It was brutal. First I had to pay $20 to park, tolls to drive in (plus gas), and then you get whacked with the high prices on food and drink. All of that is OK, if you are going to see a quality product.

Once it became 3-0 early in the game, I already knew the game was over, and it was time to start walking the stadium and looking for treats my daughter may want to eat. We settled on kettle corn (which was great), and we actually spent a fair amount of time in some of the shops looking at random things like hats or rice crispie treats.

Every once in a while I heard a loud moan from the crowd, only to look around and find a TV to see a replay of something like Castillo being thrown out at third base. At that point, you numbly shrug and go back to the non-baseball-watching thing you had originally been doing.

The only fun I had last night was watching my 6 year old daughter laugh as she ran the bases on the whiffle ball field. What I saw on the field was disturbing, and the lineup made me grimace when it was initially announced.

If it seemed like Reyes, Beltran and Delgado were close to returning, I would hold more optimism, but it almost seems like all of these guys are done for the season and the Mets are throwing out spin to make it sound like they are coming back just to salvage what they can in ticket sales, attendance and TV revenue.