The comment seemed to be universal. Before the season began, everyone said the Mets didn’t have enough starting pitching. No way they could win with the starters they had. They didn’t have enough of them, and not all of the ones they had were reliable.
“There was a question about our pitching,” Omar Minaya, the Mets general manager, acknowledged. “They were saying that even though we got Santana it wasn’t going to be enough.”
And what did Minaya think about his pitching?
The Minnesota Twins lost Johan Santana and Torii Hunter last winter and are in first place this summer.
“No question we felt the losses,” Bill Smith, the Twins first-year general manager, said. “You can’t lose Hunter and Santana and not feel the loss. At the same time our scouting staff and minor league staff got a few guys ready over the last few years.”
If Bud Selig, Marvin Miller and Don Fehr had eaten dinner in the same restaurant, it would have been sufficient. If Selig, Miller and Fehr had eaten dinner on the same day in the same restaurant, it would have been sufficient. But Selig, Miller and Fehr ate dinner last Thursday together at the same table.
Why was this night different from all other nights?
Photo credits: Selig, Fehr and Miller by Joyce Klein; Minaya and Cashman by Steve Smedresman
