Note: The Offense is Terrible, and 6-14
“The Mets have been shut out in consecutive games for the first time since May 24-25, 2005 at Atlanta, and they have tied a team record by playing three consecutive games without an extra-base hit,” according to the Elias Sports Bureau, courtesy of ESPN.com.
… i’m getting too used to watching this lineup, and it’s not until i see a team like the Dodgers, clicking, with Orlando Hudson, Manny Ramirez, James Loney, etc., that i realize, ‘oh, right,’ and suddenly what elias is saying makes sense again…
In a post to their Twitter page, Stats.com writes, “Since Carlos Beltran landed on the DL on June 22, the Mets have gone 5-10 with a .229 batting average and have been shut out 4 times.”
…i keep hearing people say, ‘Well, they’re still around .500 and only four games back,’ etc., but, that takes in to account April and May… however, they’re just 6–14 in their last 20 games, and i’ve seen very little over that time to suggest this group of players can be any better than that… and so, sure, while the overall record may be around .500, if the current team from the last three weeks delivers a similar performance over the next three weeks, the overall record, say, 46–55 at that point, and, say, eight games back of first, will make it very difficult to rebound from, with or without the supposed cavalry…
