 Does anyone still care?
Really. You had to know they were going to blow it today. Can you imagine this team getting through the next week and somehow ending up with a playoff spot? More importantly, do you care? I didn't feel a thing when the hammer dropped. Still don't.
Perhaps the most damning thing is this: no matter what changes - players, managers, front offices - they lose the same kinds of games to the same teams over and over and over and over again. If this team were really different - if this was to be the Mets team that finally came through in the end - don't you think they would have taken it to the Braves this weekend? Don't you think there would have been a new outcome?
Mets fail to build on their early lead, the bullpen starts to lose it, the manager panics, the floodgates open and the ninth inning comeback falls just short. Bobby Cox lights up his victory cigar and thanks God that no matter how bad things get, he'll always have the Mets to kick around.
Same as it ever was. We know it, and they know it. I wouldn't be surprised if this pennant race was already over in the clubhouse.
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Privately, the Mets believe they scored enough runs last season (799, tied for second in the NL with the Phillies). Unless they can pull off an unlikely trade of Luis Castillo and add free agent Orlando Hudson to play second base, the likely move is to add a backup infielder such as Alex Cora.
| 799 runs is enough. Don't score a run more. |