Was it Father's Day or Groundhog Day?
The Recap: Mets lose 2 of 3 in the Yankee Stadium Subway Series - Just like they always do
It sure looked like the Mets were firing on all cylinders after shutting out the Yankees 4-0 on Friday night, but then came a lackluster 5-3 loss on Saturday followed by yesterday's dismal performance against 450-pound CC Subwaybathia, something we've seen many, many times before when the Mets face an ace in a rubber game.
THE GOOD: How about this for a line: 4 atbats, 2 hits, 2 runs, 2 homeruns, 3 rbi... and your team loses?!?! That was the stat line for Jose Reyes in Saturday's loss as he accounted for all the offense. Jose's hitting, he's fielding, he's running... it's official: Jose Reyes is BACK!
And who won the big game for the Mets this weekend? Not Big Pelf... Not Johan... Not "almost perfect" Niese... No, it was none other than Takman, who owns the Yankees this year to the tune of 12 shutout innings after tossing 6 innings in the Mets 4-0 win on Friday night (a game Jerry Manuel and the Mets bullpen tried desperately hard to give back to the Yankees in the bottom 9th).
And the best news of all: even after another Ground-hog day like humiliation at Yankee Stadium, the Mets are still the Wild Card leader in the National League
THE BAD: Even the most die-hard Met fan has to figure out there's something wrong with Johan Santana. Remember when he started the last big Sunday rubber game against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium (a 15-0 Yankees rout)? Or how about that time earlier this year when he started that big nationally televised Sunday night rubber game against the Phillies (a 15-6 Philly laugher)? Johan's striking out fewer and fewer batters and walking more and more. His fastball no longer reaches a consistent 90 mph. I hate to suggest this, but could it possibly be that Johan is no longer what's considered a "big game" pitcher? Granted, for whatever reason, the Mets get him zero run support (literally) But how many times are we going to watch our "ace" get manhandled by another team's top hurler? Mark Texiera's grand slam (also known as a Citi Field popup) in yesterday's game marked the 3rd granny that Johan's given up just this year alone. He's allowed a total of 3 in all his other years combined. C'mon folks... Santana's not our CC. We need Cliff Lee on this team for games like this.
When the Yankees decided they needed free agent help and broke the bank to buy the 2009 World Series, Mark Texiera came through with a monster year. The time has come to start expecting something from Jason Bay because his 4 homeruns and 27 rbis are not what we signed up for. First it was he was a slow starter. Then he was "streaky". Then he doesn't like hitting in humid weather... Enough! He seems to be a good guy, a hard worker, and a hustler, but the time has come to put up numbers - either that, or let's package him for a guy named Cliff Lee when Carlos Beltran comes back healthy.
THE UGLY: This one is almost too easy (and no, we're not going to talk about the ridiculous dimensions of Yankee Stadium.) Haven't we seen enough of Fernando Tatis? The guy hasn't had a hit in over a month and is 4-41 as a starter on the season. Even Gary Matthews Jr.'s laughing at him. Sure, the guy somehow hit 34 home runs in 1999 (during the steroid era, by the way - you can draw your own conclusions). Yet Jerry Manuel wants to "get him going" by starting him against CC. Impossible situation? Maybe... But we hold our position on this "righty-lefty" nonsense: a bad Chris Carter is better than a good Fernando Tatis. Period. End of story.
It sure looked like the Mets were firing on all cylinders after shutting out the Yankees 4-0 on Friday night, but then came a lackluster 5-3 loss on Saturday followed by yesterday's dismal performance against 450-pound CC Subwaybathia, something we've seen many, many times before when the Mets face an ace in a rubber game.
THE GOOD: How about this for a line: 4 atbats, 2 hits, 2 runs, 2 homeruns, 3 rbi... and your team loses?!?! That was the stat line for Jose Reyes in Saturday's loss as he accounted for all the offense. Jose's hitting, he's fielding, he's running... it's official: Jose Reyes is BACK!And who won the big game for the Mets this weekend? Not Big Pelf... Not Johan... Not "almost perfect" Niese... No, it was none other than Takman, who owns the Yankees this year to the tune of 12 shutout innings after tossing 6 innings in the Mets 4-0 win on Friday night (a game Jerry Manuel and the Mets bullpen tried desperately hard to give back to the Yankees in the bottom 9th).
And the best news of all: even after another Ground-hog day like humiliation at Yankee Stadium, the Mets are still the Wild Card leader in the National League
THE BAD: Even the most die-hard Met fan has to figure out there's something wrong with Johan Santana. Remember when he started the last big Sunday rubber game against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium (a 15-0 Yankees rout)? Or how about that time earlier this year when he started that big nationally televised Sunday night rubber game against the Phillies (a 15-6 Philly laugher)? Johan's striking out fewer and fewer batters and walking more and more. His fastball no longer reaches a consistent 90 mph. I hate to suggest this, but could it possibly be that Johan is no longer what's considered a "big game" pitcher? Granted, for whatever reason, the Mets get him zero run support (literally) But how many times are we going to watch our "ace" get manhandled by another team's top hurler? Mark Texiera's grand slam (also known as a Citi Field popup) in yesterday's game marked the 3rd granny that Johan's given up just this year alone. He's allowed a total of 3 in all his other years combined. C'mon folks... Santana's not our CC. We need Cliff Lee on this team for games like this.
When the Yankees decided they needed free agent help and broke the bank to buy the 2009 World Series, Mark Texiera came through with a monster year. The time has come to start expecting something from Jason Bay because his 4 homeruns and 27 rbis are not what we signed up for. First it was he was a slow starter. Then he was "streaky". Then he doesn't like hitting in humid weather... Enough! He seems to be a good guy, a hard worker, and a hustler, but the time has come to put up numbers - either that, or let's package him for a guy named Cliff Lee when Carlos Beltran comes back healthy.
THE UGLY: This one is almost too easy (and no, we're not going to talk about the ridiculous dimensions of Yankee Stadium.) Haven't we seen enough of Fernando Tatis? The guy hasn't had a hit in over a month and is 4-41 as a starter on the season. Even Gary Matthews Jr.'s laughing at him. Sure, the guy somehow hit 34 home runs in 1999 (during the steroid era, by the way - you can draw your own conclusions). Yet Jerry Manuel wants to "get him going" by starting him against CC. Impossible situation? Maybe... But we hold our position on this "righty-lefty" nonsense: a bad Chris Carter is better than a good Fernando Tatis. Period. End of story.
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