So, on Monday, after another disastrous loss. The Mets released losing pitcher Jose Valverde and Hitting coach Dave Hudgens. Much of the talk about Valverde centered on why it took so long to pull the plug. I was not going to talk about Hudgens. In my last post, I had mentioned that the Mets hitting was actually getting better.
Hudgens got to me when he mentioned the "booing" of the fans. My snark reaction was that he was fired because Ike Davis is now batting .295 with Pittsburgh, and it looked like a rebuke of Hudgens. I didn't really believe that. Here is the thing about that booing. If these players aren't hitting because they are getting booed, then why weren't they hitting when they weren't getting booed?
Granderson and Chris Young were good signings this off-season. Most fans were excited about this team. I don't know how many bought into Sandy Alderson's goal of 90 wins, but they should be competitive. So we did not boo Grandy or C.Y. to start the year. It was only after they had gone several weeks hitting around the .200 mark that the Boo Birds appeared. Birds fly south for the winter and never return before May.
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