tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post254132564245698224..comments2023-10-29T08:25:50.241-04:00Comments on The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus: Bullpen Blows Up, But Who Lit The Fuse?Metstradamushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023215480704948183noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-4937173177586427092007-08-17T17:25:00.000-04:002007-08-17T17:25:00.000-04:00mel,it's willie's third year as manager. bobby cox...mel,<BR/><BR/>it's willie's third year as manager. bobby cox wasn't as good as bobby cox in his third year.<BR/><BR/>actually though, i was writing to say that the culprit who continues to go unmentioned is the starting staff. these guys, even when pitching well, can't seem to get itself into the 7th or 8th. <BR/><BR/>i think you really do have to factor that in when thinking about who willie brings in and why. his bullpen is going 3-4 innings every single night. sometimes it isn't just about matchups. i'd be some serious scratch that on some nights willie or prof. rick puts the call out to the pen asking for one guy and the answer is "i just don't have it tonight skip." <BR/><BR/>willie doesn't abuse his pen the way torre has done historically. but still, these guys are wearing down. what i think is interesting is that if you read widely in the mets blogosphere and press everyone is clear that willie mismanages his lineup and bullpen. but 50 different bloggers and scribes give you 60 different opinions on the "obvious" move that willie is missing. as much as anything, that's what's retained my faith in willie.<BR/><BR/>when the marketplace comes to a consensus on what a guy is doing wrong, most of the time he's wrong (e.g., Tony LaRussa NOT pinch-hitting Pujols in the All-Star game). but when the market is all over the place about what a guy is doing wrong it's just a common case of making a move that doesn't work. even bobby cox does that.dave crocketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04269584494115120615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-48954174607119301892007-08-17T13:48:00.000-04:002007-08-17T13:48:00.000-04:00No, he gives cookies to Adam LaRoche and Jason Bay...<I>No, he gives cookies to Adam LaRoche and Jason Bay for them to pound on like chop meat.</I><BR/><BR/>Either you're mixing your metaphors here or you make some strange cookies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-78242577021424541842007-08-17T09:50:00.000-04:002007-08-17T09:50:00.000-04:00The mets bullpen has been serving up nice, delicio...The mets bullpen has been serving up nice, delicious metballs to a crappy pirates team all series. It just finally caught upto them in the final game.<BR/><BR/>This team reminds me of how I am in the morning. I am not a morning person. Its a struggle to wake up and get going to work, I mean I might physically get up, but I am not all there in the head. Its a perpetual state of groggyness.<BR/><BR/>The mets need a kick in the ass like I need a cup of coffee in the morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-10112260564363622572007-08-17T01:07:00.000-04:002007-08-17T01:07:00.000-04:00I know like every comment I have posted on your bl...I know like every comment I have posted on your blog has been in defense of Aaron Heilman in some way or another, I must explain that I have taken to the man moreso because everyone seems to hate his guts.<BR/><BR/>I mean I can justify hating Guillermo Mota, who now has a 5.80 ERA coming back from steroids suspension and whom Rotoworld isn't "feeling sorry for."<BR/><BR/>And I can justify getting pissed off at Willie Randolph because he has proven inept at managing a bullpen this season. I mean, its uncanny. With him, every relief pitcher (outside of Wagner of course) is unclassified. And these unclassified pitchers will either pitch two innings back to back days or a third of an inning in a week. There's no freaking middle ground.<BR/><BR/>I mean why the hell am I seeing Guillermo Mota on my television all the time and Pedro Feliciano is scarcely being used at all? Why is Joe Smith forgotten in AAA during all this?<BR/><BR/>But I can't quite justify it with Heilman. The fact is Heilman sits as the Mets' 2nd or 3rd best reliever (depending on where Feliciano is at these days). But since he's not lights out, he seems to get the brunt.<BR/><BR/>I swear, many of the times Heilman has had a bad outing have been 2 inning outings. Molina, tonight, an early Brave game. I am not sure but I want to see either the Kelly Johnson 3 run HR or the Jimmy Rollins 3 run HR or both were two inning attempts. And saying he's a "1 inning horse" isn't necessarily a putdown either because how many relievers aren't?<BR/><BR/>But yeah, it really frustrates me when you see one game (like Glavine's 300th) where Willie burns through Mota, Heilman, and Feliciano in one inning and then another game where he tries to stretch Mota two innings and Heilman two innings because Brian Lawrence sucks.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07380542965672026412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-16570363399783594122007-08-17T00:50:00.000-04:002007-08-17T00:50:00.000-04:00It was actually Windmill Willie...but you're right...It was actually Windmill Willie...but you're right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-69636353436675533372007-08-17T00:23:00.000-04:002007-08-17T00:23:00.000-04:00You know what? I have always been willing to give ...You know what? I have always been willing to give Willie the benefit of the doubt, up to a couple of months ago, but the more I see this team play, the more often I find myself thinking "Would Bobby Cox make that move?". The answer most often seems to be NO WAY. Just weird stuff, like running out of bench players, misuse of bullpen etc, etc. <BR/>When he was hired, I read in one of the papers that they use to call him "Wave-them-home-Willie" while a third base coach with the team in the Bronx. It was meant to show his lack of understanding for the nuances of the game. Now I see why.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com