Lack of fundamentals haunts Mets
Published 4/22/2008 by Jon Greenberg at Major League Baseball News
Nelson Figueroa called it the play of the game. Mets manager Willie Randolph called it a missed opportunity. Carlos Delgado basically called it bad luck. In essence, it was a test of a team's grasp of fundamental baseball, and the Mets didn't pass.
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