So the Mets had 5 errors yesterday. My Mets looked like a joke. 5 errors is dreadful. The entire defense/lineup is completely inconsistent do to injuries. You have former outfielders playing first base...than they make a throwing error that loses the game. You have an outfielder that can't hear that he was called off on a fly ball.
On top of that you missed third base in the 11th as you went on to score a run. Ryan Church did that and as he returned to the dugout I could see just how bad of a relationship his manager Jerry Manuel has with him. Manuel didn't even look at him, he turned his back. He also didn't say anything to re-assure Church after the play or during the press conference sound bite I heard after the game. If anything he threw Church under the bus...and that's a really bad thing.
No coach should have that bad of a relationship with a player. If I was a coach the first thing I'd do after one of my players makes a mistake during a key part of the game would be to give them a confidence booster. No one wants to make a mistake, but it happens, and dwelling on it will only inhibit good things from happening. If I was really, secretly annoyed about what happened I'd bring it up the next day in a more relaxed setting.
The best athletes have a bad enough memory not to remember what they did wrong, but a good enough memory to remember their mistakes so that they can avoid doing them again.
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