game isn’t going to tank the year.  If/When David Wright or Jason Bay go 0-4 with three strikeouts and 8 left on base, we all say, “Just get them next time!”  But if Santana goes out and gets shelled, suddenly everyone see the four horsemen riding in ready to destroy the world – or at the very least, the Mets season.

But it’s just one game.  If Santana comes out and gets shelled in his next start, I’ll start to worry – quietly and to myself.

If he gets shellacked in his next two, I’ll express my worry.

If he gets pounded in the next three, four or five games, I’m packing it in.

But what we saw last night is the inevitable crapping of the bed by a superstar.  Every now and then, they should be allowed to lose, to fail, to underperform.