Skip to main content

Jose Reyes embarasses himself in final Mets apperance

In what will likely be his final game in a New York Mets uniform, Jose Reyes went out in as embarrassing a fashion as he could possibly dream up.

In the bottom of the first inning in the Mets season finale against the Cincinnati Reds, Reyes bunted for base hit single, then took himself out of the baseball game because he had full knowledge that he was two points ahead of Milwaukee's Ryan Braun for the NL batting average title. In short Reyes cared more about a pointless statistic than about the well- being of a franchise, for which he will most likely no longer work for come November.

When asked about the decision to pull Reyes out of the game, Terry Collins back tracked, and said that Reyes, himself, decided to come out of the game, creating a huge uproar over his actions.

The actions by Reyes came as a shock to everyone sitting at Citi Field when his replacement was booed by the Mets fans. Even Keith Hernandez called Reyes' move "disappointing."

This begs the question: Why didn't Collins force Reyes to stay in the game? Collins is a baseball lifer; why did he bend over backwards for a player on the final day of the season? Reyes is one player on a 25 man roster and does not deserve special treatment.

To add salt to the wound, Collins decided to pull his best Dick Vermil impersonation as he broke down in tears on how hard his players tried this season. Huh??? There's no crying baseball, Terry! The words "hard" and "tried" were not exactly on display from this miserable, pathetic baseball team that won only 77 games and showed they couldn't perform the fundamentals of baseball. Suffice to say, they couldn't hit a bull in the behind with a bag of rice.

The Mets were a joke in 2011. Not only did the team not have an ace with guts (Mike Pelfrey this means you), they didn't even have a closer in spite of much ballyhooed expectations for Bobby Parnell who looked more and more like Brandon Looper than Mariano Rivera, if you catch my drift.

What's to be proud of with this Mets team? Jose Reyes bunting for a base hit? The fact that David Wright didn't ask for a trade this year? The fact that Jason Bay didn't knock himself out by smashing into the left field wall? The fact that the Wilpon's cheated out David Einhorn from purchasing 20 percent of the franchise? What's to be proud of with the Mets?

Here's your answer: NOTHING!!! N-O-T-H-I-N-G! NOTHING!!!

Maybe the only reason Collins was crying was because he signed a one year extension through 2013, meaning he will be part of this Fred Wilpon-driven mess for two more years. That would make me cry too.

Anyway it will be interesting to see if the Mets even sign Reyes. Wilpon himself said that Reyes is not worth $100 million, a contract price that Reyes will command especially if he wins the NL batting title.

Mets fans have nothing to be proud of with Reyes; he slapped them in the face today by taking himself out of the ballgame in favor of his stats. It was his way of saying, "I get this batting title; I get my ticket out of this Hell hole."

Met fans will hate Reyes even more next year when he is wearing another uniform. Then again maybe that anger will be directed at the Wilpons, who won't pay him the money he earned.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Jets, Dolphins and Patriots Playoff Breakdown

Here are the formuli that could get the Jets into and out of the playoff party this season: 1) If the Jets win against Seattle and Miami, they win the AFC East based on a better conference record (8-4) than the New England Patriots, even if New England wins out as well. 2) If the Patriots win out and the Dolphins win out and finish at 11-5, the Jets would be 10-6, or 9-7, and probably out of the playoffs. Both New England and Miami would make the playoffs, with the Dolphins as a divison winner and the Patriots as a wild card. The Patriots make the postseason if Baltimore loses one of its final two games. 3) If the Patriots win out and the Dolphins and Jets split, then the Patriots win the AFC East. The Jets will have to hope that they beat Miami to win that tie-breaker and, further, hope that they have a better conference record than the Baltimore Ravens in order to clinch the sixth seed. 4) If the Patriots and Ravens win out and the Dolphins and Jets split their final two games, then ...
8 comments
Read more

Francisco Lindor Remains Red Hot as Mets Top Phillies

 Francisco Lindor remains the hottest player in Queens right now.  The Mets shortstop blasted two more home runs, including a three-run blast in the bottom of the eighth inning, Monday night to help propel the Mets to a 5-4 win over Philadelphia.   Lindor who typically struggles in the month of April is putting together a heck of a month. Monday's two hit effort was the 10th game in the last 11 where Lindor has recorded a hit. In fact in the month of April alone this year, Lindor was hitting at .311 coming into Monday's action.  On the year, Lindor is batting .284 with five homers and 13 RBI.  Lindor's efforts proved to be prophetic, as the Phillies Alec Bohm crushed a three-run bomb off Edwin Diaz in the top of the ninth to cut the Mets lead to a single run. Fortunately for New York, Diaz was able to shut the door with strikeouts of Trea Turner and Bryce Harper.  New York (16-7) has now won five in a row.  
Post a Comment
Read more

Mets Keep Rolling into Phillies Series

 The New York Mets are feeling pretty good about things right now!  The Amazin's swept a four game series from the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, winning 7-4 Sunday afternoon. It was the first time since 1986 that the Amazin's had swept such a series from St. Louis. We all know what happened later that season.    Well, not to get too far ahead of ourselves, because the 2025 version now faces a very stiff challenge. The Mets will face their arch rivals the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday with only two games separating the two teams in the NL East.  The Mets took out Philly in the NLDS last October, so this figures to be a heck of showdown. The Mets begin a month long stretch against teams that are likely postseason contenders like the Phillies, D-Backs, Cubs, Yankees, Red Sox, and Dodgers.  If the Mets (15-7) are this good, we will know for sure in a month.
Post a Comment
Read more