Jordan RappaportSweet Sweet Victory
June 19th 2008 13:22
Despite my obsession with the New York Mets, and everything surrounding the team, I followed suit on Jerry Manuel's handling of David Wright and took my own semi-day off from this team. I had been sort of drained from the events over the past few weeks, and felt that the rubber match in the third game of the Angels series could not possibly end well. The west coast timing didn't seem to favor my exhaustion, and I decided to catch the game on Mets Fast Forward in the morning.
What a mistake that was!
I have never regretted missing a game so much in the past year. The Mets managed to mount an uncharacteristic come from behind victory with 2 outs in the top of the 9th inning, when David Wright drove in the second run of the inning to blow what would have been F-Rod's 26th consecutive successful close. Easley went on to homer in the top of the tenth to seal the W for the Mets.
This win seemed to come in exactly the fashion that Willie Randolf was criticized for being unable to produce. Congrats to Jerry Manuel for pulling off a great victory in the late innings against a powerhouse team in the LA Angels (of Anaheim).
This series can be seen as a milestone in the Mets' season, as one that started with Willie and a victory, and the circus that came with it, sandwiched by a terrible loss in Manuel's debut, and finished with a valiant effort to win 2 out of 3 in dramatic fashion.
I'm not saying that the Mets are now going to go and rip off a 10 game winning streak, or that the team is even any closer to overtaking the Phils than they were on Saturday. But what can be seen from this is a new chapter has finally been started in New York, and a new style of baseball is upon us in Flushing Meadows.
As Flip Bondy said in his Daily News article today, "All the chaos and confusion caused by Randolf's dismissal has taken a real toll. The team looked exhuasted by it all."
Now the "chaos" is over and the Mets can get back to playing that good ol' game that America has embraced as its pasttime. Now the enjoyment of the game can surge back into the forefront of the fans' minds. Now the players can go to the ballpark and not justify their time with paychecks, but rather with a sense of appreciation for the game of baseball. Now the Mets can go back to being the Mets.
Let's keep the wins coming, and say goodbye to our last game in California for the season.
The Mets begin a 3-game series in Colorado tomorrow night with John Maine taking the mound against Aaron Cook.
What a mistake that was!
New York Times by Ben Shpigel 2-24-07
I have never regretted missing a game so much in the past year. The Mets managed to mount an uncharacteristic come from behind victory with 2 outs in the top of the 9th inning, when David Wright drove in the second run of the inning to blow what would have been F-Rod's 26th consecutive successful close. Easley went on to homer in the top of the tenth to seal the W for the Mets.
This win seemed to come in exactly the fashion that Willie Randolf was criticized for being unable to produce. Congrats to Jerry Manuel for pulling off a great victory in the late innings against a powerhouse team in the LA Angels (of Anaheim).
This series can be seen as a milestone in the Mets' season, as one that started with Willie and a victory, and the circus that came with it, sandwiched by a terrible loss in Manuel's debut, and finished with a valiant effort to win 2 out of 3 in dramatic fashion.
I'm not saying that the Mets are now going to go and rip off a 10 game winning streak, or that the team is even any closer to overtaking the Phils than they were on Saturday. But what can be seen from this is a new chapter has finally been started in New York, and a new style of baseball is upon us in Flushing Meadows.
As Flip Bondy said in his Daily News article today, "All the chaos and confusion caused by Randolf's dismissal has taken a real toll. The team looked exhuasted by it all."
Now the "chaos" is over and the Mets can get back to playing that good ol' game that America has embraced as its pasttime. Now the enjoyment of the game can surge back into the forefront of the fans' minds. Now the players can go to the ballpark and not justify their time with paychecks, but rather with a sense of appreciation for the game of baseball. Now the Mets can go back to being the Mets.
Let's keep the wins coming, and say goodbye to our last game in California for the season.
The Mets begin a 3-game series in Colorado tomorrow night with John Maine taking the mound against Aaron Cook.
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