What began as a baseball season for the Mets has now developed into a Twilight Zone episode about a team that does the inexplicable on a nightly basis. And last night, during a postgame meeting that kept the clubhouse door shuttered for 28 minutes, Jerry Manuel told his players that it had to stop.
A comical misplay by the rookie Fernando Martinez, along with a costly throwing error by Johan Santana, opened the door for the Brewers to score four runs in the fourth inning and hand the Mets their fifth straight loss, this time by a score of 6-3 at Miller Park.
"We just had a family talk," Manuel said. "Just keeping things in order. Lots of things."
When pressed further, the manager added: "I'll give you this - the whole key was that we have enough. We've got enough in here to do what we need to get it done. Let's get it done." Continue
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