Sunday, June 13, 2004
Man, I just wrote a whole bunch of stuff on this disastrous weekend, and somehow erased it all. Typical. Fits in with all the other stuff that's gone on.
Well, now I'm up against the clock, so I'll give you the short recap: I'm starting to turn on Vance Wilson - I used to be a fan, but he's pushing it. Here's a guy who complains about playing time, with Mike Piazza playing first and Jason Phillips getting most of the time behind the plate, and he can't back it up when he gets in the games. He blew the game on Saturday by tagging the runner with his glove, while holding the ball in his bare hand, in the bottom of the ninth. That's the game-winning run. And it's not the first time in the past month or so where he's either missed a key tag or not blocked the plate at an important moment in the game.
I also mentioned how Tom Glavine is off suicide watch for the next four days, at least. He finally gets a win after pitching a good game, and is up to 7-3, with a 2.03 ERA. (Al Leiter pitched another great game on Saturday, and he's just 2-2 with a 2.05 ERA in 10 starts this season. 10 starts, 2-2. The Mets have to start backing these guys up.)
My final point is at least the Mets aren't the only ones having a rough time against the American League. Everyone's favorite out-of-nowhere team, the Cincinnati Reds, are 0-6 in interleague play so far, and the Rockies and the Pirates are also 0-6 (but they suck overall, so they don't really count.) The Mets (1-5) have the worst interleague record in the division, but they still haven't lost much ground. They're 5 and a half out, and the Mets know they've been playing poorly. I heard Mike Piazza say something after yesterday's game to the effect of, everyone has their bad stretches over the course of the season. We've played bad the past week...maybe now we've broken out of it. That's Piazza talking...now me. I hope the Mets start a winning streak now.
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