It Figures.

Is This Over Yet?

Of course, the Mets won last night. It was too perfect. Yankees had won 9 in a row, Mets had lost 5 in a row. One team streaking, one team stinking. Too nice a setup.

So it cames as no surprise that we basically handed the game to the Mets. Oliver Perez was all over the place last night, but allowed zero runs because we kept swinging at pitches way out of the strike zone.

I am not sure that Melky, Cano, and Phelps swung at a single strike all night. One Phelps at bat in particular killed us.

First and second, both on walks, no outs. The second walk was of the four pitch variety. Phelps comes up and takes ball 1. Nice. Perez can't find the strike zone with a map. The second pitch is high and away but Phelps swings at it. Foul ball. 1-1 instead of 2-0. The whole at bat is different now, and the whole feeling of the inning. After that Perez retires not only Phelps but the next eleven (at least) guys. Coincidence? No.

And let's not forget some of the worst baserunning I've ever seen, courtesy of Matsui. After Phelps makes out without advancing the runners (of course), Cairo comes up and hits one high and deep down the line in left field. Gomez goes to the wall and catches it (not, by the way, robbing Cairo of a home run as the Mets' announcer erroneously said). Problem is, Matsui is almost to third base and is easily doubled off racing back to second.

WTF?

A ball like that, where the runner can see that the LF has time to get under the ball, ends one of two ways: catch or home run. In either case there is no "running" involved, and no reason not to be right near the base. You're either trotting home or walking back to second. Awful, awful, play.

Roger Part II was ok. Two runs in 6.1 innings should've been good enough for a win, but Roger's to blame too, for throwing too many pitches early and and anyone who gives up a home run to Jose Reyes (who hadn't had an extra-base hit in forever) should be fined on principle.

And of course, Boston won last night. San Francisco is a bad team which is getting what they deserve for 1) Bonds, and 2) signing a "Bay Area guy" who is a money guy and nothing else.

Clippard vs. Glavine today. Wouldn't surprise me at all if the newly-energized Mets win this one big, thus putting the pressure on Wang Sunday night against 62-year-old Orlando Hernandez.

Am really looking forward to the end of the "Subway Series" and to the end of dumb-ass interleague play to be over so that the actual baseball season can resume, once the circus leaves town.