By metstradamus | June 28, 2021 10:10 pm
Let me tell you kids about when I was young:
Whenever I face a make up game in the middle of a normal schedule, I think of that fateful day in 2007 when the Mets were in the midst of their embarrassing collapse when they had to face the Cardinals for a make up game from earlier in the season. The Cards stunk at the time … remember, this was the year after Molina/Wainwright. The Mets were at home … and got shut out by Joel Pineiro. It was a low key valley in a 17 game span that was full of them.
I was a hopeful lad back then, and responded very maturely to the loss.
There wasn’t as much on the line tonight as there was then. And back then, it was Pineiro vs Pedro Martinez. Tonight, it was Paolo Espino who we couldn’t hit. Espino is a career minor league who was supposed to be the opener tonight. He went five shutout innings. The Mets got more hits off Espino than they did against Pineiro, but trust me … the ghost of Pineiro was alive and well in Washington. Unfortunately, so is the ghost of the 2007 Mets offense which was a dying carcass in September.
Jun 28, 2021; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Washington Nationals left fielder Kyle Schwarber (12) celebrates while rounding the bases after hitting a leadoff home run against the New York Mets in the first inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
I’m fully convinced that Jesus Christ decided to drop by and not tell anybody, while using Kyle Schwarber as His vessel. Schwarber has hit another two home runs tonight, including a first inning upper deck monster which was the first in a three pitch sequence in which Schwarber hit a bomb, Trea Turner hit a bomb, and Juan Soto drove one off the wall in right center field. From there, you just knew.
Remind me why Blankenhorn was even in the game.
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