Jerry Manuel Is An Idiot

Seriously.

So far, we've spoken only with Jerry Manuel, who didn't exactly help push the notion that the Mets have learned from the Ryan Church debacle.

When I asked Manuel what the Mets had to lose by immediately putting Wright on the DL, the manager responded, " I would think him being who he is... because of what he means, I think I would give him the benefit of the doubt."

Yeesh. "Benefit of the doubt"? It's not like we're accusing Wright of a crime.

The other lowlight came when Manuel intimiated a correlation between toughness and concussion recovery, comparing Wright to Church:

"You have to be careful into stereotyping individuals. David is a different animal, so to speak. How he is made up is a little different than, say, Ryan Church, in my opinion. That’s not to say that one is better than the other, but they’re different."

Nice.

Then there's this from Jeff Francoeur.

Q: Do you think the Mets want you to be any different?

A: No, they’re not there for my on-base percentage. It was great to hear [manager] Jerry Manuel in a team meeting say, “I don’t care about average. I care about scoring runs, driving in runs and preventing runs.” That’s the type of guy I am.

Sounds smart. Must be why he's such an awesome player.

According to this video, Matt Cain hit David Wright for trying to bone his girl.