You may have thought that Willie Harris is the newest Met-Killer after his unreal diving catch to rob Church of a double yesterday. Well, you were wrong, he is already known for his Met-Killing abilities. Here is a photo Willie Harris robbing Delgado of a homerun last summer at Shea where it would have tied the game 7-7 in the bottom of the ninth. Not only that, but he made a similar play on Alou in the first inning of that game to rob him of an extra base hit.And what was Beltran doing half-way down the line on a line drive in the infield? There was one out. And he didn't even attempt to get back to third. 'I guess he was trying to beat the traffic'. (Classic quote from Eli Manning on the Letterman show referring to Belichick leaving the Super Bowl early).
My guy Pelfrey was going for that first ever Mets No-hitter. It was 0-0 and looking like maybe he could get one of those difficult to achieve no-hitters with a loss. I was rooting for it. That would have been in typical Mets fashion.
I also can't believe Ryan Church is doing this well. I thought he was one of those career minor league types. And I was pissed about losing Milledge for a minor leaguer and a washed up catcher. I was wrong; so far. Church is .310, 8 HR, 30 RBI, 29 R and has secured a spot at #2 in the order. Milledge is .238, 1HR, 13 RBI, 16 Runs, 1 for his last 19 AB and looks like he should just stick to rap.
Beltran getting doubled off was horrible, indefensable. But Willie DID defend him after the game, saying that we had 'we were going on contact there'. Yeah, there is the contact play, but on line drives the contact play doesn't apply.
ReplyDeleteWhat I did like about that play though, was that Beltran didn't try to go back. He knew he was out since he was halfway down the line and just trotted off. There is no sense trying to dive back into third to be out by a mile, you just look like more of an idiot.
I still don't like that Beltran was trotting toward the dugout instead of at least trotting toward third base. The first to third throw is not easy, especially for a first baseman who rarely throws across the diamond.
ReplyDeleteAlso, WFAN was getting on Randolph this morning about resting Alou yesterday. The guy needs to be put on a schedule. Randolph made a good move in resting him.