Up next: The tragic number
Well, Metsblog finally took down the magic number -- you know, the really clever one that had a blurred-out Phillie Phanatic stalking Mr. Met -- now that the race for the NL East is a virtual dead heat.
Dead as in how the Mets are playing lately. The Mets have now dropped three of their last four, with the Phillies starting their series Tuesday against the Braves riding a four-game sweep of the Brewers, who fired manager Ned Yost for skippering his club into a tailspin. Now that's some Lou Lamoriello-like leadership.
The Mets' 7-2 loss to the Nationals in Washington was brutal. One-hit through seven innings by John Lannan. Are you kidding me? John. Lannan. He's a good, young pitcher but come ON. Pedro was mediocre, a running theme with him. Duaner Sanchez was awful. Again. Wright, Beltran and Delgado combined to go 0-for-11 with four strikeouts. Horrible. And again, with a chance to do something big, Wright grounds into a double play with the bases loaded. Painful.
Losing surrounds me. My men's softball team finished the summer season Monday night with two losses to finish 1-35 on the season. You read that right. One and thirty-five. That's a robust .022 winning percentage. Not .222, mind you, which is terrible, but oh-twenty-two, which is hideous and almost mathematically impossible.
But you know something? I think we played with more heart than the Mets did Monday night. That's not acceptable, and it has nothing to do with what happened last season. With 14 games left, the Mets simply have to win more than the Phillies, and they have six road games with the Nationals and Braves -- losing teams, mind you -- to get it started before coming home for four with the Cubs (who we pray have clinched the NL's best record by then) and three with Florida.
Whether John Maine is a part of that final run remains to be seen, but he says he's willing to help, maybe as a closer. I don't see it, but you know what? It couldn't be worse that what's out there now.
Dead as in how the Mets are playing lately. The Mets have now dropped three of their last four, with the Phillies starting their series Tuesday against the Braves riding a four-game sweep of the Brewers, who fired manager Ned Yost for skippering his club into a tailspin. Now that's some Lou Lamoriello-like leadership.
The Mets' 7-2 loss to the Nationals in Washington was brutal. One-hit through seven innings by John Lannan. Are you kidding me? John. Lannan. He's a good, young pitcher but come ON. Pedro was mediocre, a running theme with him. Duaner Sanchez was awful. Again. Wright, Beltran and Delgado combined to go 0-for-11 with four strikeouts. Horrible. And again, with a chance to do something big, Wright grounds into a double play with the bases loaded. Painful.
Losing surrounds me. My men's softball team finished the summer season Monday night with two losses to finish 1-35 on the season. You read that right. One and thirty-five. That's a robust .022 winning percentage. Not .222, mind you, which is terrible, but oh-twenty-two, which is hideous and almost mathematically impossible.
But you know something? I think we played with more heart than the Mets did Monday night. That's not acceptable, and it has nothing to do with what happened last season. With 14 games left, the Mets simply have to win more than the Phillies, and they have six road games with the Nationals and Braves -- losing teams, mind you -- to get it started before coming home for four with the Cubs (who we pray have clinched the NL's best record by then) and three with Florida.
Whether John Maine is a part of that final run remains to be seen, but he says he's willing to help, maybe as a closer. I don't see it, but you know what? It couldn't be worse that what's out there now.
posted by Gaspo @ 6:02 AM
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