Thursday, May 15, 2008

A Championship Hangover Without The Championship

Today, the monkeys woke up with a big hangover. Our heads were pounding. We couldn't get out of bed. We craved a greasy banana. The funny thing is we hadn't been drinking the night before. Now how could we have a hangover when we weren't out drinking?

Well, how can the Mets have a championship hangover when they haven't won anything?

THINGS THAT DROVE US BANANAS TODAY

Mike Pelfrey pitches the best game of his career and the Mets can't drive in a single run to support his effort ....

one day after Claudio Vargas pitches a gem and the Mets allow that to go to waste.

Jose Reyes makes a boneheaded baserunning blunder getting thrown out trying to advance to third from first on a bunt with David Wright and Carlos Beltran coming to the plate...

and the fact that Jose Reyes wasn't even running hard initially.

Gary Cohen not following the rules and jinxing Pelfrey's no hitter by mentioning it constantly. Hey Gary, not everybody likes to step on cracks, break mirrors, walk under ladders and let black cats cross their paths....

Shutup already!

Going 3-4 on a homestand that the Mets needed to dominate....

and playing worse as the homestand continued.

Carlos Delgado going 0-4 again and leaving the game before talking to reporters leaving Billy Wagner to have to answer questions on a day he didn't even pitch ...

further revealing the rift in the Mets clubhouse between certain players that Paul Loduca had addressed last season.

The fact that the Mets still continue to believe that they are the NL's best team like they were in 2006...

but no one else does.

It's not too late for things to turn around. The playoff teams under Bobby V never started out much better than .500 during the first third of their season. However "You've got to believe" rings hollow when the team believes they only need to throw their gloves on the field to win.

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