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.
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