The Morning After...

Tom's pain hurts Mets

I don't expect there to be many people apologizing to him, but it looks like the criticism of Art Howe for pulling Tom Glavine in the seventh inning last night was premature and unjustified. According to the Daily News the decision to remove him came from pitching coach Rick Peterson:

"If there's any finger-pointing, point the finger right here," Peterson said. "That was something that I felt was the best thing to do."

Trendon's disbelief notwithstanding, Glavine apparently did have some stiffness in his pitching shoulder, which resulted in his early exit. To his credit, he did tell Peterson that he could probably gut it out for another inning, but with the cold weather Peterson saw no reason for him to do so.

Now that makes sense. Even with an overworked, underperforming bullpen, there's no reason for the Mets to risk serious injury to their top starter in a meaningless game on a cold April night. I'll be the first to admit that I, along with a number of the other "Bleacher Creatures" did a fair amount of second-guessing when Todd Zeile came up to pinch hit for Glavine in the seventh, but let me also be the first (and probably only) to offer my apologies to loyal YMtR reader, Art Howe.

Sorry for doubting you, Art.

Oh yeah, and...

I GOT MY PICTURE TAKEN WITH MR. MET!!!