Another day, another Mets loss. Pedro pitched pretty well last night and even got himself out of trouble once or twice. He gave up two runs, but the Mets squad can apparently be put under a Svengali-like trance by Smoltz and be made to forget the fundamentals of hitting. It's very disheartening.

The Yanks lost last night too, but both team's respective situations have similarities. Both are in a Wild Card hunt (the Mets less so now) and both are struggling against division rivals that right now are quite dominant. But herein lies the difference between being a Yankee fan and being a Met fan. If you are a Yankee fan right now, is there any doubt that your team will at least make a respectable run at the postseason? Hey, they may get beat out for the Wild Card but you don't think they're going to collapse, right? Met fans, do you feel the same way? You're not nearly as confident, are you? The season isn't over, but it's getting closer every day.

Regular readers to this blog, be forewarned: expect lengthy screeds about Mets failures when they lose from here on in. The only thing that can put that on hold is if the Jets start losing out of the box and take over as the subject of the daily diatribe.

No matter. The Mets must win tonight to have a shot at going 2-2 against Atlanta. But look on the bright side. Football starts Thursday.

- posted by Base10 @ 11:00 AM