As you said, he had hitters who couldn't hit (largely because we trusted hitting instruction to a headcase who was a passenger for the franchise's greatest moment of glory)-- not many managers would have a clue in that situation. Jerry was, however, pushing to bring back Rick Down, so he at least had some idea of how to fix the hitting part of that, knew to bench Frenchy, and with the exception of any time Acosta came in, did OK managing around bad pitchers (pitching, overall, has been the least of the Mets worries)
This is awesome! Mind if I post it at MetsPolice with a link?
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As you said, he had hitters who couldn't hit (largely because we trusted hitting instruction to a headcase who was a passenger for the franchise's greatest moment of glory)-- not many managers would have a clue in that situation. Jerry was, however, pushing to bring back Rick Down, so he at least had some idea of how to fix the hitting part of that, knew to bench Frenchy, and with the exception of any time Acosta came in, did OK managing around bad pitchers (pitching, overall, has been the least of the Mets worries)
ReplyDeleteJerry did fine by me.