During the early parts of Friday night's game, I could see Mets fans second guessing themselves with every Jose Reyes at-bat. I could imagine the bloggers cursing themselves for publishing that article that called for Reyes to be yanked from the lead-off spot. I could feel their anguish as they wondered if they could delete the words that demanded Luis Castillo be released.
As those two were working walks, stroking singles and hitting homers, I could hear them wondering, "Is the offense back?"
After all, they worked over Clayton Kershaw, the phenom with the mid-90's fastball and knee buckling curve.
What they probably failed to remember is this was Kershaw's second major league start. Sure, he looked good in his debut, but this is a 20-year old rookie who struggled with command in the minors.
But they put up four runs against him without their 3-4-5 hitters contributing anything. Delgado, Castro and Evans all got hits from the bottom part of the order.
So, if the offense is back, there still is a ray of hope. You can put the plan to buy paper bags on hold. If you hurry, maybe you can catch back up to the wagon.
Willie, returning from the dead himself, could use that as motivation to help this team get back to the top. They had won three in a row.
But the bullpen blew it. The one part of the team that was performing well, couldn't hold the lead.
I could hear them punching the keys, looking for a new scapegoat, calling for Aaron Heilman to hit the road.
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4 months ago
To Be honest, I didnt know how I felt about last nights game. I think overall Heilman just cant be trusted in close games. Thats all there is to it. I like him and always have. But this year just isnt his year. The offense was somewhat "back," considering that they did score 5 runs. But to me, most of those runs were scored as a result of the poor defense of the Dodger's third baseman. There were multiple times that there were RISP (and even bases loaded with less than 2 out) but the offense could not put the game away. That discouraged me the most because the game should have been a blowout.
from 4 months ago
No doubt. Heilman is done for the season, confidence shot. Probably time for him to be only a long man or bring someone else in.
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