metstradamus.blogspot.com - 10/14/2009
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"You play to win the game" -Herman Edwards "Oh crap, we're 25 games out, maybe I should manage to win." -Snoop Manuel, in not so many words It surprises me when I go back and look at the game logs of guys like Ryan Church and Daniel Murphy, and see that Church really didn't have as many ...
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baseballmusings.com - 10/14/2009
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baseballmusings.com —
Metsradamus offers some advice to Jerry Manuel :
So barring a change of heart by ownership (good...
luck), what must Snoop learn in 2010? Learn that games in September are only important to win when you have a chance to win. That you only break the glass that contains Fernando Tatis only in ...
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Manual for Manuel
baseballmusings.com —
Metsradamus offers some advice to Jerry Manuel:
So barring a change of heart by ownership (good luck), what must Snoop learn in 2010? Learn that games in September are only important to win when you have a chance to win. That you only break the glass that contains Fernando Tatis only in case of emergency. And that spring training is in March, not May. And that bad defense doesn’t cause Oliver Perez to walk home an entire ballpark. It’s the other way around.
The author would like to see the Mets go back on their promise to ...
I’m Reading: Managing, Reyes’ Injury, Citi’s First Year
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... John over at Metstradamus feels that Jerry Manuel gives his own explanation as to why Jerry Manuel should not be managing the Mets. ...
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