A Lastings Impression
Losing the first two games at Fenway won’t be the end of the world or the Mets season by any stretch of the imagination. After all, our team still has a 12 game lead in the division. But the weak pitching and shoddy defense expose the weaknesses that can really hurt the team in the playoffs.
I believe that Pedro Martinez and Alay Soler will bounce back from their sub par outings and pitch better during the regular season. But these first two games have been a test in dealing with pressure that the Mets have not passed.
The Mets bats have been weak over the last couple of games, squandering a few big chances on Tuesday and not getting anything going on Wednesday. We know they can and will do better. They’ll have to in order to avoid their first three game losing streak of the season tomorrow. Tom Glavine is on the hill so I have faith.
What I don’t have faith in is Lastings Milledge’s ability to play left field in Fenway park. He’s had two key errors in two nights out there. Where is Cliff Floyd when you need him? And it seems as though Milledge has an excuse for every error he makes. He needs to fess up and admit that The Green Monster got the best of him. Because everyone knows it but him.
And Lastings’ batting average has now dipped to .241. The kid is not hitting and the kid is not fielding well. I’ve seen all I need to see of him during this stretch of the season. Willie should start both Nady and Chavez at the corners of the outfield tomorrow at Fenway and forget about trading Cliff Floyd in the 2006 season.
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