DISGUSTED!

The Mets have been absolutely terrible since the All-Star break. With Beltran and Castillo rejoining the team it put them in a huge hitting drought. I guess they were a little rusty but the guys they were replacing were doing worse (Francoeur and Tejada) What also doesn't help a team is a manager who makes statements about the direction of the team and then never actually doing what he says. Beltran wasn't brought up before the All Star break so he could play in the minors during the break and be already in stride when he comes up; He was then told to rest instead. The platoon of 4 outfielders; eliminated even before it could start. The platoon of Pagan and Franky; eliminated 2 games later because Franky went o-fer. Most recently - Castillo is heating up, we are going to move him up in the order. Castillo is hitting .454 the past 5 games and he is now benched for a .212 hitting Tejada!!! Also Franky is apparently to be benched for F-Mart after Franky is hitting .357 over the past 5 games. I am absolutely disgusted by these moves!!! You leave in Rod Barajas in the line up for 2 months as he hits under .200 even though Josh Thole is hitting over .500 on your bench!!! "When you lose the games that we've been losing, you just have to try to do something different," general manager Omar Minaya. You don't change the parts that are working!!! Minaya and Manuel are completely counter productive. Manuel especially. So many time he says we have to play the hot hand and will bench a guy after getting 3 hits in a game. Or he says we have to get the young guys playing time while Thole sat on the bench behind a terrible Barajas. How about 20 different line ups since the All Star break. If they actually mean it when they say these things because they hardly ever do what they say, it means they have given up and apparently want to fall as far as possible. I am just disgusted.