Watching the 4th inning of tonight's game was like watching countless Mets games this year: just inexplicable. What leads to such little league type performances? Is it a lack of discipline? A lack of concentration? A lack of effort? Plain bad luck?
I'm not sure of the answer, but here's what happened. You had Santana inexplicably walk the opposing pitcher (who had never had a ML hit) on 4 pitches. You had F Mart spaz out, chunk a piece of turf out of the ground, and literally face plant as a harmless fly ball landed next to him for 2nd and 3rd. And then, after the pitching coach, goofy Dan Warthen got tossed (!) and jawed angrily with the plate umpire, you had (1) a double that cleared the bases, (2) Santos failing to catch Wright's replay to the plate (which was there in plenty of time to nail the 3rd runner), (3) Braun overrunning 3rd base leaving him a dead duck when Santana backed up Wright's throw to the plate, but Santana air-mailing the throw to third, and (4) Cora failing to stop the overthrow despite seemingly being well positioned to back up in short left, allowing the hitter (and 4th run) to come all the way around to score on the same play. If it wasn't tragic, it would have been hysterical. Or maybe it's the other way around.
Anywho, the next inning, that queer guy who is the on-field reporter for SNY starts giving some line about "the Mets are scraping to battle back here in Milwaukee." All of a sudden, I was transported to another time and place. It was 1982 again. Or maybe 1993. Anyway, it was like so many Met broadcasts I have heard before. Where a seemingly genuine announcer, apparently disconnected from the players smoking in the dugout or playing cards in the clubhouse, intones about the Mets "battling back" from a deficit.
All the while, every viewer knows a few things: (1) no, they're not; (2) they couldn't even if they were trying; (3) they've lost so many games in a row that it really wouldn't matter if they managed to pull a rabbit out of the hat and come back.
There's a profound sense of peace and comfort when you've come to that point. It's like--what's the right word--acceptance? Kind of like taking a few hits on the oxygen mask with Tyler Durden on the way down from 30,000 feet.
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The Mets are shot. They even have quotes from some of the players begging for management to bring in some new talent via a trade just to "give the team some life and hope."
That is pathetic, when you have basically conceded that you personally are so inept at your job that you will need new people brought in to carry you.
Then again, I said as much after '06. To me, losing game 7 of that Cards series was going to have the same psychological effect on the team as the Marino fake spike did the Jets. It will destroy your confidence and focus for at least the next season, especially when you have a team comprised of individuals with weak mental strength to begin with. The only way around it is to break 'em up.
You know what's going to happen. They're going to get healthy in August and play .650 baseball down the stretch, look like they're back, and fall 3 or 4 games out of the playoffs. Just enough to convince upper management it's worth one more run.
I couldn't agree more. It's a 5-star lock pick.
You know Omar is selling Wilpons "let's just wait until we get Beltran, Reyes and Delgado back. Things will turn around."
And he'll be right. Except, however, for the point you made earlier that I agree with 100% - even with this team fully healthy, I still don't think it is a playoff contender. They've proven as much over the last 3 seasons.
Yes but what your all forgetting is "This team has character" and that will surely get is back in it
Beetz, your avatar is sooooo spectacular.
I never thought I'd see the day I could make a Tyler Durden reference without eliciting a response from D.C.
C'mon, Fredo--the first rule of Fight Club is you DO NOT talk about Fight Club!
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