Autumn arrives, yet the fall continues

I will keep this brief because I have been ranting a lot lately, but every day gives me another reason to do it again.

Do the Mets have any guts, any backbone, any cojones? I'm not shocked they lost to the Chicago Bubbles last night. But you cannot get humiliated by the opposing pitcher. How many teams in history have, in one season, allowed two grand slams by pitchers, one of whom has pitched in the American League his whole life? Jason Marquis is beating us now???

I want Luis Castillo cut tomorrow. Actually, his last at-bat of the game wasn't bad. Kerry Wood pitches, he takes three fastballs, does not even try to swing, strikes out. For him, that is actually productive. Eat the salary. Get rid of him.

And this is a new reason to hate Atlanta. Yes, I know someone is reading, but it's the truth. They just bend over, and let Philly smack them around. Philly is 9-0 in Atlanta, the Mets are 1-8. They are 20 games under .500!!! And the Mets still never beat them. Even when Atlanta isn't sniffing the playoffs, the tomahawk drives straight into my heart once again.

The only reason the Mets have a shot at the postseason is because Milwaukee has gagged it up even worse. They are 2-8 in their last 10. And if the Mets had not swept them in September, they would be out of the playoffs today. That is a team that fired their manager one week ago!The license plate frame is off the back of the car as of this morning. Just like last year, I am embarrassed to be a fan of the New York Mets.

And a lovely job by the Jets as well. Utterly outclassed. That is the perfect word. They were outclassed by San Diego on national TV. Favre threw 2 INT's, could have thrown four more. Kris Jenkins gets hurt and the defense cannot stop anyone. The offensive line, who I thought would be lights out, gave Favre no time to throw at all. And the defense missed tackles like it was 1995 again. What is Mangini thinking about after coming back to within 17-14, he goes for the onside kick? Absolutely terrible. The Chargers get the ball at the 45, and go straight down the field. Chris Chambers catches a 30 yard touchdown with not a green jersey to be seen on the entire TV screen (and it was widescreen) and the game was basically over.

But this was the best part of the game. Fourth quarter, Jets down by about 18. They score and go for two. SD penalty, ball goes from the two to the one. SD penalty, ball goes to the one-half. Another SD penalty, ball goes to the ONE-QUARTER line. It is IN the end zone. And what do the Jets do here? Five receivers, shotgun formation!!!! Are you kidding? Of course, the ball gets intercepted. Only the Jets.

I'm not panicking over them yet, it's 3 games in, but they have to win at home against Arizona before the bye week. Joe Queenan said it best. I'm paraphrasing here. He said that Jets fans don't see anything noble about losing. They don't see an acceptable side to it. The constant losing makes them bitter people.