Sunday, September 28, 2008
No miracle
& a sad way to close Shea Stadium. Marlins 4, Mets 2.
But we expected this when Billy Wagner went down, right? He was slowly sinking before the All Star break. The bullpen lost another one today, the must-win. But when you get knocked out by one game, the very last game, every loss this season becomes a must-win. Two more wins in April would have put them in the playoffs.
Last year we were stunned. This season there was little the Mets could do to prevent the outcome, not during September, short of a spectacular offense. Ollie Perez did his job. Scoop up the dirt.
I know today was a Mets event, but it was also the Shea farewell, so it would've been a capper if Joe Willie Namath had been invited. What other athlete in Tom Seaver's exalted class made his rep there?
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
But we expected this when Billy Wagner went down, right? He was slowly sinking before the All Star break. The bullpen lost another one today, the must-win. But when you get knocked out by one game, the very last game, every loss this season becomes a must-win. Two more wins in April would have put them in the playoffs.
Last year we were stunned. This season there was little the Mets could do to prevent the outcome, not during September, short of a spectacular offense. Ollie Perez did his job. Scoop up the dirt.
I know today was a Mets event, but it was also the Shea farewell, so it would've been a capper if Joe Willie Namath had been invited. What other athlete in Tom Seaver's exalted class made his rep there?
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