Sooo... The Mets are still pathetic?

Written by C Gally | 19 May 2009

First, they learned that cleanup hitter Carlos Delgado needs right hip surgery that will sideline him indefinitely. Then they lost reserve infielder Alex Cora to the disabled list because of a torn ligament in his right thumb — keeping him from subbing for ailing shortstop Jose Reyes.

And once the game started Monday night, it only got worse.

That "only got worse" mean the six (6) errors that the Mets made in the game. Now, if you look at the boxscore, you'll only see five errors, because offensive errors are not counted in that total. Anyways, here is how they went down:

1. Bottom of the 4th, error by SS Ramon Ramirez.

2. Bottom of the 8th, throwing error by SS Ramon Ramirez.

3. Bottom of the 9th, throwing error on pitcher Sean Green.

4. Top of 11th, David Murphy misses the bag as he rounds third. He's then thrown out.

5. Bottom of 11th, Carlos Beltran Drops a fly ball to put men on 2nd and 3rd.

6. Bottom of 11th, bases loaded, Orlando Hudson grounds into FC to first, Jeremy Reed throws home and completely misses the catcher, allowing the winning run to score. Mets lose.

Now, it may seem that it's all Jeremy Reed's fault that the Mets lost because he allowed the winning run to score. But here's the deal with Reed: He was just brought up from Buffalo to fill in Delgado's spot at first base (Delgado is hitting the DL for surgery). And by "just brought", I mean he arrived at the park at 6:47PM PST for a 7PM PST game from Buffalo, where it was already 9:47EST. Then he made a bad throw in the bottom of the 11th that same night. Though, I'm sure the two errors by Ramon Ramirez didn't help.

But, to sum up this post, for any of you who may have thought that the Mets were turning it around, they are not. They are still pathetic and no one seems to know how to fix it. I still don't understand why Santana signed there. I feel bad for them.

Editors Note: It was actually Ramon Ramirez who just came from Buffalo, not Jeremy Reed. See what happens when you get your information from blowhards on NY sports talk radio? Let this be a lesson, kids.