Is it me, or are the Mets letting themselves get pushed around a little too much lately. I'm not talking about the losing. That happens. But not retaliating for Hong-Chih Kuo's ridiculous bat flip Tuesday night was a mistake. And the bullying continued Wednesday when LA starter Brad Penny got in Shawn Green's face after striking him out to end the third inning.
Green bent over to remove his shin guard, and when he stood up, there was Penny, jawing at him about stealing signs and pitch location in the first inning. Green was standing on second base after his one-out double, and that sort of subterfuge does happen around the league. But Green seemed surprised by the accusation, and I think he should have given it right back to Penny, who was out of line walking all the way from the mound to the plate instead of to his own dugout. Alas, Green is too nice a guy.
"Someone on their side said I was relaying the location of pitches, which wasn't the case," Green said after Wednesday's 9-1 loss to LA. "It was a little bit of paranoia on their side."
Green went on to say that the Mets believed the LA players were doing that to Aaron Heilman earlier in the series and all he did was change his signs -- without a confrontation.
Expect to see a little more fire from the Mets this weekend in the Bronx. They have to draw the line somewhere, and what better setting than the emotionally-charged atmosphere of the Subway Series.
Comments (6)
I think it is so funny...I really do. David, I was wondering if you can provide us with inside info into an incident that happened in the "press core".
The Yankee beat writers, playing the Red Sox beat writers at Fenway before a recent Yankee-Redsox game.
Oh apparently, there was a little bitty contact slide at homeplate.....next inning the Yankee beat writer who was pitching threw at the head of the Boston writer....Oh the humanity.
Maybe you can send the video to the Mets, to show them whats what? Maybe it can ignite a little testosterone in Willie's boys?
Lets go: First, it's press CORPS, not "core." Second, I was at the game at Dodger Stadium the other night and yes, EVERYONE, fans, players and media were taken aback by Penny's bizarre actions, it wasn't media hype. As for your attempt at comedy writing? Keep your day job. Please.
Willie and Green did a terrible job right there. When Eric Davis got in Ray Knights face Eric got the gold gloves treatment. Green sure isn't a Ray Knight. But how dare Sosa and Willie not make sure Penny got chin music?
You won't stand up for yourselves, you'll just get walked all over.
Wusses.
Professor G.
I can smell your stench from here.
I hope you choke on a dodger dog.
Dear Professor G, the poster you are referring to was commenting on an actual incident between the Yankee reporters and the Redsox reporters who played a traditional pick-up game before an actual Yankee-RedSox matchup at Fenway Park. The benches cleared after a beanball was thrown at a RedSox reporter. Apparently one of the RedSox scribes had bulled the catcher over in an elbows up fashion. It was reported on Fox Sports and during the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball broadcast.
As Keith Hernandez said in a game against the Diamondbacks, " they're playing country club baseball" They need to start playing with attitude and some nastyness. If someone is standing on homeplate and the Mets are trying to score, level them. Take their head off, knock them head over heels. Don't do a fancy little ole' move to get around them. RUN THEM OVER!!!!!