The Defense Rests!

With a convincing 9-1 victory, the Yankees drew first blood at Citi Field last night, overwhelming a Mets team that looked starstruck and nervous right from the start. With the Mets defense taking the night off, the Yankees were able to score 4 runs against Mike Pelfrey in the second inning, an inning in which the Mets committed 3 costly errors.

When you give a team like the Skanks 6 outs in an inning, it's going to be hard to beat them. Once the Mets were down by 4, very similar to the last game at Yankee Stadium when they lost 15-0, you knew the game was over right then and there. Any Met fan watching beyond that point deserves any further pain they suffered watching the rest of the game.

In fact, I'm surprised they even scored at all in this game - apparently Gary Sheffield hit a homerun for the Mets lone run (I wasn't watching anymore at the time). And apparently the Yankees jumped on Elmer Dessens and Sean Green in the later innings (I didn't see that either). And apparently AFraud had a "historic" evening by moving past "Mr. October" Reggie Jackson to 11th place on the all-time home run list with his 564th steroid tainted blast (looks like even Yankee fans know this guy's a joke - I so wish we could here Reggie's REAL thoughts on PayRod's "accomplishment").

Let's just leave it at this: the Mets disappointed their fan base once again with a defenseless effort against their major Subway Series rivals. Hopefully today's game goes a bit better. As a Met fan, can I hope for at least a close game to make me want to watch it to the end?