postGame: Phillies 10 Mets 6
The Mets (83–65) lost to the Phillies (80–69) by the score of 10 to 6 in Shea Stadium today.
For a recap and boxscore, go to Yahoo! Sports.
…as much as it hurts to do so, i’ll say this, the Phillies play hard, they hustle, they’re sound, smart and resilient, among other things, at least when playing the Mets…as willie would say, ‘they make their own breaks’…ok…now, enough of that…
…it would take me all day to revisit how sloppy the Mets played in this game…i just don’t get it…the short of it is, they made six innings errors for the boxscore, all of which were costly, but also made a variety of mental errors, like walking pitchers to load bases, walking in runs, rushing throws, missing cut-off men, etc…
…for instance, down three, the Mets tie up the game on a huge, deep-breath, clutch home run by Carlos Beltran…repeat…clutch home run by beltran…however, in the next inning, without skipping a beat, Guillermo Mota walks the lead-off batter, Luis Castillo bobbles the next grounder, makes a bad throw to wreck a bases-clearing double play, mota walks another batter, Jorge Sosa entered and allowed a grand-slam…bam…Mets tie it, blink, game over…
…by the way, in standard fashion, i am already getting e-mails from people screaming about randolph using mota…usually, Scott Schoeneweis gets the grilling, but he did good today, so i guess willie was smart to use him today, but dumb when choosing the others, i guess…i don’t know…i see a few e-mails complaining that, instead, Willie Collazo or Jorge Sosa should have been on the mound…well, today, sosa allowed a game-changing grand slam, and collazo walked two of three batters he faced…i also see e-mails demanding Aaron Heilman pitch instead of mota…yet, a month ago i got e-mails ripping heilman…the only constant is the ripping of willie…it’s so crazy…so, as my point is always, this is not the Nasty Boys and the Reds you’re dealing with, you know what i mean…more or less every team is frustrated with their bullpen…jeez, the Red Sox had the best bullpen in baseball for a month, and now it’s nearly the worst…your options in the Mets bullpen are basically the same out there, just a different day…i don’t understand how some fans have yet to realize this…seriously, i truly believe that there is as good of a chance that heilman allowed today’s grand-slam, or mota, or sosa, or whomever…what’s the difference…the bullpen is not that good, in general…just like with most teams…so, in not good situations, you’re gonna get not good results…why is this such a shock to people when it happens…oh well…
…on a positive note, speaking of schoeneweis, he has allowed a run to score in just three of his last 16 appearances…
…also, Joe Smith returned to action, and hit his first batter…on a day like this, i would expect nothing else…
…hey, give a game ball to the few thousand fans who stuck around to chant “Lets Go Mets,” down four, in the bottom of the ninth…i’m with you, friends…
…at any rate, back to what keeps me muttering under my breath as i shuffle around my living room…what is up with the Mets vs. Phillies of late…brutal…i hope the Mets are embarrassed…it’s like nothing i have ever seen before…i’m starting to think Jimmy Rollins believes in voodoo…it’s the only illogical explanation…i mean, for pete’s sake, Greg Dobbs hit the grand slam…no offense, mr. dobbs, but you are greg dobbs…you’ve got to be kidding me…
…whatever, though…so, ok, great, the Phillies can smack the Mets around, and make them look silly…good…whatever…the Mets are still four losses up on them, with just 14 games left to play…the Mets must move on…laugh it off, i guess…or use it as motivation…because, it is what it is…yes, it sucks…but it isn’t the end of the world, unless of course the Phillies get to the post-season, which is my biggest fear right now…so, shake it off, guys, ‘turn the page,’ like you do so well and get back to winning against teams that do not eat Cheesesteaks and move on…me included…
