It's either a small insignificant thing or the element that defines why the team came unglued as the bell tolled game 160.....161......162.
Reyes never seemed to be answering to anybody even when his talents were clearly weaknesses because of an inability to use them at proper times.....games where his speed became liabilities because of outs run into.....acting like there isn't enough mustard in the universe to satisfy the ultimate hot dog!!
Running into 3rd outs at crucial times because he had done it successfully at other times just spit in the eye of traditional smart baseball acumen....fighting with a dead and disinterested adversary who had every reason to lie down the last weekend of the season but rose like gladiators to the cause was all precipitated by misplaced priorities. It probably is Randolph's job to reel in a guy like this but the Mets will have brighter Octobers as this is a young deeply talented team that will only get better in coming years....you fire Randolph your just missing the point of everything good about the progress made this season.
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