But to hell with it, I'll say it again. There is nothing left to root for in this baseball season except the Cubs choking. Summer time means four things to me. Hot weather, no shirts, festivals, and the Mets. And this is turning into an absolutely miserable summer. I'm almost praying for the Knicks to start because I expect them to be horrible so I can laugh out of ageda.
Losing four straight in San Diego was disgraceful enough. Three straight 2-1 losses followed by an amazing 8-6 heart-smasher, capped off by Tony Clark's (who the Mets should have signed anyway) pinch-hit three-run homer off our lights-out closer. That raises Clark's season totals to one homer and six RBI.
And then it's back in town tonight for three against Arizona. We did get Moises Alou and Marlon Anderson back for the game, and of course, our best player this year, Ryan Church finally goes on the DL. I don't expect anything from him the rest of the season, and with two concussions inside two months, I don't expect him to ever be the player he was the first two months of the season. Now only the Mets can lead 5-1 after two innings, and manage four pointless singles the rest of the way. A 1.5 hour rain delay. And as that's going on, Willie takes John Maine out of the game, not even giving him a chance to resume his game in the sixth inning. He goes straight to the pen. And that bullpen gives up six runs in four innings. Arizona wins 9-5.
As for the rain delay, how is it that Billy Wagner does a better job holding down the tarp than the pen does holding down a lead?
Now the Mets are an unbelievable 7.5 out of the division and the wild card, fourth in the division, closer to last place than first place. There is no heart, no guts, no cojones, prospects to bring into the mix. They are a mediocre baseball team. As far as the postseason goes, they are so freaking dead, it's absolutely ridiculous. The losing streak is five and approaching seven. Oh, and we get to face Brandon Webb and Dan Haren in the next two games.
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