First thing, I really do not think that they are that young of a team.Sure they have Wright, Reyes, Beltran and a couple of young unproven arms. Guys like Maine and Perez do have potential, but still have a way to go. Milliadge looks like he could be special if he ever stopped dancing and watching his home runs. As far as Pelfrey and Humber, who knows. Do you remember Isringhausen, Pulphiser and Wilson? So I think they have to tinker with this team.
As far as Randolph's x's and o's go. On the pitching side, every guy he put in imploded. No one was able to do the job. On the offense, they did score runs in a couple of these games that they lost. I believe that they lost 5 games in which they scored 5 or more. The rest of the time it was just Alou and Wright. Look how many men they left on base yesterday. It is hard to hit and run if no one gets on base. The fact that Reyes was terrible really hurt the Mets. I think that was the biggest factor to the collapse. As good as Jimmy Rollins has been in helping the Phillies surge, is as bad as Reyes has been. I think Randolph's hands were tied, what was he supposed to do bench Delgado and Reyes? It just wasn't Willie's fault!
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10-01-2007, 11:29 AM
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