September 28, 2008
Bottom of the Ninth
The Mets bullpen holds the Marlins in the ninth. The teams go to the bottom of the inning, New York needing two runs to keep their season alive. Wright, Chavez and the pitcher are scheduled to bat.
Update: David Wright pops out to second for the first out.
Update: Chavez hits a comebacker to the pitcher, but Easley pinch hits and walks. That brings up Church, who hits one deep to center. It's caught, however, and the Mets lose 4-2. The crowd watches the Marlins celebrate on the field, but New York disappoints once again.
The Yankees are winning game one of their double header, and if they win game two, the team from the Bronx will end up with a better record than the Mets. So much for winning the back pages.
Congratulations to the Brewers on their wild card win. The move to Sveum worked, and the bigger move, acquiring Sabathia worked great. It will be a sad closing ceremony coming up to close Shea.
Congrats, Mets, you guys just got beat out of the playoffs with a team being managed by Dale Sveum. Of course, Sabbathia's arm is going to explode any second now, so this may be a Pyrric one.
Mets won 89 games in the NL in a division with the Nats and Braves - what can you say except not good enough