Mets manager Jerry Manuel knocked Ryan Church recently for missing time last season with a pair of concussions. Manuel called David Wright a "different animal" than Church after the third baseman was hit in the helmet with a fastball and suffered a concussion. "It just felt like a low blow," Church told the Associated Press. "I saw it. I wasn't happy. If he had a problem with me or anything like that, you'd think he'd tell it to my face. I had plenty of opportunity to talk while I was wearing that uniform. It just was like, all right, now that I'm wearing another one, why would he come out and say that?" Manuel said he meant no disrespect to Church. "There's no ill intent," Manuel said. "I don't mean to take a shot at him. If that's how he felt, I apologize to him. I like Ryan Church."