{"id":718,"date":"2007-07-08T18:19:32","date_gmt":"2007-07-08T18:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/?p=718"},"modified":"2013-11-30T18:20:13","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T18:20:13","slug":"lets-take-a-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=718","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Take a Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mets as expected activated\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mbtn.net\/player\/williams-dave\"><strong>Dave Williams 32<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0prior to Sunday\u2019s getaway in Houston and the Astros summarily beat him silly. The question as to who would be demoted to make room was answered when\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mbtn.net\/player\/ledee-ricky\"><strong>Ricky Ledee 9<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was optioned to AAA.<\/p>\n<p>The 8-3 loss sent the Mets limping into the break still in first place, but hardly looking like a championship team. While injuries have been a part of the struggle, it\u2019s the performance of the guys out there everyday \u2014 particularly the right side of the infield \u2014 that\u2019s really been a drag. That and the fact that some Mets just seem \u2026\u00a0<em>unhappy<\/em>. There\u2019s Reyes sulking after bouncing out and and failing to run out grounders. There\u2019s Heilman and his hangdog expression. LoDuca blowing up at umpires and\/or the press. Wagner flattening a teammate with a comment in the papers.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s been some good stuff too, particularly from Reyes and Wagner. But over the break the Mets will have to consider how much more rope they can afford to give\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mbtn.net\/player\/valentin-jose\"><strong>Jose Valentin 22,<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0who is battling wounded knees and just doesn\u2019t look sharp at all and how they intend to get better production out of the corner outfield slots. As the trade deadline approaches it will be interesting to see just what the Mets go for (I\u2019m thinking, Brand Name Relievers if nothing else, but it would als be nice to see them pry some future help as well, like they did with\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mbtn.net\/player\/perez-oliver\">Oliver Perez<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>a year ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mets as expected activated\u00a0Dave Williams 32\u00a0prior to Sunday\u2019s getaway in Houston and the Astros summarily beat him silly. The question as to who would be demoted to make room was answered when\u00a0Ricky Ledee 9\u00a0was optioned to AAA. The 8-3 loss sent the Mets limping into the break still in first place, but hardly looking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=718\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Let&#8217;s Take a Break&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[235,255],"class_list":["post-718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dave-williams","tag-ricky-ledee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":719,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions\/719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}