In this picture Razor Shines looks like he's going to buy a round of drinks for he and Pagan. On October 5th the Mets announced that Razor Shines and Sandy Alomar, Sr. would return with the organization but in different roles. Luis Alicea, former first base coach lost his job. Shines was brutal at third last season, so what do they do today? They move him over to coach first base! Brilliant! I saw a plethora of Mets get thrown out by 5 and sometimes 10 or more feet at third and home last season. Either he doesn’t know the base running skills of the Met players or doesn’t know the outfielders whom where about to gun out the poor Met rounding third. It was more embarrassing watching the base runners not try to barrel over the catcher and just go in like it’s the All-Star Game. At least when you round first the play is in front of you, so hopefully the Mets can hold up at first. The new bench coach is a friend of Manuel, naturally. Nice, can’t wait! Zero free agency signings thus far.
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2 years ago
what does a first base coach really do anyway? hold the players crap? no need for them.
ReplyDeleteHey Mario, well you're right. But the messed up thing is that the Met players get picked off at first: Reyes, Bay, etc. I guess they keep Shines around since he's good with the players. Third base is coached aggressively, but much better this year than last. I don't even know if the Mets can keep up with the Wild Card race.
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