Did You Order the Code Red!?

The Recap: D'Backs - 14, Mets - Embarrassment

We see and hear the Mets owners, management, staff, players, and manager - all the way down to RA Dickey - all saying the team has not given up on the season, yet the fans who showed up at Citi Field yesterday were subjected to perhaps the worst effort of the season, all in front of some of the all-time great Mets who were being honored on the day. The Mets organization taking the fans money for yesterday's game amounts to stealing and everyone in attendance should have received their money back. You want a recap? You can't handle the recap!!! : A total and complete disgrace.

THE GOOD: It was great to see Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, former manager Davey Johnson, and longtime GM Frank Cashen being inducted into the Hall of Fame. And that's about the only good news we can come up with today. Oh, the memories of 1986, when the team had a real manager, real GM, and players like Gooden and Strawberry who refused to lose. Now we have to watch this team lose at home in humiliating fashion to the likes of the last-place Arizona Diamondbacks while Jerry Manuel tells us he's "happy with the players efforts" and Omar Minaya tells us he's "happy with the job being done by Jerry Manuel".

Oh, and let's give credit where credit is due. Despite just about every Met fan anticipating disaster with Carlos Beltran's ninth inning at bat with the bases loaded in an attempt to win the game, he not only swung the bat, but he actually hit the ball in the air far enough to score the winning run on a sacrifice fly in Saturday's 5-4 win. It was Beltran's first meaningful rbi since returning from the DL and his first "big hit" since May 25th, 2009. Sadly, it wasn't even a hit. Beltran still hasn't driven in a significant run with a hit since his return, which bizarrely coincides with the Mets free fall.

You want more good?! You can't handle more good!!! But don't forget about David Wright's 2-homer, 5-rbi night in a 9-6 losing cause on Friday. Or another 3-hit performance by Angel Pagan on Saturday. Jose Reyes is hitting too and Ike Davis is as solid as they come. Season long slumping Jason Bay is on the disabled list with a misdiagnosed concussion and Josh Thole is impressing so much that Omar won't entertain ANY trade talks involving his name. SO WHY ISN'T THIS TEAM WINNING MORE OFTEN!?!?!

THE BAD: Like Jack Nicholsen in "A Few Good Men", could it be any clearer that the Mets ownership needs to order the Code Red and take some drastic action at this point? The bad is obvious at this point, we don't need to go through it all - Mets fans already know. And that's all I have to say about that.

THE UGLY: If everything we've talked about so far isn't ugly enough, here's an interesting story that Mets ownership should be very concerned about. After calling a few friends yesterday to set up a quick round of golf, my buddies decided not to play because (and I quote): "I think we're going to settle in to watch the Yankee game today instead". These are lifelong Mets fans, who would rather watch the Yankees than play golf. And what makes it really ugly? The Mets were playing at the exact same time! Think of what that means: one-time diehard Mets fans are now snubbing the team and watching the Mets crosstown rivals instead. CitiField - the new Titanic!