Once a prolific pitching machine for the Minesotta Twins, Johan Santana has been reduced to a shell of him former self. Injuries have contributed to this decline, but the Mets believe those injuries are a thing of the past and Terry Collins the manager of the Mets has banal expectations he will start on opening day despite his questionable health, but thats Collins job, you cant expect him to think any other way. What really appears to be going on, is Collins is trying to rid his concious of the feculent season the Mets had last year and he's trying to create some gusto within the organization in hopes they will perform better this season. He's trying to do that at the expense of Johan Santana's arm which some believe isnt ready for opening day.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/sports/baseball/collinss-heart-says-santana-will-start-mets-opener.html?_r=1&ref=sports
Covering spring training for reporters so often becomes a daily injury story. Will this guy be ready for Opening Day? Or that guy? Obviously Johan Santana's status is a huge deal, but I've often found that too much newsprint is spent on the injury updates of others. Watch for that this semester - look to see what reporters are writing about each day from spring training. Did they go the straight-forward route and write an injury update story? Or did they find an interesting story that you weren't expecting?
ReplyDeleteThe Mets desperately need Johan at the top of their rotation this year. They are going to have a difficult time competing in the NL East this year, but if they wanna compete and "surprise" people like they said they could, they are need Johan to be healthy and give them innings throughout the season.
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