Mets Chat Room: Randolph: "I don't think it's a slump at all."
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That’s what Willie Randolph said after tonight’s game. He also said: “We need to get the total game going.”
The Mets had two hits tonight, and still had Mike Pelfrey not spit the bit, they could have won. But, they didn’t make the plays when they had to. They didn’t make the plays winning teams make.
Sure, tonight is just one game in April, but the truth is they’ve had more than one game like this and are playing as if there will be more.
One thing we learned tonight is it’s not all Carlos Delgado. They proved they can lose without him. They are proving they can lose in a lot of ways.
IN A NUTSHELL, Atlanta 6, Mets 3
The offense and Pelfrey’s poise disappear.
FROM THE CLUBHOUSE
David Wright saying it all: “This is one of those early season challenges for us. This is when the better teams prevail and this is when the better teams find a way to win.”
Mike Pelfrey on his performance: “I walked too many guys. It’s a matter of execution and I did a very poor job.”
IN-GAME ANALYSIS
3rd INNING: Would it be all right to say the Mets “Perezed” the Braves that inning? Can that be the term for four straight walks? Mets 3, Atlanta 1
5th INNING: Mets gave Pelfrey a lead and he gave it back. Mets 3, Atlanta 3
9th INNING: The Mets were embarrassed last night in Washington. More of the same tonight. Atlanta 6, Mets 3
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Did Randolph say it is just for today? Will Delgado be back in the lineup for the rest of the weekend? Who is the more useless player: Delgado or Giambi? How many people can you feed with the money these two New York first basemen are making?
It's the best decision Randolph could make under the circumstances.
Hi John – Howie is reporting on WFAN that Moises Alou was scheduled to play tonight at PSL, but has been scratched with 'ankle soreness'.
Dan: A mental health day. He should be back tomorrow.-JD
Isn't this unusual to have a pitcher walk three in?
Annie: It's something you don't see every day. Now Pelfrey has to come back strong not walk the first runner. Here comes The Jacket.-JD
Annie,
You're not too familiar w/ Oliver Perez's line of work are you?
Yes, I am – why do you ask?
John – Sure it's OK to say "Perezed" – we've already got "Homerun Heilman" and I'm sure more nicknames will be in order as the season progresses.
Back to a tie game. Do Heilmann and Sosa have the night off or are they available?
Pelfrey is spitting the bit. The walk last inning and giving it up after two outs this inning. Pelfrey is a focus guy, too, and it is fading in and out.-JD
It's safe to say Pagan has worn out his welcome.
Man, this whole team needs a mental health day.
Or maybe just institutionalize the whole bunch.
Two young pitchers. Difference being Pelfrey will get booed and it will not help him to build confidence. Tough job maturing in NY. Atlanta will be much more forgiving and so kids can come along much better. NY? Tough crowd!!!
Wow, even the pitcher gets a hit off Pelfrey. When the heck is Schneider coming back?
Just to follow up – This is a pretty good job by Pelfrey against a tough line up. 5 & 1/3 – 3 runs. You'd take it any time when the Mets are going good. Now? Every one is on edge.
Oops then he kills me by giving up hit to the pitcher.
As Gilda Radner used to say on SNL – Nevermind!
Pelfrey seems like a baby tonight.. He just seems to keep losing his focus, and Casanova has to continually go to the mound and tell him to focus..
This bullpen is worn out, and I expect the Mets will push Pelfrey as far as they can.. If he can somehow get through this 6th inning with no runs, I think the Mets will be jumping for Joy. Yet as I right this, Pelfrey gives up a hit to the opposing pitcher, and a 2 run homerun. Pelfrey can't give the Mets 6 and the Mets have to burn the bullpen, AGAIN.
Your Minor League Updates:
Mike Carp has hit his 6th homerun of the year and driven in his 20th RBI of the season. He's currently sporting a .412 batting average.
Fernando Martinez had a double in 5 trips to extend his hitting streak to 9 games.
Prospect Dylan Owen, who had that amazing season with Brooklyn last season, got ruffed up for 6 runs in 5.2 innings of work.
If your thinking of Michel Abreu as a possible replacement for Delgado, think again. He's hitting just .254 in AAA This season. Fernando Tatis, not much better .224, though he does have 8 homeruns.
Sorry for the long post, but this has to be said. Why does SNY put on these wannabe ESPN shows like Loud Mouths, and The Wheel house, yet do nothing with the minor league teams.. How hard is it to have a camera at the AAA, AA, A+, A (and brooklyn when it opens up) teams and do a daily recap of the minor league system.. Give the fans some insight, who gives a Sh** what a bunch of loser reporters have to say.
To Josh: Schneider in hospital until Sunday morning. No timetable.-JD
I decided to check out the met score while watching the ranger game and another met pitcher can't make it to at least to the 6th inning. At this rate the bullpen will be fried by late june.
show has thrown 5.1 innings coming into tonights game. Aaron Heilman has thrown 13. If you don't have faith in your lefty relief pitchers to pitch in MR, then you have to get rid of one.
Roger – I don't get SNY here in Central CT – do they really have a show named 'Loud Mouths'? If so, who are the loud mouths?
To Roger: Loudmouths stinks. The promos make you not want to watch. Neither of those guys, not to mention Scott Ferrall, I have ever seen at a ballpark. The way of TV and radio these days is to yell and scream. Boring.-JD
Not sure of their names.. Can anyone help me out?
I don't agree with booing, and I don't ever do it, but this team has got to understand that it cannot play like this in New York City and expect to avoid the fans' derision. They have 2 hits, and Jurrjens tried to give them this game.
exactly John, that's what I'm talking about.. Why can't SNY put on a show about the minor leagues to actually inform most of us of something we don't know. There is nothing they can put on like Loud Mouths that will show us something we haven't seen yet on ESPN.
Roger – it really doesn't matter, I'm not fond of yellers and screamers anyway. There's enough of them on WFAN and most of them really don't know much about baseball or any other sports. Have you ever heard Chris Russo????????
Chris Russo, the guy who said the Mets could "kill Delgado"
JM – Have to agree there. As I sat there and watched I kept waiting for that knockout hit but nobody got wood on the bat!!!
They are getting a reputaion for being soft with the rest of the league and it shows.
Roger: I don't listen to Russo. Tell me what he said.-JD
Annie: please, don't mention that name. I just ate. The entertainment industry is strictly copycat. Somebody has an idea that gets people to watch-presto-everyone does. There were 53 cowboy shows on TV when I was a kid. A few years ago there were a jillion boy bands. Now it is reality shows that are scripted and edited. No one ever went broke underestimating the public's taste.
It's been all over the internet lately, he probably said it as a joke, too bad nobody thought it was funny. It's not that big of a deal, but I, like many, hate the guy and like to take his words out of context.
"There's not a solution in sight first half of the season … Maybe there is in July, maybe in July they can get a first baseman,
they could kill him, they could bench him, they can do a million things then." -Chris Russo, on what the Mets can do regarding Carlos Delgado and his slump.And again my question from yesterday.. IF your going to take Oliver Perez out of the game, why not put in Joe Smith to face Milledge.
If there was something wrong with Smith yesterday, he wouldn't be throwing a full inning in relief tonight.
The idiots on Loud Mouth are Chris Carlin and Adam Schein. I can't take either one myself and the guy who sounds like the frog on courageous cat and minute mouse drives me nuts.
Smith is on a pace to pitch 88 games this year. Heilman even more
wow, I turned on the met game and they have two hits, what a team, you think they were facing nolan ryan in his prime, what a disgrace. If this is what 140 mil buys than the us currency is not worth much anymore.
Why do our pitchers allow so many 2 out rallies?
Roger: There was nothing wrong with Joe Smith yesterday. It's 20/20 hindsight, but Heilman shouldn't have been in the game. Actually, there are a lot of games this year he should not have been in.-JD
This team is absolutely pathetic. No one in the bullpen can get NOT give up a run, and the offense just flat out stinks. They have the look and feel of a sub .500 team that's on its way to a 3rd or 4th place finish.
These guys simply suck
John: The fact that Heilman keeps getting sent out there is a testament to Willie's stupidity and stubborness. This is what he does…the more people lobby for him to do something, he does the opposite sometimes seemingly just to spite us all.
Heilman hasn't been in tonight and the pen has still given up 4 hits in less than 2 innings. It's really pick your poison at this point, and what is Willie gonna do if the starters can't make it outta the 6th? The offense doesn't seem inclined to pick them up . . .
If Willie cannot get this kind of talent to play cohesive ball his time will be limited. It is unfortunate because when he first arrived he started this franchise in the right direction. My problem now is the malaise with which they playball. They give me agita
This is the same team i watched play .500 ball after the all star break last year and than collaspe, exactly the same team, nothing has changed. I am supposed to get excited because Alou and Pedro are coming back, please, does the Mets organization think met fans are this stupid.
Could be now or never the way this team hits . . .
RMKMets: There's no disputing it. You're right. They don't look anything more right now than a .500 team. I think there's this feeling among the organization that they keep looking back at 2006 and thinking they are still that team. They aren't.-JD
when i look at this I don't blame Willie, i blame Omar more than willie. Omar is the one who put this together. If willie goes Omar should follow him out the door.
John I agree with you that most of the time us the fans (including me) use hindsight. But In last nights game it was the 6th inning with a right handed batter up. As I said before, I honestly didn't second guess myself and thought Joe Smith was coming into the game.
I was shocked, shocked, to see Heilman.
This team I hate to say it are truly the New York Muts or dogs, which ever you want to call them but it isn't the Mets.
This is so depressing to watch…
I definitely agree that Willie is stubborn beyond where it is in the best interest of the team. I have no problem with a manager wanting to exert his own style of things, however, when there does not seem any acceptance by the team, then the manager adjusts or the team proceeds on without him. Teams can certainly stink without a good manager. Teams with this amount of talent should at least be looking more alive. That is the manager's responsibility and he should be held accountable. I see no direction and nothing positive at this time. Unless the starter can go eight with a lead, or, have a six run lead, there are not going to be a lot of "happy recaps" this year!
It can't get any worse than this, the mets can't hit, pitch and at times play the field. They are a dead team. At this rate Willie won't last till june.
Wright is on an 0-for-18 slide. It doesn't help when you're star is in a funk, but the Mets keep talking about being a ``team.'' That means somebody has to step up and nobody is doing it. Not Delgado. Not Beltran. Not Reyes. And please, don't say they'll be better when Alou gets back. Ir their season depends on Alou, they are in serious trouble.-JD
Is to late to vote for a new Mets theme song? They should get rid of "Sweet Caroline" and replace it with either "We Love the Funk","Funeral for A Friend", or "Cold as Ice". John, maybe you should survey a few songs to see what the readers think matches their current Met's lack of any enthusiasm. I am sure it would make for interesting reading.
Tomg: I agree. It seems like they've just completely given up. Going through the motions… But of course, Williot will just say "We'll go get em tomorrow" and the cycle repeats…
Another thing: Why is HoJo still the hitting coach? He's helped turn this team into a bunch of slap hitters…
John – Cleveland just beat the Yankees 6-4, Pettitte was gone in the 5th.
Stillsane – Question – How are you? Stillsane? With this going on.
Where is Hello from DC? At least he makes me laugh!!!
JD,
I think they will be better when Alou comes back, but they are so bad right now that being better won't even make them good. It all depends on how close they stay in the division relative to the other teams, but heads are gonna role at this rate. As with Alou's return, replacing Willie might make them a bit better, but not enough. This is largely on the players.
clm – I always remain hopeful, but, they are just not fun to watch any more. I have followed the Mets for my entire life and at least when they had a quesitonable roster in the late 70's and early 80's, there would be some signs of life, and, they were entertaining. Now, they are just lifeless and it is truly sad.
Reyes is on pace for 20+ errors. The guy is on Mars.
But you have to give it to Duaner, he looks phenomenal for a guy who spent close to 2 seasons out of action.
Add to my list of songs anything by the Zombies or the Grateful Dead. It fits the team. Oh, and "Everybody Hurts" by REM.
To JM: Yes, they should be better with Alou. My point is that if they think a plus-40, injury-prone outfielder will push them over the edge, they are mistaken. What's the first thought when Alou returns? Could it be: What will happen next?-JD
Ron Darling should be considered for our manager. At least he realizes that this whole "It's early" mantra will get us nowhere..
Stillsane: Love your survey suggestion. I'll do it.-JD
It really is sad, they just look tired. Sanchez has got to be wondering who these guys are. They look like the same players that he played with but they don't play like it.
JD – Moises will help. No doubt but if they don't get their swagger back it's over.
JD,
As I said, Alou will be of marginal help. And probably for a week, before he reinjures himself as you've intimated. There are so many problem spots w/ this team that one player couldn't possibly fix it.
Howie says the Walkathon game is "In the Book" (we lost).
Maine Man tomorrow.
JM," Reyes is on pace for 20+ errors. The guy is on Mars."
I've said it several times the past two days on this blog. Reyes has his head so far up his a@@ that he can't find it.
This team is f-ucking pathetic.
Can anyone show some goddamn passion?? Like they actually care about how terrible they are?
Something has to be done… and soon..
John – Thanks. Will look forward to reading it.
Delgado disappoints, but, does not surprise. He has pretty much flat lined in terms of productivity. Pinch hitting has always been said to be a difficult task, because you take a player that is cold off the bench and ask him to produce. Taking a player off the bench who is slumping as badly as Delgado and asking him to hit cold is really questionable. Was there no else to pinch hit?
It has reached a point to where it is laughable in regards to their performance.
Wilpon must be embarassed.
Poor Johan..He must be thinking.. wow a bunch of crappy ballplayers, maybe I should have pushed for the Sox.
The Mets won five straight. Then they lost five of six. That does not say championship caliber.-JD
Now Now guys…it is too early in the season to be thinking so negatively.
Stillsane,
There was no one else left to PH except the backup catcher, and Willie never uses the backup catcher to PH.
Runnin rebel,
Are you kidding me? This team is in a lot of trouble.
Thanks JM. I was not sure if they had DL'd Schneider or not.
Dear Bloggers,
I am sorry to let you all down. My hip hurts. I have blurred vision but I can't tell Willie that.
I will try and do better…but don't count on it.
I can't keep my head down when a ground ball comes at me. I am afraid it will take a bad hop and hit some sense into me.
My butt sticks out over the bag because my boss will not give me a good ass kicking so I need to get it from my opponents.
Please don't boo me at Shea. I do not really want to get kicked off the team. I need that 16 mil. to feed my family.
I hope you all understand.
Your friend,
-Carlos D.
Yes I am kidding but if we don't have a good ball team then humor is the only thing to save us.
This team just looks very mediocre.
Wright can't win it by himself and when he isn't hitting, the team just looks worse.
I can totally see a sweep with Hudson and Smoltz going the next 2 days.
They need Maine to pitch his ass off, plain and simple. Pen ain't gonna do it, bats ain't gonna do it.
Well if it is one thing we inherited from the Dodgers is their old nickname: "da bums"
well at least the only gave up a home run this time to the guy the girl's name.
As soon as Atlanta took a 5-3 lead I started playing an internet game. I knew itwas over. I dont like this team at all. bunch of fn losers
Yeah, I havent posted since last year. I have been watching this team for close to 40 years and never seen such a sad ensemble as this bunch. quitters, losers, bums. what else can be said? 2 hits tonight? against a rookie? what happens when Smotlz and Hudson looming, can they avoid the sweep? horrible. I saw a real manager tonight though, Bobby Cox saved his starter and supported his team. I enen saw Joe Torre get ejected last night. When is Randolph going to show some leadership? he has to go asap if this team is going to have a chance.
Btw- funny listening to the Mets announcers try to cover for wee willie when they got a question about if a team follows the same temperment as its manager.
It's not fair at all to call them losers. I know they're trying, it's a complete lack of any execution…
Also, how were the Mets announcers trying to cover for Willie? Darling was the one who brought up how the "it's early" mantra will cost you dearly…
Look, this team is playing terribly right now. That, however, doesn't warrant crap like "they're losers" or "they're quitters"... If they hit better, pitch better, and defend better, they'll start winning games with consistency. Until then….
hi metsies… i see you don;t need me to make fun of your team because you are doing such a good job of spitting on them all by your little selves.
But I do want to point out one very big and important fact. When I said yesterday you metsies would be right next to my horrible Nats you all made fun of me and said I was stupid and didn't know baseball. Well just one day after I made this statement, lo and behold I come home and look at the scores and the standings and what do I see ???
The New York Mets are in 4th place, 4th place right next to my Nats!!!!!!!!!!!!
But you metsies should be happy… How many times can a team get more runs than hits???????
And I also see that you metsies only have 3 little more wins than my horrible Nats. For 140 million dollars … When will you start beleiving me that you have the worst GM in the whole world????
Love and kisses
W Keith bob JK and last but not least Delcos
I'll be usy tomorrow… As W i have to raise gas prices another 20 cents this weekend. Lots of work to change all those signs…...
Take the metro Delcos next time you come here…. We're on the Green line!
Listen, I'm not one to panic in April, but I don't like how Willie is handling this. Since last year, all he has done is preach patience. How much patience are we supposed to have? Would it kill him to get in somebody's face? How about being upset that last year's crappy play is carrying over to this year? I'm not saying that replacing him is the answer, but c'mon Willie show us that you're unhappy with this. He is in a constant state of denial when this team obviously needs a wake up call.
Hello from DC- Eat it all up now,it won't last too long for you. You'll be looking back on these two weeks fondly when you and the Nats are cellar dwelling with the Marlins.
Keith said something interesting during last nights game. He mentioned that it took years for the Phillies to get over their collapse during the '64 season. Essentially, all of the players involved had to go. Hopefully, the Mets will be able to turn the page but the way the season has begun, I am beginning to wonder. The collapse seems to be in their heads and is showing no signs of going away.
Put me in, I will turn it all around, I promise.
I have a new wind up. The high leg kick is back!
If El Duque gets in the game, count me in too.
Don't forget I can play first base. I am only a phone call away.
Eric R: You think your team is going up hill? Why .. Let me quote things from Metsies, ot from me….
Delcos: "They are proving they can lose in a lot of ways."
RG: "Man, this whole team needs a mental health day.
Or maybe just institutionalize the whole bunch."
clm: "They are getting a reputaion for being soft with the rest of the league and it shows."
RMKMets: " This team is absolutely pathetic."
RMKMets: "These guys simply suck."
tomg: "It can't get any worse than this, the mets can't hit, pitch and at times play the field. They are a dead team"
Stillsane: "they are just lifeless and it is truly sad."
Josh: "This team is f-ucking pathetic."
running rebel: "Well if it is one thing we inherited from the Dodgers is their old nickname: "da bums"
Ray Sadecki: "I dont like this team at all. bunch of fn losers"
These accurate statements are from some very smart little Metsies. And they all agree with me. Plus do you really think little metsie that willie is your BIG problem. Do you really think that suddenly when Willie goes away al the big metsies who sucked last year and sucke again this year will sudeenly stop sucking? All the smart metsies know better. Listen to them .
I thought the loss to us was your worse loss of the year but my oh my, the other pitcher helped you it says in the paper by walking home 3 runs and my oh my that's all you got. Didn't you little metsies tell me the Braves had a terrible pen? How manybhits and and runs did you get against them? I think ZERO and ZERO.
Eric R. Are you yourself showing how bad yur own team is when you defiantly state that your team will someday pass the Marlins. Doesn't that say it all about how bad your metsies are??????? 140 million dollar payroll and Eric R defiantly states they will catch the Marlins!!!!!!!
Eric R you fire the guy who gave you the team, ot the guy who can't make crap be not crap…...
well its time to raise gas prices….
Love and kisses from all of me…...
I think a new set of beat writers will fix this team.
Based on what Willie is saying to the Press I am starting to think he is not right for the job… But I am not ready to quit on him just yet.
He also pulls his starters too early. In turn this hurts the bullpen. He likes balance right? Well balance that.
Having 3-5 relievers every night is going to do a lot of damage on the pen.
I feel that part of the problem is that the manager is receiving on the job training. That may be fine for teams like the Nats or marlins but the Mets need someone who can handle the vets. I drool over Sweet Lou (not really) and what he could have done with the Mets. At a press conference last year, Lou said something to the effect that if you don't produce, you don't play. Gee, what a novel idea! If a player can't handle being benched for the good of the team, they don't belong with the team. Wille needs to suck it up and bruise a few egos and I don't mean pick on only Reyes.
Willie pulls his starters after about 100 pitches. Which is about the standard today, no matter who the manager is, except for known arm shredders like Baker. Leave them in longer, especially in April, and you risk getting a lot of sore arms and maybe even a few TJ surgeries. Further, the pitch counts are something I'm sure Peterson monitors closely and so pulling the pitchers is part his call too.
The starters have to learn to pitch longer into games and stop walking so many. Meaning of course Ollie, Maine and Pelfrey. You can excuse Pelfrey a little, but Maine and Ollies should know better by now.
Most Mets fans bash Glavine. But give him credit for producing a quality start almost every time out. Even last year. Not saying the Mets should have brought him back. Not at all. I'm just appreciative of the quality of pitching he did give to the Mets.
I think it's clear if Ollie can't go longer into games, they shouldn't bring him back. Unless they can find some other starters who can consistently go at least 6 innings almost every time out.
good point. So I guess everyone besides Santana has control.
How to Save Heilmann and win a pennant??? Look to 1973
You older guys. Do you remember how Tug McGraw was pitching like Aaron Heilmann in 1973. Maybe worse. What did Yogi do??? He gave up a game, started him, let him get his butt kicked in all at one time….. Then he hid him away for 2 weeks to figure it all out, started him one more time..what happened… he figured it out pitched good… Tugger went back to the pen and was lights out the last 2 months….
(PS: He didn't even give up that one game because the team scored like 7 runs in the 9th to come back and win)....
The other thing is, as the Mex noted on the air the other night, Heilman could very well be tipping his pitches. That's very different from, say, a sore arm or a psyche job.
Good point, Sloppy. I was going to suggest the same course of action for Heilman. I would send him to AAA for a couple of starts to work it all out. Can't hurt.
How about reeling it to 1984 Jim Kaplan writes about when Doc was working the mound.
"But Mel Stottlemyre, the ex-Yankee, is getting high marks in his first year with the Mets. He even has a system of fines—$1 for a minor infraction like reporting late to batting practice, $3 for walking the leadoff man, $7 for failing to bunt a man over and a higher amount for "embarrassments to the club," such as looking foolish at the plate."-Sports Illustrated July 02, 1984
Bigger fines?
Seriously if they cared, they would commit to this.
I like the idea.
The whole team looks extremely tense.
When pitches can't throw strikes that to me either says they stink or they are afraid, tense.
When hitters don't swing when they have a guy on the ropes, that says to me they are tense.
They have the 2007 collapse in their heads no matter what Willie says.
dakko: Send him to the minors?....He's out of options…..
Keith had a better point… The 64 Phillies sucked until every last one of the chokers was gone…...The 98 Mets choked but they were seen as growing for tomorrow. These Mets were built for yesterday. Yesterday, that should be the 8th inning song. This team was built for 2006. "Yesterday, came suddenly".
So what's your proposition? Trade everyone on the roster and alienate the fanbase??
"So what's your proposition? Trade everyone on the roster and alienate the fanbase??
Where have you been Josh. The Met fan base is not alienated? They boo every player because they are happy with the team? They blast every player on every blog because they are happy with the team"
Tell me Josh if this fan base isn't alienated, what do you define as alienated???
And since you asked: and since its not my money… here's what I'd do. Effective immediately, Omar Willie are out replaced by whomever, I don't care, but there are GMs out there. You can manage if you want. otherwise give the job to Delcos. He has aclearer picture then anyone in the Met FO. Then Delgado is DFA'd, Schoeneweis is DFAd, Castillo is DFAd, Sosa is DFAd…. Replaced by guys from the minors whemever the new GM thinks is better than a T Ball player. Then I'd decide whether to try to re sign OP or not and he answer will be no so I would dump him for some prospects…. Then I'd dump Wagner for some prospects before he sucks in September again, You know what that's called Josh… Its called rebuilding…. Since we do indeed have some talented nucleii, I wouldn't dump em all but I'd make a decision on whether or not I thought guys like Reyes, Wright, Beltran, Maine could overcome the nightmare of 2007 with a newer and fresher clubhouse. And go from there, one after another…..
The guys who weren't here in 2007 all stay but are kept in a seperate place away from all the poison of 2007 so they don't get contaminated…....
What an example of something right last night. The freakin Brave pitcher implodes and then pitches three perfect innings… Does anyone think they'd ever see that from Pelfrey, OP, Maine??? Ad then we hear how young Pelfrey is, but he's certainly older than that 22 year old Brave kid is…....
Right Tiffany, it's my fault for those three grand slams the bullpen has given up … and Perez's wildness … and Delgado's slump.-JD
I don't think you've been giving it your all, Delcos. You're not writing as if there's a pennant on the line. I see the occasional typo, the lazy construction. This wouldn't be happening if you had your head in the game.
To Tiffany: I see your point. I promise to do better.-JD
There's a kid writing for a paper in Binghamton who hasn't made a typo in seven months now. I say bring him up. Let him get the feel of a big-league keyboard. Give him a taste of that Shea Stadium press food.