Thoughts On Manuel’s Post Game
Jerry Manuel had some very interesting things to say during last night’s post game. I waited up for a while for some articles to be written about it, but had no such luck. I had to wait until today, and the quotes are from Newsday.
First, Manuel had this to say about getting ejected, “I thought that Mr. Runge was kind of baiting Carlos. That’s how I saw it. I could be wrong. So I wanted to go out and make sure everything was OK and it got a little heated. I thought he did step into me. I did not step into him. How they choose to handle that I have no idea, no clue. That was definitely the case.” So Jerry got bumped by Brian Runge which allowed Runge to use the bumping as an excuse to eject Jerry. Once Runge bumped Manuel, Manuel got his moneys worth and finally walked away.
Then Carlos Beltran, who never has anything to say, started shouting at Runge. Beltran had this to say after the game, “After what he did to Jerry I really got mad. Because he really bumped Jerry to get an excuse to throw him out of the game. I just let him know that that was weak. This is the first time that I’ve been so angry in my career and I feel like I have a reason. If I get punished for my actions, he should get punished for his actions, also, because that was horrible.” So Carlos backed up his manager who just backed him up, and there’s nothing wrong with that. One thing that Beltran said that is not in the article is that the manager is supposed to back up his players so take that for whatever it’s worth.
Then Manuel began talking about the actual game where they got landslided 11-0 to the the Mariners. Manuel said this about Oliver Perez, “I’m definitely concerned about his struggles right now and we’re going to have to address it at some time. We’ll have to seriously address it.” Yes he does because I can’t watch Ollie anymore. Next, Manuel said, “Right now, we’re a bad offensive club, period.” That’s for damn sure. In order to address these issues, Manuel stated, “It could mean some tough decisions. Could be lineup changes, could be rotation changes, could be all types of changes. We have to do what we have to do to get this team on track. We have such great fans and they’re just waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting for us to do well.” I love what Jerry had to say last night because somebody in this organization needs to admit that problems exist for them to be addressed. There are too many players on the roster that need to be shipped out of town. Most importantly, the fans do deserve better.
** After writing this post, I found the entire transcript of the post game at The Star-Ledger which includes Jerry Manuel’s comments and Carlos Beltran’s comments.
