theropolitans.com - 6/26/2008
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Last night's Mets game was far from Sad. It had a better Even Flow as the Mets went Deep three times over. They were Faithfull to the balls that were Given to Fly. The Mets have a Habit of Sometimes making me Smile. Maybe Manuel and Omar Minaya will want to put the Present Tense in the Rearviewmirror and start to Do The Evolution, shaking up the team a bit.
Wright returns, homers twice as Mets rip Mariners
newsday.com 6/26/2008 — If every Mets player responds to a day off as well as David Wright did Wednesday night, Jerry Manuel will start looking like the genius that so many people like to paint him as.
Gardening With The New York Mets
tiricosuave.com 6/26/2008 — Jerry Manuel, who is kind of like a hipster version of Ozzie Guillen, has a lot of fun playing with metaphors. Most recently, he referred the Mets’ fan base as fertilizer. To keep Manuel’s aesthetic vibe going, I decided to craft a piece about, well, flowers. Jerry calls the fans fertilizer, so I call Aaron Heilman a pussy willow. Fair enough, right?
Reader comment: Longest ever?
theropolitans.com 6/26/2008 — This will definitely be an important series. Not really even because of the hype, but because they need these games while the Phillies and Marlins aren't playing well.
UmpBump Alert: Brian Runge Bumps Jerry Manuel
umpbump.com 6/26/2008 — Umpbump goes both ways.
Wait. Let me rephrase.
Umpbumpers are givers and takers.
Still sounds wrong. One more time.
A collision between player/manager and umpire does not necessarily have to be instigated by the player/manager. The inverse ...
Ump's bump costs him —
Surfing the Mets - NY Daily News Blogs 6/26/2008
Umpire Brian Runge, who bumped Jerry Manuel during Tuesday’s fourth inning, was suspended for a game by Major League Baseball.
Runge had apologized to Manuel before Wednesday’s Mets-Mariners series finale. The incident began with a ...