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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Newsday: Matthews - No sense of relief in this Mets victory

The daily edition of Jerry Manuel humor about his team/bullpen (and it doesn’t even include his “Johan will be throwing nine innings, 170 pitches tomorrow” crack). Poor guy is going to have to go into rehab in the offseason, since he probably has to use something to get through the day.

But in the Mets dugout, Jerry Manuel didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “These guys, they’ll turn a laugher into a tearjerker,” he said.
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“This was not fun,” Manuel acknowledged. “You think that’s fun, walking out to the mound every three minutes? People didn’t come here to see me do that. They came to see the players play.”
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“I still got some guys left,” Manuel joked when it was pointed out to him that despite opening a six-run lead, he still needed to use seven pitchers in relief of Brandon Knight, who got through five shaky but mostly harmless innings.

NTNgod Posted: September 18, 2008 at 03:47 AM | 6 comment(s) | Login to Bookmark
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1. Russlan will never be fond of Jason Bay Posted: September 18, 2008 at 04:50 AM (#2945975)

I want the Mets to make the playoffs because I don't want to spend more time talking about another collapse but there is hardly a scenario I can imagine in which the Mets go deep in the playoffs with this bullpen. No lead is safe.

2. RayDiPerna

Posted: September 18, 2008 at 05:00 AM (#2945976)

7 relievers to get through 4 innings?

3. zack Posted: September 18, 2008 at 12:39 PM (#2946056)

The best part when of the game was when they were 7-1, and Sutton was waffling about whether or not Reyes attempting to steal woul d be showing up the Nats. Now with this bullpen, homer.

4. HowardMegdal

Posted: September 18, 2008 at 12:47 PM (#2946061)

The truth is, most nights for the remainder of the season, the Mets shouldn't have to get through four innings of relief. Of course, the more they do, the less likely they are to make the playoffs.

5. Sam M. Posted: September 18, 2008 at 12:57 PM (#2946075)

there is hardly a scenario I can imagine in which the Mets go deep in the playoffs with this bullpen. No lead is safe.

Santana, Perez, and Pelfrey pitch like Seaver, Koosman, and Matlack did in 1973. They go deep, they pitch well, and you don't need much from the pen. If they blow one or two games per series, you can live with that.

It sure wouldn't hurt to get Maine into the mix. Even if he were only able to throw an inning every other day, that would actually be very helpful at this point if it were a quality, reliable inning. Hell, if he could give that, I'd want him on the post-season roster, given how they space out the games these days.

6. formerly dp Posted: September 18, 2008 at 01:22 PM (#2946108)

I'm starting to think this team is just too snakebit this season. Losing Alou was expected. Beyond that, Maine (their #3) and their closer makes it tough to go too far into the playoffs. With Tatis out it gets even tougher. But anything can happen in the playoffs.

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