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    If you want to sum up the season, consider that Daniel Murphy, with nine home runs, has batted cleanup in 19 games. "I think when the season's over and you look back on it there is a lot of frustration whenever you have injuries and those things happen ... But the other part of it is I love to coach. I love to teach and it's an opportunity for them to step up and do some good things. I kind of look at it from that angle, these are opportunities for [Fernando] Tatis, for Angel Pagan, Anderson Hernandez, Daniel Murphy. These are opportunities for them to get better and move forward." Hardly the sort of image that Mets' fans were dreaming of before the season or take as solace now that the team is eliminated. Full Article at NorthJersey.com
    I think when the season's over and you look back on it there is a lot of frustration whenever you have injuries and those things happen ... But the other part of it is I love to coach. I love to teach and it's an opportunity for them to step up and do some good things. I kind of look at it from that angle, these are opportunities for [Fernando] Tatis, for Angel Pagan, Anderson Hernandez, Daniel Murphy. These are opportunities for them to get better and move forward.
    – Howard Johnson SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 2 months ago
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  1. I think Howard along with all the coaches have been challenged with obviously the injuries ... For the most part even with that being said I think we have still been amongst the league leaders in hitting. We've had our shortcoming as far as the situations. That's with any team. It's kind of tough to jud...
    Jerry Manuel – Jerry Manuel SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 2 months ago
  2. Certainly you sign on with the New York Mets to go win a world championship or at least go to the playoffs
    – Dan Warthen SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 2 months ago
  3. It's been one of the more difficult years ... All you do is prepare and try to prepare the best you can. Change is always tough and we have had many changes.
    – Dan Warthen SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 2 months ago

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