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In a post to his blog, DaveLozo.com, 
Dave does a great job looking back at the last year of our lives, from September 12, 2007, when the Mets were seven games in first place with 17 to play, and we were riding high as fans, through today.
…thanks to Tom G for the link, i guess, as this is painful to read, but totally accurate…
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Very accurate indeed.
There should be one for the Brewers too. It’s the battle of the two collapsing teams, for the second straight year. This time they are facing off against each other.
Great link.
I actually stubled onto a Michelle Kwan story that was priceless (very funny).
Matt, I think its davelozo.com
September 12, 2007: Tom Glavine really should get his option picked up.
September 30, 2007: I hope Tom Glavine dies.
Good stuff, very accurate.
Thats my favorite blurb.
How the mighty have fallen…and how unwatchable this team has been in that time.
Incapable of a single come back from a 3 run deficit? Not even once? Wow. It’s not just the bullpen, it’s the weak, gutless approach of the lineup.
I have predicted that the Mets would win 2 more games this year, but the way they look right now, they might not win any.
“gutless approach by the lineup”
What does this even mean?
Nothing. It’s easy to call someone gutless when you are hiding behind a computer.
It means they have no guts, heart, stick-to-it-tive-ness, clutchness, clutchitude, clutchtasticity, or guts. oh, or get-er-doneness
also known “eckstein-osity” or “erstad-itude”
erstad-itude is awesome. Well done.
Joe Morgan would be proud.
The lineup’s approach is gutless? I bet half of the 3 run losses we have yet to come back from this season were blown by the bullpen so late in the game it’s unreasonable to expect thsi team to come back with 6 outs left. But for those people looking to tack on, looking to make points for no reason other than to read the mover once you hit ’submit’ – those that are complaining about lack of offense and lack of tack on runs – i say the bullpen is the problem and that’s it.
they’ll be lucky if they win two more this year, the brewer games are more important at this point. if they lose we’ll get in, if not its over
if this team was gutless they never would have gotten above .500, they never would have beat the Phillies 11 of 18, they never would have swept the Brewers at the beginning of September.
This team is not gutless it has an enormous achillies heal in the bullpen sans a legitimate closer.
When I first read the title, I thought you were linking to an article about a fan proclaiming that this was going to be their last year as a Mets fan, and part of me thought they were probably smarter than me.
me too. I just can’t quit you, Mets
Which Mets fans said this?
July 25, 2008: “Mike Pelfrey should be getting some consideration for the Cy Young.”
August 10, 2008: “Mike Pelfrey better not be on the postseason roster.”
50-60% of those who post here??? I never new bipolar disorder was contagious… ;)
Ha, I just know that I never said it. Although I may have been subject to a few of those thoughts he listed.
I think the same string of similar quotes can be conjured up about the Yankees, or any other team that flirts with playoff aspirations throughout the season. Personally, as a Mets fan, I said hardly any of those. Ya gotta believe. I’ll root for my team ’til the bitter end.
The Mets are very similar to quantum physics: anything is possible, and nothing is probable.
Exactly. Phillies fans are frontrunners. They were running J-Roll and Ugley out of town a few weeks ago.
September 30th, 2007: Luis Castillo Stinks!
November 19th 2007: 4 Year Contract?!! Luis Castillo Stinks!
April 8th 2008: Luis Castillo Stinks!
May 22nd, 2008: Luis Castillo Stinks!
June 14th, 2008: Luis Castillo Stinks!
July 28th, 2008: Luis Castillo Stinks!
August 8th, 2008: Luis Castillo Stinks!
September 22nd, 2008: Luis Castillo Stinks!
Notice a pattern here? Put him in the bathroom.
Maybe they can keep him around as a sidekick to Cow-Bell Man.
How about putting a gong on Castillo’s head … let the fans ring his bell throughout the game.
Cowbell + Gong = Mascot Genius
Definitely need more cowbell!
Ha, good stuff…I used to defend him saying at least he puts the ball in play,has a good OBP, doesn’t strike out much and can advance reyes if he hits second…he has been beyond terrible this month and his at bat last night with the tying run on deck was a joke. How the hell do you take three straight fastballs right down the middle?
The only problem is, at least for the next few games, we have no other reasonable option. Reyes is just as bad a hitter and Easley can’t start. Hopefully next year Murphy is the starting 2nd baseman.
Well I’m glad I could make someone laugh. ha. At this point though I’d just sit Castillo, if for no other reason to take the negativity out of the air for the fans.
Actually agree. No Castillo or Heilman the rest of the way. Let Murphy try 2nd or even Ramon. Let Parnell get every apperance for Heilman.
I’m still annoyed we didn’t call up Kunz.
Yeah … it will keep the boo’s to a minimum.
I tend to agree…Reyes won’t get booed to the degree castillo will and if they will both fail anyway, what’s the difference?
If Castillo does play, they have to squeeze if he ever gets up with a runner on third and less than 2 outs again. I’m sick of seeing him up there in that kind of situation knowing he doesn’t have the ability to hit a fly ball deep enough for even reyes to score on. If there are runners on 1st and 3rd, the best you can hope is that the ground ball he hits is weak enough so that they can’t turn 2 (which unfortunately wasn’t the case last night).
I was flipping between the Jets game and the Mets game last night after the Marquis grand slam and I heard Luis Castillo was hurt and had to be taken out of the game…When I realized I was on the Jets game, I said “Damn, wrong Luis Castillo”.
LOL I didn’t catch that. There is another Luis Castillo? Poor guy.
Yeah, Defensive end for the Chargers…He’s actually a pretty good player and just signed a 5 year $43 million deal…I have a feeling that San Diego will end up being happier with that deal in 4 years than we will with our Luis Castillo deal…just a hunch.
Maybe they have the same agent, and the agent pulled a fast one on Omar.
Put him in the bat-room! I love the Bronx Tale reference! Castillo definitely is MUSH.
you forgot the “thank god luis castillo is hurt maybe he’ll miss the whole season” and “when castillo is back he better not see the field” also “why is castillo playing?”
It’s premature to call them the new Bums. Meet you back here this time next week.
(Let me rephrase that: Gotta believe.)
if you trade the entire mets roster for the entire phillies roster, the mets will come back to win the nl east
No because then they would play for NY and cave under the pressure.
(Insert generic insult for boneheaded comment here)
Anyone who really remembers 98-99 can’t completely give up.
1998…Mets lose the last 5 games in a row to fall one game short of forging a Wild Card tie with the Giants and Cubs.
2007…Mets lose 12 of final 17 games to fall one game short of forging Division/Wild Card tie with Phillies, Rockies, and Padres
1999…Mets squander Wild Card lead before rallying to come from 2 back with 3 to play to forge Wild Card tie with Reds.
2008…Brewers @ Mets, Shea Stadium, Monday Sept. 29???
I really hope not. That is Sabathia vs. Pelf.
The main difference here is 2006. Expectations are a b*tch, there really were none in 98 or 99, I did not expect the Mets to make the playoffs and was surprised and excited that they did make it. After 2006, we’ve felt like perennial contenders, which we are, but to fall just short with the playoffs easily within reach two years in a row would be hard to swallow.
Brewers at Mets next Monday would really be awful for all the Mets planning for Shea’s last game, solely at the expense of the fans. Fans who bought a seven pack for a ticket to game 162, or fans who just spent hundreds of dollars or more for that ticket. If the Mets lose that last game to slide into a playoff, there’ll be a lot of bitter fans at Shea.
I just keep seeing this in my mind. Imagine if the Mets were a reality gameshow. Before the game Jerry lines up all the Mets position players. He starts at the begining of the line and points to them player by player and choses based on crowd approval. Then once the pitcher is chosen. Each time there is a reliever we could do the same thing.
Imagine, we would be 156-0 right now.
The players that get boo’d would then go into an obstacle course and get punchlines dubbed over what they are saying, while getting hit with a huge mallet and falling off a cliff into a pool of champagne.
Kind of like that Japanese show.
Not bad. I was thinking they have to play “Hole in the Wall” without the hole.
Or maybe the last two have to square off in the arena of death?
haha pretty funny. How about this … put them all in a house to compete for Flavor Flav’s love.
You think he would start smashing his clock on Castillo trying to turn back time?
LMAO … either that or Castillo would collapse on the floor RIGHT before getting the clock placed around his neck.
Luis Castillo (15 Day – Strained oversized novelty clock)
hahaha … too funny.
ACtually picturing Castillo out there with a giganitc clock around his neck trying to play 2nd base is quite amusing to say the least.
Ok seriously how about this one to turn the crowd around.
Start Heilman as the pitcher and Castillo at 2nd base. Then as soon as the first Cub comes up to bat Murphy and Santana run on to the field to the sound of Hero and punch Heilman and Castillo in the face. Trainer comes out and helps both of them off the field. Ump yells play ball.
That would work right?
You’ve read my screenplay?
I’d like to see Heilman pitch to Castillo … just to see how long it would take for a home run to be hit.
But would it help us win? I think it could not hurt?
Mikey, no hr would be hit. Castillo would never take the bat off his shoulder.
Well then go with thereal’s idea. Punch them in the face!
or your idea, if it really is your screen play.
mikey, you just made everyone in my college library look at me because I was laughing so hard to your first comment of heilman vs catilllo. Right now, I’d want to see Heilman punch castillo in the face cause we can get rid of Aaron in the offseason, but castillo, we are stuck with him.
Good, I’m glad I can make you laugh. Us Mets fans need some comic relief. Lighten the mood a little! LOL
i died at that heilman-castillo matchup comment…..hhahaha amazing.
When Shea Stadium is destroyed by a wrecking ball they need to leave Castillo and Heliman in the stadium.
How about we fit Heilman and Castillo for Phillies jerseys. Heilman can be, hmmmm Pat Burrell? Luis Castillo can be Pedro Feliz maybe? That alone should put the kibosh on any shot the Phils have of winning the division.
Unfortunately, it is the only way I could see Castillo earning his 4-year contract and the only way Aaron Heilman would get to start.
a lot of mets fans already hated the team on september 12, 2007 even with the 7 game lead especially those who post here.
That statement is full of truthiness.
if you read the blog comments last year…you know that many, many mets fans hated the team from may thru september.
Actually, I was agreeing with you. I just wanted to use Truthiness.
:)
It’s a perfectly cromulent word.
don’t embiggen mr. colbert
Well done, sir.
What is so crushing is that in retrospect, last year you had to see coming a bit – the team played plat, .500 ball for 4 months while the Phillies surged.
This year? Total reverse…they were the ones playing .500 ball for 4 months, we were the best team in baseball after July 1…and yet barring a miracle they are going to win anyway? Really?
I don’t see how we deserve this.
It’s all because of the bullpen. That’s why we deserve it. Phillies have a good one. We have one of the worst ones in Met history. Possibly worse than the Mel Rojas and Anthony Young days.
I totally agree with you dave — Last year they showed signs with that June Swoon, then even tho they were ahead 7 games something didn’t seem right. Willie was suddenly worse than ever in-game, players started slumping worse than before, and everything that was hinted at came true.
This year it started awful, a change was made and it seemed that it was over. A new beginning. Then they sweep the Brewers at Milwaukee and September looks promising. Now? We hit a skid and have to hope the freefall we put the Brewers in continues.
We don’t deserve this as fans at all.
It could be worse. Last year, the losses in September were filled with bumbling plays, errors, missing cutoff men, laziness, etc. At least the losses this time around don’t have the same ugliness as last year.
OFF TOPIC -
I have extra seats for tonight – UB 751B. Face value and I’d love to put Mets fans in them. I can meet you at Shea or e-transfer them to you.
Post a reply and we can figure out how to get this done.
I should add it is two seats.
Phillies all the way guys?
Pedro Feliz for MVP.
Just like last year baby. They always carry that momentum right into the first and only 3 games.
I think they will win a playoff game this year.
Just to beat a dead horse some more, but dear lord does this small sampling of bullpen stats go a long way to explain why we’re struggling to save our playoff lives right now:
Player Team GP IP ERA
Feliciano NYM 83 52.2 4.1
Ayala NYM 78 71.2 5.53
Smith NYM 78 60.2 3.71
Heilman NYM 77 75.1 5.26
SchoeneweisNYM 70 55.1 3.25
Romero PHI 78 57.1 2.67
Madson PHI 74 81 3
Lidge PHI 70 67.1 1.87
Durbin PHI 68 85 2.96
Condrey PHI 54 67 3.36
Schoeneweis’ ERA is deceiving. He has allowed what seems like 450 billion inherited runners to score.
Yeah I wish there was some place to find that stat. I imagine it would give us a better picture of our bullpen problems,
I know ERA is not the best metric to use, but the differences are still staggering. When we acquired Johan a lot of us figured the innings he would eat would lighten the burden on our BP. And when Pelf started to emerge as the next Brandon Webb it looked even better since 40% of the rotation could now provide enough length to not cause the burnout that many attributed to the collapse. I think the aformentioned numbers reveal that not only has the BP not been spared a heavy workload, they just aren’t that good.
Schoenweis is the Fed?
Remember all the euphoria in July 2006? About how bright the future was?
2 years later, they turned it all to sh*t.
That’s all you need to know.
They turned it all to sh*t.
In 2006, the bullpen was awesome. Probably one of the best in all of baseball. If we had that same bullpen right now, this team would be closing in on 100 wins right about now.
Losing Oliver was the single move Omar never recovered from.
Never understood why he wasn’t retained. He wouldn’t have cost a lot of money, and now he’s doing a solid job for Anaheim.
Wow, Francesa is laying into the Mets hard now on the FAN. I’m a die hard but I’m actually enjoying it, I feel the frustration coming out of me…
He’s right.
Brilliant rant by Francesca (who I’m no fan of). Someone ought to play this on the loudspeakers throughout Shea. The guy is spot on, plain and simple.
what’s he saying? Paraphrase if needed.
Saying they have no guts and he’s tired of watching them lay down to bad teams. He’s saying Met fans always complain about how they play second fiddle to the yankees, but when the Yanks are out of the picture they don’t capitalize.
I hate the chubby b astard, but he’s spot on.
Sounds dumb.
I would agree, Bigstapler.
not dumb at all. it’s a harsh dose of reality. it’s what we all really believe in the deep recesses (sp) of our minds as we watch this team repeatedly fail when it matters most.
Maybe they’ll turn around and win 5 of 6 or win out.
But do we really believe that will happen?
I agree maybe they are trying to hard to impress this chok e job of a fan base.
Yeah I do not agree with Mike says alot of the times with the Mets but he is right the last week or so about them. I did not like the way he and mad dog handled the whole Santana situation saying how he did not want to be a Met but a Yankee or Red Sox and the Mets wont get him blah blah blah but he is right on about the Mets and not all but lots of Mets fans. We are so negative about or team and look at this last week of the season last week of She our team went in to the week 2 games up in the wild card playing a team like the Cubs and the Shea had lots of Cubs fans and negative Met fans.
yankees have played poorly this season yet managed to have 55,000 fans actually show up every game in the last year of the stadium.
the mets, in the HEAT OF A PENNANT RACE, who are CURRENTLY IN THE PLAYOFFS, still can’t have 35,000 people show up.
mets fans are a reflection of this current team – chicken littles.
the team can’t win big when it counts towards the end of games and season. and the fans can’t support them either.
mets fans need to grow a spine, and go out and pack the stadium. i wonder if mets players are looking up and seeing all those empty seats and wonder “where are our guys?”
There is something really shady about the attendance situation. I don’t know if it’s all about the fans not showing up.
There was a caller on WFAN yesterday saying he tried to buy tickets for yesterday’s game and it was sold out. How can that be, with all those empty seats?
There is something else going on here.
Maybe a bunch of people bought tickets and decided not to show up? Idk, it seems odd that that many people would do that.
Professional scalpers? Corporations getting their hands on CitiField tix for next year? Maybe?
It’s clear that there is some reason that we’re unaware of. The tickets are selling out, after all. I hope some reporter works on figuring this out because I’m really curious. Does anybody have Jay Horowitz’ home phone #?
All the tickets are bought up and sold on Stub Hub and stuff and places like that. That is where they are.
Yeah this is the one thing I have a problem with. We can all complain about how crappy our team is and how painful it is, but why are people not going to games in the last week of the season in the last week of Shea in a “playoff race”.
It’s horrible, but we could be the Pirates or Royals
this is the last week in the stadium’s history and the team is playing big “must win” type games, and there’s a bunch of empty seats. it’s really sad, ESPECIALLY for new york.
Exactly, I said it last year and I will say it again and get hated on again. The Mets fan base does as big of a chok e job in September as their players do.
How, no matter how bad they play, do you boo a team that is in 1st place trying to desperately hold on to a playoff spot? I don’t get it.
if they choke away a 4 game lead in september again, yes…..and they’ve done that…..they deserve the boos…..especially your boy luis, who has been proven now the cancer, who you love, just like you loved the idea of invading iraq.
LOL, your post have more and more credibility by the day.
no heart, no leadership, no guts…
getting beat by bad teams.
anyone want tix for tonight’s game? selling mine at face value or even an offer…face is $27 each…. i’ll even cover the ticket transfer fee…stubhub royally screwed me…
matt.rose1120 [at] gmail.com
francessa just critcized mets fans for not showing up to the game last night…
HE IS RIGHT. I WAS THERE AND NO WAY CLOSE TO A SELL OUT AND PLENTY OF CUBS FANS WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS PITCURE
Stop selling your tix to Cubs fans you clowns
I was surrounded by a bunch of Cubs fans last night. It was the worst.
Even when the Mets took a 2-1 lead … shea was not jumping or anything … I know it is harder for some people to get out to the games this time of year but come on …. remeber how shea was that Sunday night against Philly when Santana pitched? That is how Shea should be all week. Lets get behind or team.
not sure why the mets built citifield.
they should have just played at keyspan park. at least it would be a full stadium.
The thing we have going for us tonight (maybe) is that this is the first time this year that Santana has faced the Cubs. Might not mean much but could give him a slight advantage.
I dunno, my friend. Most of the Mets fans I know, myself included, surely have gotten *excited* at various points in this season, but I don’t know one Met fan who has at any point said or believed the Mets would get into the postseason – not to mention the World Series! Sheesh. If there’s one thing most Mets fans know about, it’s keeping expectations low. I think this kind of makes us seem like blithering idiots, when most of us are pretty sober about our team’s prospects. The Mets sure have a way of keeping it interesting and then crushing all hope…but hope is way different than expectation. And by the way, the latter is a sentiment felt a lot more by fans of that *other* New York team.