Waaa! Make them stop!

Ma, they're doing bad things again! Make them stop!

No, I'm not talking politics. It's the farookin' Mets.

Last night the Mets started Oliver Perez (a worrisome enough tidbit). After Perez gave up a solo homerun (one of his specialties) the Mets "stormed" back in the third inning with 5 runs on 2 (!) hits including a Carlos Delgado grand slam. But Perez couldn't hold a 4 run lead if his life depended upon it. He gave it back and the bull pen tacked on another to put the Mets down 6-5.

New York stranded seven runners in the seventh through ninth innings. The Mets failed to score after putting runners at the corners with no outs in the seventh, then got only one run -- on Jeff Samardzija's bases-loaded walk to Ramon Martinez -- after putting runners at the corners with no outs in the eighth. The ninth was even worse.

By worse, they mean WORSE! As in harikari worse. With the score tied at 6-all, the Mets got a lead off triple by Dan Murphy in the bottom of the ninth...and did not score. The bull pen followed that by giving up three runs in the top of the 10th inning and the Mets lost 9-6.


Heck, you can read about hit here: Mets fail to close out Cubs, lose game.

Why does this feel like freakin' Groundhog Day?



The Phillies lost but the Brewers won. The Brewers and Mets are now tied in the Wild Card chase. The Mets remain 1 1/2 games back of Philadelphia. The odd game will be erased after today as the Phils have the day off while the Cubs and Mets go at it again tonight--weather permitting.

I wonder how Willie Randolph feels right about now?

If Jerry Manuel (who said after the game: "When tomorrow comes, hopefully the sun comes up. It might not." ) is offered the managerial post full time, he should first ask what's happening with the pitching. Especially the bull pen. Pedro should be released and Perez should be allowed to walk on his free agent year. (Good luck, don't let the door hit you in the a$$, etc., etc.) There are a few guys (el Duque) that are still lingering on the DL who need to be pink slipped. As for the bull pen... Explosives should be used. Personally, I think they should all be used to set improve the soil in the tomato garden in Citi Park. Remember the garden they used to have out there? Makes me wonder what John Franco is doing.

Oh, and send Castillo and Alou packing. Murphy seems to be the real thing. Not a lot of home run power but that will come. A. Reyes may not be able to hit but his defense and attitude are 150% better than L. Castillo at second base.