Michael's Place

On August 30th, after the Mets got swept by the Phillies and had their division lead shrink from 6 games to 2, I posted The Mets make me sick. After that post the Mets went 9 and 2 including winning 5 of 6 from the Braves, the Phillies went back to playing at their level, and the Mets division lead went right back up to 6 1/2 games.

With the Phillies coming into Shea for 3 games, the Mets could've easily ended the season by winning two or three games. Not. They got swept AGAIN and have proceeded to lose 2 more games (5 straight) while the Phillies won two more (5 straight) and now their division lead is a paltry 1 1/2 games.

My wife, with more neutral objectivity, suggested that perhaps I need to post again. Given what happened after the Mets first sweep I remained calm after the last sweep but in retrospect, if my first "make me sick" post had some kind of karmic affect I am perhaps a couple days late with this. But here goes.

The Mets make me really sick. How could they not win a game against the fakester Phillies? Worse, to give up 21 runs in two games against the Nationals - the lowest scoring team in the league - is simply pathetic. Blowing  4 run leads two games in a row? I don't know if I can watch another game this year.

(Watching the AL East standings also doesn't help. So, fwiw, the Red Sox are making me sick too. )