Rickey Henderson: First Base Coach
Posted by Tino Evangelou on July 12, 2007
HELL YEAH! It’s an exciting day in Met Land. It’s hard to believe Rickey is actually a few months younger than Julio Franco is.
Rickey should preach patience to the Mets which can only help, especially with the young players. Plus, the potential for hysterical interviews is endless. “Did you see Lastings draw a walk? Rickey taught Lastings well!” I can only hope more Mets begin referring to themselves in the third person as a result of this.
Speaking of Julio Franco…if he also becomes a coach and gets off the roster, we might really have something. Not having Franco play anymore would mean no more hilarious jokes about how he voted for Ike Eisenhower or some shit like that, but I think I could survive.
ON EDIT: It appears as of 2:50 PM the Mets have released Julio Franco in order to make room for Lastings Milledge on the roster. Good luck to Julio. It was nice while it lasted, but it was clearly time to move on as he was basically a waste of a roster spot at this point.
I am thrilled L. Millz is finally getting another shot on the Mets, I like him and I hope he sticks. As long as he gets at-bats, I think he’ll be alright and we won’t have to make some ridiculous trade for Jermaine Dye. Let him play right field and show Shawn Green the bench once Moises Alou comes back from the dead, please.
ON EDIT AGAIN: It’s Friday, and apparently what’s actually going to happen is that Howard Johnson will be the new hitting coach with Henderson taking over as first base coach. I’m cool with this also. Johnson coached David Wright as he soared through the minors and Henderson will still be around to work with Reyes. Whatever the case, Rick Down is gone, so things are better than they were a couple of days ago.
