 Thursday, June 14, 2007
Keep the Faith Mets Fans
The New York Mets, who only about two weeks ago had the best record in the National League had it all going right. The pitchers were is awesome form and the offence was breaking out when Carlos Delgado and David Wright finally emerging from their slumps. In the last two weeks the Mets have had a free fall. A combination of bad luck, injuries and bull pen failures have lead to a 1-9 stretch in the last 10 games. The newspapers have anointed the .500 Yankees as the talk of the town now that they are 8.5 games out of first place and having won 8 in a row and going into the weekend subway series. Having to face the streaking Yankees this weekend, Mets fans are rightfully worried. I am going to disagree from popular analysis and say that all is ok with the current streak. First off I won't blame this on injuries, that would be an excuse. You can't blame it on sloppy play, the Mets have not made that many errors. You can't blame it on offence, the Mets have been hitting. The reason for the slide then? The bullpen. The Mets lost two extra inning games to Philly in the slide and blew the lead in more than 50% of the losses. The bullpen has been the Mets saving grace the last season and a quarter. Now that it has melted down a little the press is predicting doom and gloom. Keep the faith Mets fans. A few hope of the ball, one or two different plays and the Mets would be 5-5 in the last ten games. That is baseball. Streaks are part of the game. Just as when the Mets later this season have an 8-2 run, it doesn't mean they are on track to sweep the entire league in the playoffs. Keep the faith.
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