This is my calm and mostly objective post about today's loss. (Check back here later for the post when I go ballistic. I don't want to dwell on this loss, and I'm trying to stay positive. However, please allow me one angry, rambling, expletive-laden post.) In a nearly identical recreation of 2007, the Mets blew a playoff spot on the last day of the season vs. the Florida Marlins. Here are your game thoughts:- Oliver Perez pitched about as well as one could have expected him to. He was unlucky, as John Baker's RBI single was about as cheap as it gets. Also, Joe Smith pulled an Aaron Heilman, walking a run in with the bases loaded to account for the other run charged to Ollie.
- I'm putting this one on the shoulders of the lineup. It's easy to point to another bullpen failure (side note: the bullpen did suck today), but you cannot expect to win any game in which the offense produces 4 hits and 7 baserunners. David Wright: 0-4. Jose Reyes: 1-4. Ryan Church: an awful 0-4.
- Endy Chavez did his best to save the game with "The Catch, Part Deux" in the 7th inning. Amazingly, this catch did nothing to energize the Mets lineup, just as it failed in NLCS Game 7, 2006.
- The best the Mets could come up with to sing the national anthem was Marc Anthony? Seriously? I guess he was available. Glenn Close singing God Bless America was a nice touch, though all I could think of when she was on the Diamond Vision was "Madame Vice President.... We have retaken the plane!"
- Mets player jerseys/shirts seen at the game today: Joe McEwing, Mackey Sasser, a #10 shirt that said "Endy", John Stearns, Mike Cameron and my personal favorite, Joe Orsulak
I admit, I didn't stay for the postgame ceremony. I feel kind of bad, especially because today was not Mike Piazza and Tom Seaver and Doc Gooden and Robin Ventura's fault. From what I understand, it was a nice little ceremony, but I was in no mood to watch it. The memory of Shea Stadium will probably be tarnished for me, and that's a shame. I'll try to block this out, and remember all the great games/WINS I attended over the years. Shea Stadium, 1964-2008.
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It's too bad you didn't stay for the ceremony. I'm sure a lot of Mets fans will regret leaving after the game.
How about CC Sabathia pulling a Johan Santana. Who will he go to next year?
Also, what are your predictions for the NL playoffs?
Sabathia is pretty amazing. Without him the Brewers wouldn't have sniffed the playoffs. Too early for me to predict where he'll end up next year. I've read Yankees, Angels, Giants as the biggest contenders.
In a couple days, I'll make some Playoff Predictions. I'll also be doing some postseason awards (MVP, Cy Young, etc.) predictions, as well as some analysis on the Mets direction this offseason. Top 10 Lists will start up again as well.
I had planned to do a Top 10 Mets Playoff games list tonight, but that would be kind of silly. Instead, the world will be subjected to an angry rant based on a scene from one of my favorite movies. I apologize in advance for the tone and language of the post...
You seem to have a lot of friends who is Los Mets fans. maybe you can do a post about how fans will stick with the Mets. do you think los mets fans are loyal creatures?
two years in a row of being let down like this is horrendous. fucking-a. fans invest so much into a 160+ game season, only to be let down. i would have to think that fans won't want to invest emotionally next year for fear of getting burned again. it's like having two shitty girlfriends in a row. you eventually decide that on the next one you're not gonna let yourself fall in love with her because the last two were such bitches and maybe this one will turn out that way too.
also, please predict the fate of jerry glasses manual.
Great comment - I like the girlfriend analogy. My advice is don't get yourself mixed up in any binding long term relationships, haha.
I plan to post in the next few days about the outlook for next year, and what fans can do. I believe Jerry Manuel will be back next year, and I think he's earned that privilege. Although I'd advise him to lose all that "gangsta" talk.
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