The Amazin's

This Sunday the Mets eliminated all doubt about their ability and proved that they could take one game out of four from any team in the National League!

Suffice it to say, our beloved baseball team has once again failed to meet expectations. The really sad part is that the Mets had an opportunity to virtually eliminate their Wild Card deficit with Houston. Had they gone three-and-one rather than one-and-three, Mets fans would have been seeing visions of the postseason. Instead, we're back home and one game over .500. Coulda, woulda, shoulda...

In spite of the--wait, let me count--a two-and-seven roadtrip, the Mets are still in it. The odd, but not necessarily dissapointing thing this weekend was that they did not pull off a trade for Manny Ramirez. No complaints on that ground. I am sick of the Mets selling their promissing youngsters to buy "proven" veterans who come here, walk into Shea and promptly forget how to play the game.

Also surprising was the fact that the Mets didn't try to dump salary, which says what? I read it as a statement to the world along the lines of, "Hey America, we don't completely suck!"

Not yet anyway. But it is safe to say that unless the Mets manage to create an extended winning streak soon, they will be golfing in October.

The boys are back on Tuesday.

MASCOT NOTE: The Mets estimable and appropriately named mascot, Mr. Met, has been appearing in a series of commercials bemoaning the Mets being away. In the spots, our large-headed hero is wandering the stadium, bored and getting into all sorts of mischief. The commercials are available for download and are quite funny. Base10 will post a link when he gets to work.

UPDATE: I notice not all of the commercials are here yet, but most are. Enjoy!
- posted by Base10 @ 6:25 PM