Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Jerry Manuel vs Ryan Church. What is the problem.


If you did not get a chance check out the article from the other day from Murray Chass who discusses some points on what is going on between Ryan Church and his manager . Of course if you ask Jerry the answer is he likes Ryan Church. I guess he remembers what his name is now. It is not “that guy” Of course if you read the article Murray breaks down the sound bite and it turns out Jerry said “a guy”

One of the items in the article that I must have missed after the game in LA where Church missed 3rd base Manuel said he would have strangled him if it was his kid.

Ok I have a problem here. Does Jerry have to be so obvious in his dislike for Ryan? The guy last year got off to a great start and gets hurt. He did not ask to get hurt. It happens. Yes he is not hitting this year so that compounds the problem but look around Murphy is not lighting it up. Tatis is not hitting like he did last year does that mean Jerry hates him too? Does he hate Reyes for his boneheaded base running a couple of weeks ago?

Does Jerry really think that F Mart will excel in that corner of Citi Field? Or Reed or Sheff for that matter. I mean yeah it would be great if Church was hitting but his defense speaks volumes. Who has an arm like Church? Nobody!

Time for Jerry to bury the hatchet and stand up for Church when he comes off the DL. I bet he might actually smile once or twice if he did.

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