Billy Wagner Throws Oliver Perez Under the Bus
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| Baseball in Fort Wayne found this 5/3/2008 on www.the700level.com [flag] |
Ya gotta love to hate Billy Wagner.
After Mets starter Oliver Perez got banged up by the Pirates on Wednesday, yielding seven runs (five unearned) in 1.2 innings, Willie Randolph had to go to his bullpen early just a day after using six pitchers in extra innings the night before. Perez clearly didn't have his best stuff, but neither did anyone else on the team.
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Oliver Perez Off to Rough Start
Published 5/3/2008 by Chad Gramling at Baseball in Fort Wayne
... “Perez honestly has got to step up and know that we’ve just used every guy in the bullpen the night before,” Wagner said. “He can’t come in and come out there and decide that he doesn’t have it today, and so be it” [hat tip to The700Level.com]. ...
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Published 5/4/2008 by Administrator at MySportsRumors.com
... So apparently, Billy Wagner ripped teammate Oliver Perez after the New York Mets lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The700Level.com looks into the situation. Being a Philly based blog, I know their loving the turmoil up there in New York, being a Yankees fan I love watching the Mets internally fight too! ...
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