00:00Carlos Mendoza was relieved of his duties, fired early on Friday morning. Feels like a classic
00:07Friday news dump. The Mets were not intending to fire Carlos Mendoza when this Cubs series began
00:15at Citi Field. The plan was, even if it continued to go poorly pretty much, he wasn't being blamed
00:23for the construction of the team, and they didn't see this as his fault. But the four games against
00:28the Cubs in three days, all losses, where they became 0-7 this year against the Cubs at all,
00:33and lost these four games at home, at a point where the fans are screaming for blood and to do
00:39something. Mendoza became a sacrificial lamb, and at this point, I would say, you know, like,
00:48they have won more games? Maybe, but like, Gil Hodges isn't making Jorge Polanco healthy.
00:56Davey Johnson isn't making Marcus Simeon young. Bobby Valentine isn't making Mark Vientos athletic.
01:06No manager in the history of the Mets or any can win if you don't know which guys are starting
01:12on
01:13Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Hey, it's all to be determined because there's so many guys doing
01:16poorly and so many injuries, and we don't know who's starting the games. Combine that with a bad
01:22offense, I just don't know what manager would have overcome this, and yet this felt preordained to
01:30some degree if there was going to be a bad season.
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