By metstradamus | August 30, 2020 10:23 pm
It’s over.
August 28th, which featured a doubleheader sweep of the Yankees in the Bronx which included a walkoff win by the visitors, was supposed to be the turning point. Along with the news that Steve Cohen was in the exclusivity stage of ownership negotiations, it might have even signaled the end of futility and embarrassment for this franchise. August 30th turned into a stark reminder that the Mets have a long way to go before they can shed the label of being the running joke of baseball.
Somehow the Mets took the capital that they gained on Friday and gave it all back on Sunday like they stole it. Even after they gave it all back, they still had another game to play. But that first game was Castillo’s drop, Wainright’s curve, Ryan Church missing first base, Lucas Duda’s throw home, Kurt Suzuki, Travis d’Arnaud’s five RBI earlier this season, all wrapped up into one. Seems extreme, but think of the level of failure it takes to lose a game when you’re up by five runs with two outs in the final inning. If Simone Biles tried to turn Mets futility into a comparable gymnastics routine, she would end up in traction before she would hit the padded floor.
2 comments:
Don't minse words here John.
I agree......and I hope that any personnel decisions over the next day or so, have 2021 in mind.
I am having flashbacks to the Scott Kazmir trade.
***Diaz is done and Lugo needs to go back to the ninth inning, by the way.
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