Cliff Floyd came out early to test his sprained left ankle yesterday afternoon and decided he still was too sore to play. Floyd tried to run the bases twice, the second time with the ankle heavily taped, and told manager Willie Randolph to keep him out the starting lineup.
"I just don’t feel comfortable going out there and ruining my team’s chances of winning the game because I can’t catch a ball or I can’t get to a base," Floyd said. "Keeping it real with y’all and keeping it real with myself, I’m better off not going out there and hurting the team."
As a result, Endy Chavez was back in rightfield, Lastings Milledge in left.
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Right now it seems that whoever Willie plays is getting hits. This team is finally firing on all cylinders. Everyone is hitting. Floyd can take his time getting back. They'll need him later.
And yet you still have morons on the Mets forum who constantly bemoan Willie's moves. Amazing how hosers with a third-grade education who know nothing about baseball or how it's played suddenly think they're geniuses at the sport when they sit in front of a keyboard. In the end, all that matters is that Willie has the Mets in first place and looking good......