I think I understand both Jerry's messages...
metsfever.blogspot.com 7/1/2009 — There seems to be a lot of criticism, of Jerry Manuel's approach to the team, over the last week, for several days Jerry has made comments about wanting/needing another bat and how the team as it currently is constructed needs to play perfect. I found his comments honest and refreshing, at ...

Wright Calls Out Manuel
nleastchatter.com 7/1/2009 — After last nights debacle and a close door meeting, many of us waited to see what the interviews would hold. What did Manuel provide us? Soundbites. It now appears as Jerry has had a change of heart. Why? Did he see something in the game last night that made him a believer? Did someone ...

Why Isn’t The Media Calling For Jerry’s Head?
metsfansforever.com 6/30/2009 — Author:Greg Pomes I just like to take a second and introduce myself real quick. My name is Greg Pomes and I am proud to be writing for Mets Fans Forever. I’m a life long Mets fan who has been there for the good times and the very bad times. I am opinionated and I’m sure some of you ...

"You Helped This Happen"
beliefnet.com 7/1/2009 — Partial transcript of comments from the Thursday, September 13, 2001 edition of the '700 Club.' JERRY FALWELL: And I agree totally with you that the Lord has protected us so wonderfully these 225 years. And since 1812, this is the first time that ...

Big Papi's Restaurant
fenwaywest.com 7/1/2009 — David Ortiz became a partner in the Metro 9 Steakhouse in Framingham. Ortiz and co-owner Peter Sarmanian plan to change the name to Big Papi's Restaurant. Papi is a good baseball name - I'm not so sure about a restaurant name. Everytime I think of it that scene from Poppie's Restaurant in ...

Mets end losing streak with 1-0 win
sportsindepth.blogspot.com 7/2/2009 — The Mets ended their 5-game losing streak and beat the Brewers 1-0 (one of three 1-0 games in the Majors today. Jerry Manual employed an unusual tactic to help them break the streak: riding a team bus together from their hotel to the ballpark. Even K-Rod said it was "a little weird". Jerry ...

Padres' Bell acting like 'kid at Toys 'R' Us'
usatoday.com 7/14/2009 — Bell was among the last All-Stars to arrive at their hotel, checking in at 10:17 a.m. Monday after he, Padres teammate Adrian Gonzalez , Gonzalez's wife, Betsy, and batting practice pitcher Ray Krohn drove the final three hours of an 18-hour trip. A ...

A Day In The Life Of Brian Stokes
amazinavenue.com 6/3/2009 — 5:45: Wake up and begin gameday 50-mile jog and stretching. I think today's the day I finally talk to Jerry. 5:50: Finish jog, read the entire New York Times and drink coffee. 6:00: My wife wakes up and starts mocking my pregame preparations. She ...

Bernazard Up to His Old Tricks
nybaseballdigest.com 7/5/2009 — Yesterday, Bill Madden reported on the Mets current woes. Aside from the usual conversation (shallow lineup, barren farm system, Jerry Manuel’s post game quotes) he brings up that meddlesome name again: Tony Bernazard. It appears that Bernanzard, as he did during the Randolph regime, ...

Time is Now to Fire Jerry Manuel; Who's Next?
metspolice.com 6/30/2009 — That's it, I'm done. In fact I'm well done as in overcooked the same as over-managing. This is not something new with me. I have been on this tare since Jerry threw Ryan Church and Daniel Murphy under the bus in Spring Training. I will say I was a Willie Randolph fan. Was he the best manager in ...

Interleague Play Is Over: Time For the Mets to Get Going — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/29/2009
The Mets are probably the most relieved of any team that interleague play is now officially over for 2009 As fans, we do have to give the AL East a ton of credit. They made all NL East teams look like amateurs, not just the Mets. Yes, I am aware ...

Looking at the Yankees on an Off Day — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/29/2009
The past two weeks have been not so much a Tale of Two Teams as it has a Tale of Two Offenses. Both weeks the Yankees pitched decently—certainly well enough that they could have won nearly every game they played—but in the first week of ...

Wright looks like lock for St. Louis — Surfing the Mets - NY Daily News Blogs 6/29/2009
If this were a political race, David Wright likely would be declared the winner, even though polls are still open. Wright has a sizable lead at third base in the final update for All-Star balloting before the complete vote totals are released.  ...

Who Should the New York Mets Send to the Pen When Perez and Maine are Back? — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/29/2009
Mets have seen too much of the disabled list this year, and it has been very hard to watch. Watching Met by Met go to the DL is not easy for any Mets fan to watch. Watching the Mets pay for it was even harder. But we have heard good news about ...

New York Mets: Subway Series Disaster — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/29/2009
New York Yankees sweep New York Mets; Jerry Manuel should be fired The injury-plagued Mets are running out a depleted lineup, which certainly helps to explain the lack of hitting in the first two games of the first Subway Series at Citi ...