Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Mets still waiting for 1st no hitter

My hatred for yohan Santana is well known, I refuse to acknowledge the umo aided 1 hitter he through against the cardinals...... But now.....after all these years of befuddled looks from my fellow Met Fans, I feel vindicated.

Let's revisit why I turned on this carlis imposter.

Let's flash back to the opening week of the Season in 2009......an optimistic Mets team only 2 years removed from the beltran fiasco, and coming off the heals of consecutive September collapses ; were in Miami to take on the hated marlins........Santana was pitching in the 2nd inning when a fly ball was hit into the April sunshine of left field......."our" rookie left fielder....(.a kid who never played the outfield before the prior season in double A.....the Mets asked him to switch to cover for an injured player.... He happily obliged).......struggled with the sun....broke back first....then awkwardly came in and misplayed the ball off the heal of his glove. 1 run scored on that play and another later in  that inning and the Mets lost 2-1.

Santana..... A multi million dollar veteran could have reacted in many ways......he could o talked about the need to score more runs, he could have said its a long season and we  are all in this together.....he could have said that kid is still learning and his bat will win some games for us , but instead he threw the kid under the bus.....said his 2nd inning error cost us the game and every game is crucial. And last year we missed the playoffs by 1 game and blah blah blah.......... A divisise force in the locker room..... Driving a wedge between teammates...... A true ...me first scumbag......and that's was the day I began to hate Santana ( although I still like his music )......that's why I was infuriated when he threw that asterisk one hitter........David Wright said the inability to hit and NOT the error in the second inning cost the Mets the game...... He said the kid is a helluva player, learning left field as he goes and he will win us a bunch of games with his bat, fire and intensity...... That's why be is CAPTAIN....


That left fielder by the way.......by now you should have guessed....... Daniel Thomas Murphy.

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