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First Ruhle of Pitching

Vern Ruhle was given his walking papers by the Mets today. For P.C. reasons, he was actually "reassigned" within the organization, but he's as good as gone. Possible replacements are anybody's guess (Rick Waits, Randy Niemann, Johnny Inevitablefailure). The Duke said that he and Artimus Howe were in agreement on the move. By agreement, I would imagine the conversation went something like this:

The Duke: Tommy thinks we should dump Vern. Your thoughts?
Artimus: *stupid grin*
The Duke: I'm glad we're in agreement

For the record, Tom Glavine is playing the good soldier, saying, "I can't put my finger on anything. I had a good relationship."

Ruhle's successes this season include:

Showing that Jae Seo is a promising component of the Mets rotation

Convincing Senator Al to injure himself and lose some weight

Getting the most out of Steve Trachsel

Keeping alive the long-standing Mets tradition of fugly pitching coaches (Hough, Robson, Apodaca)

Ruhle's Failures include:

Not convincing Tommy Glavine to pitch for us the way he used to pitch against us

Aaron Heilman not showing any ability to succeed at the major league level

Ditto Jeremy Griffiths, Mike Bascik, Pat Strange

Eric | October 1, 2003 - 04:23 PM EST | TrackBack: 17
Category: Mets Transactions

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