Mercy Killing

You know, at one point, I dunno, when it was 7-0 or so, I thought fuck, maybe they can lose by more than they lost to the Yankees. I mean why not, it's our second biggest rival, right?

You know what's best about getting crushed by your arch rivals? You don't have to watch two games at once to calculate out how far behind you've fallen in the standings.

Did you see how the Mets failed to cover 2nd base allowing Jimmy Rollins of all people, get there untouched in the 3rd inning after he'd driven those runs home? Sound fundamental baseball those Mets play for us. Fernando Tatis, second baseman, wandering out there like he was lost in the desert.

Perhaps we won't even talk about the 8th, dropped balls, ignored balls, what's the difference? The Mets already knew they were going to lose by then.


Livan did a spot-on imitation of Tim Redding last night.

As for the ugliness of the game itself, wow Livan. Seven runs, 10 hits and four walks in a little more than three innings out there. (I was going to say, a little more than three innings of work out there but is pitching batting practice really considered work?)

Yeah, go out there and get them tomorrow, lads.

Right.


Mets Killah? Why, who isn't?

Didn't you just KNOW before this game not only that the Phillies would turn around their incredibly shitty home record against the Mets but that Rollins, who has hit so poorly this season you'd think he was auditioning for a slot in the Mets batting order, was surely going to find his stride against the Mets as well? Sure enough, the Mets cured him with two hits and two RBIs.

David Wright, on the other hand, 0 for 4, two strikeouts.

And Rodrigo Lopez, a guy getting his first start in the Majors this season turns into Cy Young.

All you can really do is keep the puke bucket close to your telly and wait for the misery to end.