December 10, 2008
Unimpressed Rival
The Big Lead notices some NL East trash talk:
"I don't think it affects us much," general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. insisted yesterday at the winter meetings at the posh Bellagio. "They've had Billy Wagner, and we still beat them the last 2 years in our division."
It's one thing to own a great closer. It's another to get that lead to the ninth inning.
Update: In a similar vein, this made me chuckle.
Of course, they most definitely did NOT have Wagner at the end of last year, which was a major contributor to the Mets' failings.
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