Wednesday, June 9, 2004
I should know better, I really should. The games the Mets SHOULD win most of the time turn into the games the Mets DON'T win. And now the Mets are a loss away from being swept in Minnesota. These are the games that kill you in late September.
On a personal note, the Mets are really pissing me off. Don't they know I'm losing valuable sleep waking up for these games!? And that I'm not waking up to see the likes of Gerald Williams starting in left field!? (Though I've learned Williams was 2-for-2 in his career against Twins starter Johan Santana, explaining why he started...and he did hit a home run.) If the Mets don't sweep at least one of these next interleague series' (not counting the Yankees), and take 2 out of 3 of the others, they are in deep trouble.
On the positive side, even in a 5-0 game where it feels like the Mets are getting their butts kicked, they always have a comeback effort in store. During last night's game, the comeback effort again came in a failed bases loaded effort in the seventh inning. With one out, Mike Cameron and the aforementioned Williams both struck out. Even after that one stalled, the Mets again threatened, after a Mike Piazza 2-run double in the eighth. But home plate umpire Joe Brinkman called Karim Garcia out on strikes on what appeared to be a checked swing - he didn't even ask for help. You hate to see a comeback chance taken away from a hitter without even getting a chance to hit. A very frustrating loss.
So the Mets are now hitting in the neighborhood of .115 with the bases loaded. The only thing I can hope is that they're getting it all out of the way now, and they'll succeed more than fail in future bases-loaded situations.
Another good note is that even though the Mets have lost four of their last five games, they're still just 4.5 games out of first place. The Marlins lost to Cleveland last night. The Braves also lost, and the Mets are still hanging right with Atlanta, Philly, and Florida.
Hopefully tomorrow we'll be talking about a Mets win.
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