Will the Mets Win Another Game This Year?

The answer to the question is probably yes. But even so, the only real legitimate question remaining this season is whether or not they can hold Washington at bay to avoid finishing in last place in the NL East.

You can bet a PF Chang's dinner that won't happen. It's almost mathematically impossible for the Mets to falter that badly. With 35 games left to play for both teams, even if the Nats were to over-achieve and play just .500 baseball for the remainder of the year, all the Mets would have to do is win just 7 more games.

I'll take that bet. But then again, yesterday they lost Oliver Perez for the rest of the season with Roger cleMEns syndrome (you know - when you pitch well, you're great... and when you pitch poorly, you find an injury to blame it on). And Mike Pelfrey seems to be regressing at an alarming rate losing once again yesterday by a 5-3 margin to the Marlins.

We'll just leave it up to Tim Redding, Bobby Parnell, Nelson Figueroa, and Ken Takahashi to pick up those seven wins for us. Then again:

Perhaps I'll have the Szechuan Spring Rolls to start, followed by the hot and sour soup, and the mu shu chicken entree - maybe the shrimp with lobster sauce...