Well it seems that Jerry the Heartbreaker is at it again. This time he is out to crush any confidence that Parnell had left and has now kicked his butt back to the pen with the following to say according to Newsday:
“He probably wasn’t advancing at the level that we would want him to be at,” Manuel said, later suggesting that the Mets could no longer feel “confident” with Parnell on the mound.”
Parnell may have needed to be sent back to the pen but can you not just keep your damn mouth shut and say “Parnell has been moved back to the BP.”? Jerry continues to toy with our younger players. Normally I think a manager’s effect is overrated but right now Jerry’s might be underrated. Unfortunately his effect is ALL negative. Get this guy away from our young players now!
29 comments
rustyjr
9/17/2009-7:49pm at 7:49 pm (UTC -4)
gotta love jerry – sometimes i wonder if he could talk out of his ass if his mouth was glued shut
Kingman 26
9/17/2009-8:33pm at 8:33 pm (UTC -4)
LOL!!!
stickguy
9/17/2009-8:01pm at 8:01 pm (UTC -4)
Jerry has to go. Can he really be this dumb?
I have a new theory. He thinks the team will not win next year, and doesn’t want to get blamed. So, he is trying to get himself fired so he can stay home, collect his salary, and look for another gig, hiding behind the injury facade.
he probably knows that if he gets a healthy, talanted team next year and it underperfms, peole will finally figure out what a moron he really is.
stickguy
9/17/2009-8:32pm at 8:32 pm (UTC -4)
found a totally apropos posting by Greg over at fear and fear in Flushing. a clip:
“Those who cut the Mets miles and miles of slack for sucking as badly as they do point to the injuries. How could have we expected them to contend without their key players? I’ll buy that. I’ll buy that substituting for All-Stars and even regulars wasn’t going to be easy. I’ll buy that if you told me ahead of time that we’d endure most of 2009 missing mass quantities of Reyes, Delgado, Beltran, Maine, Perez and Putz (plus assorted other dollops of the disabled) I’d have no right nor reason to expect this team to be in the middle of a pennant race in mid-September.
But I’d also have no right nor reason to expect what we’ve gotten. We’ve gotten dumbass baseball from the moment the season started right down to its final weeks. We’ve gotten amateur baseball from professionals. We’ve gotten neophyte mistakes from those who have been playing the game continually since childhood.
It’s not that we don’t have good players. We don’t, for the most part, but it’s not that. It’s that we’re getting bad baseball. Dumbass baseball.
We’ve seen it emanate from just about every source imaginable since April, but from no one as repeatedly or as regularly as from Daniel Murphy. Since it’s a teamwide epidemic, I’m assuming we’ve seen more bad baseball out of Murphy in ’09 because he’s had the dratted luck to remain healthy this entire season. He’s played in ten more games than David Wright, twelve more than Luis Castillo. It only figures that by exposing himself more, he would be more exposed than any Met.
All Mets play bad baseball. Daniel Murphy plays it the most. “
metsfan4decades
9/17/2009-10:41pm at 10:41 pm (UTC -4)
I’ll tell you what though….I’d much rather keep Murphy and get rid of Jerry.
Here’s a kid that didn’t have the usual time to develop in the minors, brought up earlier than normal last year, touted as our starting season LF this year with very little preperation (and none of it in the minors). Then…after stinking it up there for about 6 weeks, they have an opportunity to save face and stick him at first when Delgado went down – yet another position he’s had very little experience at.
He’s been a credible replacement at first. Has he made some bonehead decisions and plays? Yup, no doubt about it. But I’ll give him credit for shoveling you-know-what against the tide, unprepared for what the team asked of him this year. With his work ethic, I’m sure he’s tried as best he could to do whatever it is they’ve asked him to do.
Maybe if they’d stop messing around with this kid, switching positions, platooning, whatever, we’d get a chance to see just what he might be capable of. I don’t think he’s ever gonna be a star, but you don’t need all stars on the roster to win.
stickguy
9/17/2009-10:53pm at 10:53 pm (UTC -4)
I would rather get Moises (hell, Bonilla) back than see Jerry again next year.
CaseStreet
9/17/2009-8:34pm at 8:34 pm (UTC -4)
it’s not just Jerry.
Where in the baseball world does it make sense to evaluate a player’s future role based on such a small sample.
It’s like saying, Daniel Murphy had a good couple of months in the OF so he’s going to be the everyday outfielder next year. Oh, wait…
Kingman 26
9/17/2009-8:43pm at 8:43 pm (UTC -4)
Haha!
Joey Cora…let’s get an ex-Mariner in the manager’s office in Queens!!
Or Tim Teufel.
As Stick I think said earlier, let’s find the next Scioscia/Gardenhire.
CaseStreet
9/17/2009-9:00pm at 9:00 pm (UTC -4)
I vote for Jose Valentin!
Kingman 26
9/17/2009-9:21pm at 9:21 pm (UTC -4)
Oooh, that is a damn good name to throw into the suggestion ring!
Seriously….
rustyjr
9/17/2009-9:24pm at 9:24 pm (UTC -4)
i got dibs on orel hershiser – my opinion piece gets published tomorrow
Kingman 26
9/17/2009-8:40pm at 8:40 pm (UTC -4)
Well, I guess Jerry is shwoing his baseball acumen by not allowing Parnell to pitch in any of these absolutely crucial remaining games.
After all, we surely need to see more of the very mediocre Tim Redding, the 35-year- old craptastic Nelson Figueroa, who will surely be a number 1 or 2 somewhere next year, and maybe even Pat Misch of the one career win.
No, don’t waste any of these huge games on a 24 year old who can throw in the upper 90s.
Maybe Omar trades him away for nothing and we can add him to the Bell/Lindstrom list of live arms given away for less than zero.
Has Jerry taught anyone anything? Has he gotten the most out of even one player? Has he visibly improved anyone? Has he stressed fundamentals now that all is long lost?
I used to feel fairly sure that he was a poor manager; now it is plain for all to see. He must be stopped before spring training opens.
stickguy
9/17/2009-10:46pm at 10:46 pm (UTC -4)
the answer to all your questions, in case you were wondering, is NO
mikemattone
9/17/2009-9:03pm at 9:03 pm (UTC -4)
Dan Warthen needs to go too.
rustyjr
9/17/2009-9:23pm at 9:23 pm (UTC -4)
sad but true
wait til you see the article i got in the wings for tomorrow
rustyjr
9/17/2009-9:25pm at 9:25 pm (UTC -4)
oh kingman Henry Gibson died – i love the classic blues brother line ” IVE ALWAYS LOVED YOU!” – TO FLIGHT OF THE VALKYRES
Kingman 26
9/17/2009-9:56pm at 9:56 pm (UTC -4)
Damn, did not hear that!
Yeah, he and his crew were classic in that movie….f***ing Illinois Nazis.
“I’ve always loved you.” LOL!!!!
stickguy
9/17/2009-10:56pm at 10:56 pm (UTC -4)
I hate Illinois Nazis!
whataputz
9/17/2009-10:00pm at 10:00 pm (UTC -4)
It might not be the best move for his confidence and yadda yadda, but I think Parnell’s career is in relief pitching. he’s got that blazing fastball and if he can work on another pitch he’s got 8th inning and maybe someday 9th inning stuff. I think as a starter he’s mediocre at best, but he’s proven at times this season out of the pen that he can be very valuable. Sure Jerry might not have made the greatest move, but Parnell was stinking up the joint.
trs86
9/17/2009-10:28pm at 10:28 pm (UTC -4)
It’s not the move, it’s the way it was done, when it was done and what was said when it was done.
stickguy
9/17/2009-10:55pm at 10:55 pm (UTC -4)
Will he be calling out Figgy tomorrow too?
I think the players should get together, and pull in one of th ebeat writers (hmmm, Rubin?) and totally unload on Jerry. Call him out for all the dumb things he did, and mistakes he made.
Hey, if it works for Jerry, he can’t complain when he gets it right back!
trs86
9/18/2009-7:29am at 7:29 am (UTC -4)
You know Stick that is a great point. I had not thought about that angle. If Jerry is never true to his word and constantly belittles the players in public for “motivation” perhaps the players should do the same to motivate him…. to leave.
stickguy
9/17/2009-11:19pm at 11:19 pm (UTC -4)
Looks like Murph man must have knon we were disecting him today!
metsfan4decades
9/17/2009-11:52pm at 11:52 pm (UTC -4)
See? That’s what I was talking about above. Murph is certainly no whiner and didn’t go out there today with his tail between his legs. 3 for 4, a HR, double, some good fielding.
Good for him..
Jerry saying on the post game show ‘we competed, just fell short’. Uh, Okay, dokey…
I think I’m the only left watching these games – LOL. Can’t help myself. It’s always such a long winter w/o baseball….
trs86
9/18/2009-7:32am at 7:32 am (UTC -4)
Pretty much, I will tune in for some playoff games. That’s about it. Wish they aired the Arizona Fall League so I could see Davis and Mejia play.
prismo
9/18/2009-7:38am at 7:38 am (UTC -4)
I haven’t watched a full game in weeks. I’ve watched a few innings here and there, but once the team falls behind, there’s really no point.
metsfan4decades
9/17/2009-11:56pm at 11:56 pm (UTC -4)
Bobby O, when asked by Carlin, if Jerry could be considered ‘on the line right now’, especially with this last road trip. Bobby O. said if they continue looking this lack luster for the last set of games, then yeah, could change the whole mindset towards things. Woo-Hoo.
And he said he knows one thing: Jerry talks about keeping guys ‘fresh’. Bobby said well, Castillo looks totally exhausted so let’s start with him.
He’s got nothing left to prove. Louie did more than anyone expected this season. Showed up in shape with something to prove, stayed healthy (absolutely amazing) and is currently about 8th in the league in BA with a good on base %.
He gets 100% for the effort this season.
trs86
9/18/2009-7:31am at 7:31 am (UTC -4)
Unless they are playing him for a trade in the offseason, you are right. There has to be a guy to play 2B. Why not let Murphy try it there and Evans at 1B? Does it matter?
gipperpdx
9/18/2009-12:15am at 12:15 am (UTC -4)
The Tinkerer must go.