Charge the Mound…

It’s really all most of the New York media can talk about right now — but is it even worth examining?  Of course it is likely he will be fired since he is the only one that they can look to when they are playing poor baseball.  But does he deserve it?  No way.  For a while I thought he did — but once I started watching the team play, I realized it is not his fault.  He defends these guys and they do not deserve it.  They are full of themselves, they are overpaid and exceptionally talented.  Yet, they look like they do not care.  That is not the manager’s fault.  He is trying.  Every day he continues to do everything right, while the players do not respond.  I am doubtful that a new manager will change that.  Maybe Reyes for Santana would not have been a bad idea?

[New York. May 17, 2008.] I do not know whether you have notice, but the Mets and the Yankees have a combined record of under .500. This is the first time they have played each other with such a combined record. I doubt it will make for very good baseball, but I am pretty sure they will still be a combined under .500 when the series ends. Let’s just hope it sparks both teams to find themselves and get back to respectability.