Went to Citi last night

And what a doozy.

I hate to blame the ump, but it seemed, with the naked eye from about 300 feet away, that they blew the call on the key play of the game. Let me set the scene:

Bottom of the 4th: we've already put up a three spot in the inning, and have gotten consecutive hits from Pelfrey, Castillo and Cora. It seems like Hamels is coming unglued. And now, with one out and the bases loaded, we have Beltran, Sheff and Wright due up.

These are the key circumstances where you have your opponent down and you need to step on their neck. Put the game out of reach.

Well, Beltran does the one thing you don't want to do, and hits the ball on the ground creating a double-play opportunity. The Phils try to turn the 5-4-3, and looks to me that Beltran beat the relay throw. The ump calls him out. 1st base coach argues. Beltran shows up the ump, staring at him quietly and not moving, but not yapping. The Gangsta is nowhere to be seen. I'm dying to see a replay, but since it wasn't an RBI, the CitiField big screen is on to showing kissing couples.

I start texting D.C. and Beetz to find out if they were watching TV and got a clear look at it. Didn't get them.

The Post seemed to indicate that the ump blew the call, and it looked that way to me. And let's be honest: that play kept the door open for the Phils. If Beltran is safe, a run scores on the play, and you've still got runners on the corner with 2 outs, Sheff up, and a 4 run lead. As it turned out, that extra run would've kept the game from going to extras, if everything else happened the same way.

As bad as the top of the 7th was, with two blown plays in the field by Wright and Beltran (only Wright was given an error), it wouldn't even have mattered if the Mets would have tacked on one or two (or 3 more) in the 4th.

By the way, I haven't seen as many away fans in Shea or Citi, ever. I'd say about 20% of the fans were Phillies fans. They actually had a "let's go Phillies" chant going on several occasions. Other than subway series games, I can't recall ever hearing that at a Mets game before.

Props to Pelf, by the way. A really nice outing against the best lineup in the NL.