The Mets, of course, lost last night dropping the game 5-0 against St. Louis. This marks their fourth consequtive loss and their ninth loss out of their last eleven. Their record has dropped to an even .500 and they are now five and one-half games out of thw Wild Card race.

There's always next year.

One of Base10's colleagues was somewhat stoic about it yesterday. "We said they would be a five-hundred team and they turned out to be a five-hundred team," he reasoned. I suppose that revising your expectations down from the beginning makes it easier to accept when the team has failed to meet them. I think it's more galling to lose when you're capable of winning. The Mets started September with as good a shot as anyone in their division. They fell apart before our eyes.

There's always next year.

Some things went decidedly right for the team. The starting rotation is great. Much of the team is young and built for speed. The Mets are managing to develop good prospects instead of trading for washed-up veterans. But face the bad as well. The bullpen is close-your-eyes bad. The bats are virtually non-existent. We didn't really get what we paid for in the trade for Beltran. Matsui has got to go, as well as the first baseman. Probably the batting coach as well. But with the right kind of help in the off-season, next year the Met might not be too bad.

There's always next year.

In other sports news, the NFL kickoff last night was actually a pretty good game. That is until Oakland went pass-whacky. The game was not out of hand yet. Oakland was trailing by nine, but they were letting them have the run. With nine minutes left in the fourth quarter, I think Oakland would have been better off staying on the ground. Base10 can't wait for Sunday: Jets @ K.C. At 1PM and Giants v. Cards at 4PM. There are also a load of good college games including Notre Dame v. Michigan and Texas v. Ohio.

Who are the Mets?

- posted by Base10 @ 11:10 AM