But I said I want to ask Willie a question about managers, because I think both managers right now are very much under fire.

Anytime you lose like this and have a stretch like this, certainly the managers are going to take heat.

Yep.

But specifically, if you look at Friday night, and I know it's Monday, but Friday night, both managers, specifically Mendoza, though, who hasn't gotten quite the heat as Boone because he hasn't been here as long.

But, like, Friday night, Aaron Boone goes back in a tie game in the eighth inning after Williams loses his starter role, a close a roll.

It's an absolute disaster for him, the last handful of outings.

And as soon as you bring him in, I was in the building. We all felt it coming. Like, we all felt it coming. I feel, and this is going to be part of my question before I get to Mendoza. Like, do the, like, I think the players feel it coming. So when something happens like that, I wonder how the players feel. and then Mendoza, and I brought this point up to you before on Friday night again,

tying run at second base in the ninth inning. And you have an old man who hasn't really played the field anymore because his body is broken down in some ways. He's having a good series hit a couple home runs, but he's standing at second base. when that run needs to score to continue the game.

And there are, there is,

Tyrone Taylor is a much better, much faster runner.

And that is just, like, it's just easy.

Like, that's just black and white.

Any one of us can make slow runner, I'd rather have a fast runner.

Like, and when things like that happen, and a team knows, like the Mets know who's faster, who's able to run.

When he gets thrown out at the plate and Tyrone Taylor is just sitting there, like everybody knows.

So like when you're on a team and you sense the same thing's happening or as you mentioned, blind faith in a guy as you see it unravel.

When do you guys feel that?

And do you like more than just your interactions with the guy or what's going on?

Like you believe in them on some level.

Practices are good.

You know, you have a, you've built a relationship with them.

But when on the field, questionable decisions, questionable play calling,

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