This is our Penance

[Lefty Specialist]

As all Met fans know. We're not allowed to have nice things.



Last year, we had nice things, at least for a while. There was that lousy two months and then-Voila!



Grimace.

OMG.

The Rally Pimp.

Alonso's Magic Pumpkin.



The team that was 11 games under .500 made to the NLCS. Alonso destroyed the Brewers. Lindor destroyed the Phillies. Even took two from the mighty Dodgers when it counted.



And the thrill ride continued. WE got Juan Fucking Soto. And they took off this season like 2024 never ended. Marginal pitchers like Holmes and Canning pitched like All-Stars. Senga was pitching like Cy Young. Peterson seemed to have figured it out. The bullpen was actually pitching well. Alonso was hitting a ton. Lindor skipped his early-season slump. Soto wasn't hitting, but they were winning anyway.



And then came the inflection point- when Senga went down while pitching to the Nationals. They won the game but the bullpen was scary. Then losing 7 in a row. And 13 of 16. Getting outscored 30-4 by the flipping Pirates. Everything that was working before has simply stopped working.



We're experiencing 2024 in reverse right now. Not sure how they get out of this. When you have a team meeting, then march out and give up 5 runs in the first inning to a last-place team well under .500, it's hard to see any upside. This is our penance.

[Edgy MD]

Penance implies we have sinned. And while I indeed have sinned, and am possibly simultaneously sinning as I write this post, I am uncertain as to which sin we are paying for now. Signing Soto? Not fixing the Seaver statue? Letting (making?) Jose Iglesias walk?

[metirish]

Our pennance is the long standing shitty bullpens we have endured for years , not helped this season by the starting pitching

[Fman99]

Like all bad things, they are happening because too many Mets fans are also chronic masturbators.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah, there was an article in The Athletic about that. I'll share the link if I can find it.

[Cowtipper]

=Fman99 post_id=196745 time=1751298061 user_id=86]
Like all bad things, they are happening because too many Mets fans are also chronic masturbators.

[Gwreck]

The team is 11 games over .500 and if the season ended today they'd be the first wild card.



The last two weeks have been awful but this is still going to be a good season.

[kcmets]

Going into July 1st eleven games over .500, 1½ games out of

first, fourth best record in MLB and today would have home field

advantage against the Brewers (irony?) in a Wild Card Series isn't

exactly something to get a negatively worked up about.



So everyone dig out your rosary beads, display random acts of

kindness and add parental controls to block FOX News from all

of your TV's and devices.



(And try not to pleasure yourselves for next ten hours or so until

June is over. Do it for the us, do it for the team!)

[MFS62]

(And try not to pleasure yourselves for next ten hours or so until June is over. Do it for the us, do it for the team!)

Too late.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

I think what we need is a couple of things to be sacrificed.

Blackburn: his beard

Brazoban: his haircut

Alvarez: his designer eye black

Vientos: some of his swagger (it doesn't carry over from last season ... ya gotta earn it)

[metirish]

=Gwreck post_id=196748 time=1751304229 user_id=56]
The team is 11 games over .500 and if the season ended today they'd be the first wild card.



The last two weeks have been awful but this is still going to be a good season.

[MFS62]

The pitching laboratory should lose its accreditation.

Later

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

It seems like a perfect storm of pitching injuries, young players not performing like they did last year, and guys who should be bench pieces asked to play everyday roles.



Right before the Saturday monsoon Tyrone Taylor swung meekly at the first pitch and hit a crappy popup to the first baseman, and I thought, "Why is he hitting sixth?" Really the question is "Why is he the everyday centerfielder?" Vientos looked lost. Friday were sitting behind the Mets dugout and it was quiet. Not a lot of guys leaning on the rail, not a lot of yelling.



Now, on the other hand, Soto's home run was an absolute laser.



Hopefully Winker, Manaea, Senga come back soon and Alvarez gets his head screwed back on in Syracuse. I don't know what players will be out there at the deadline, but I suspect we'll be giving up some decent prospects to get some pieces.

[kcmets]

=metirish post_id=196752 time=1751309194 user_id=72]Yes , a good week ahead and everything is roses again

[Gwreck]

=kcmets post_id=196756 time=1751310794 user_id=53]
=metirish post_id=196752 time=1751309194 user_id=72]Yes , a good week ahead and everything is roses again

[Centerfield]

Frayed Knot wrote: I think what we need is a couple of things to be sacrificed. Blackburn: his beard Brazoban: his haircut Alvarez: his designer eye black Vientos: some of his swagger (it doesn't carry over from last season ... ya gotta earn it)

Vientos. We know the talent is there. He needs to clear his head and just focus on hitting the ball hard. Like McNeil. Suggestion: a live chicken.



Alvarez. Has already sacrificed his spot on the big league team.



Brazoban. Has reverted to the 2024 version. Needs to sacrifice his high leverage status until he finds it again.



Blackburn. I'd be fine to just sacrifice him outright.

[Edgy MD]

This is our pennants:



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[Benjamin Grimm]

That third one sucks. Doesn't mention 1986 or the NL Championship.

[ashie62]

=Gwreck post_id=196758 time=1751311177 user_id=56]
=kcmets post_id=196756 time=1751310794 user_id=53]
=metirish post_id=196752 time=1751309194 user_id=72]Yes , a good week ahead and everything is roses again

[Lefty Specialist]

Yes, and a bad week ahead, facing the Brewers and Yankees, could put them behind in the Wild Card race.

[Edgy MD]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: That third one sucks. Doesn't mention 1986 or the NL Championship.

I'm searching with DuckDuckGo. Doin' my best.

[MFS62]

=Centerfield post_id=196760 time=1751313902 user_id=65]
Blackburn. I'd be fine to just sacrifice him outright.

[whippoorwill]

The worst part is having to wait through a offday after a beatdown. Always hated this!

[whippoorwill]

The worst part is having to wait through a offday after a beatdown. Always hated this!

[Lefty Specialist]

Uncle Steve enters the chat.



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[Edgy MD]

This is our Penzance.



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[Lefty Specialist]

And this is our PenNantz.



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