Worries here

[MFS62]

Check two posts up.
Looks like I was worrying about the right thing.
Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

Maybe. We won't know for sure for another couple of weeks.

[soupcan]

Worried that I will have to wait in a longer than usual line when I get up to get my hot dog during Game 4 of the World Series and miss Wagner blowing smoke by Derek Jeter to finish off a 4 game sweep of the Yankees.

Really worried about that.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Smuggle in food and wear a diaper so you never have to leave your seat.

[soupcan]

Genius!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Wright looks like he's played 250 games and is tired, Beltran is hobbled and
the Mets are covering it up, Pedro's crying, Lo Duca needs a hospital stay,
Reyes hasn't stolen a base it seems since god knows when, Orlando H is ar-
guably our best pitcher (that should get some of you going), Delgado is sput-
tering, Green can't keep his hat on ... I'm feeling very under-confident.

[Frayed Knot]

I was going to mention that Reyes has been thrown out on something like 5 of his last 8 steal attempts. Not that that's a worry by itself, but it does point out the downside of the SB and that fans shouldn't be looking at Reyes's SB totals as the biggest weapon in his game. As long as he's hitting and getting on base I wouldn't care if he doesn't attempt a steal the entire post-season.


On the other hand, my brother just e-mailed me saying:
"I'm not gonna panic, but the Mets look like shit! And have for about 2 or 3 weeks now."

... although, despite his claims, he does tend to over-react at times.

[Guest cooby]

Up until today, the Mets have been stinking up the joint. What's been missing?

[Edgy MD]

In a word: fear.

On August 5th, the Mets wrapped up a 4-3 victory over the Phillies with a game-saving diving stop by David Wright. As Wright put the finishing touches on the game, his agents were putting the finishing touches on a contract extension guaranteeing Wright $55,000,000 over the next six years.

Through that day, David Wright was batting .308, while slugging .545 and reaching base at a .383 clip. Since then, his batting average has actually gone up, but he's reached at a .376 clip and is slugging .500.

And that bothers me, until I realize that to compain that a guy has only been slugging .500 for the last six weeks is pretty miserly.

On the other hand, those numbers would have come out worse hadn't Wright had a homer and a cheap triple today.

Stupid Wright.

[Elster88]

I'm extremely concerned about Beltran.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

The health and post-season readiness of both Beltran and Martinez concerns me. Another concern is the problems the Mets are having hitting against left handed pitching.

[TransMonk]

11-12 in September.

Anytime Willie wants to start putting in the A lineup on a regular basis so that they have some sort of roll going into the postseason would be none too soon.

The fact that the Phillies, Dodgers and Padres are playing meaningful games down the stretch means they are going to have a mental advantage going into that first series.

[stevejrogers]

I forget who it was, but I did hear an ESPN talking head say this last week, that what you said was the reason we've seen the Wild Card team do well in postseason play as opposed to division winners whom clinched weeks before the season ended...

Ohhhhh boy...

[Benjamin Grimm]

They may also be fatigued.

I'm hoping the Mets will be charged up to play a meaningful game after all this running out of the clock.

It's wishful thinking, I know. But it's what I'm hoping.

[Guest cooby]

Sigh.

[stevejrogers]

I'm starting to realize why Coobster and others like the tight, down to the last day playoff dash.

Geesh! Was it this bad the final weeks of 86 and 88? I guess the clear shot at history (108 is rarified air even if its 10 or so off the current all-time pace) in the 86 case and 100 wins in 88's case made the Mets "win hungry"

[MFS62]

I'd sure like to see Willie start the regular lineup in a few consecutive games, so they can get comfortable again in their regular positions in the lineup.

Later

[HahnSolo]

Somewhat lost amid the worry about Pedro's health and the media-driven "Trachsel or Maine in game 4" issue is this: when the Hell is Glavine going to get his act together?

We're waiting Tom. Feel free to cowboy up.

[Guest old original jb]

My worry is simple. Just prior to and since the clinching, overall, the Mets have played like......


Poopie!

[Guest d'Kong76]

I'm worried that we haven't heard from horace p. osterdonk about the state
of affairs in PYed Dnyorep. If there was ever a season for pumpkin ale, 2006
has been it so far.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I'm worried that my game-used Timo Perez jockstrap has declined in value, not to mention effectiveness, since I've been wearing it every day.

[Benjamin Grimm]

HahnSolo wrote: Somewhat lost amid the worry about Pedro's health and the media-driven "Trachsel or Maine in game 4" issue is this: when the Hell is Glavine going to get his act together? We're waiting Tom. Feel free to cowboy up.

Huh?

Glavine in September, before last night's start:

2-0, 3.91 ERA. 19 strikeouts, 6 walks, 22 hits in 25.1 innings.

Not spectacular, but by today's standards not bad at all.

[Willets Point]

I wish the Mets would stop losing to crumby teams.

[Guest cooby]

I love it when someone spells crumby that way.

And damnit

[A Boy Named Seo]

I'm worried that my game-used Timo Perez jockstrap has declined in value, not to mention effectiveness, since I've been wearing it every day.

Thank God Almighty, Timo is free at last!

[Benjamin Grimm]

When I see "crumby" I find that I mentally pronounce the B.

[Guest cooby]

pitching.

[Guest cooby]

While I'm at it, crumby pitching

[Gwreck]

In the event that the Astros will be out first round opponent, this is how their rotation sets up:

Game 1 - Roy Oswalt
Game 2 - Fuckstick Clemens
Game 3 - Andy Pettite

I don't like that.

Note that Oswalt would be pitching the one-game playoff if that applies.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Momentum may not exist, but slumps certainly do and the Mets currently seem to be in the midst of one. Since the Mets shaved the magic number to one with a victory over the Marlins in Florida on September 13th, the Mets have gone 3-10.

Their offense is slumping. Hits and runs seem to be very hard to come by the past two weeks. The Mets have score 36 runs on 101 hits in 421 at bats during the 13 games. They have 72 singles, 21 doubles, 1 triple, and 7 home runs. Toss in 41 walks, 5 hit batsmen, and

During the last 13 games the Mets have amassed the following offensive stats:

Batting Avg = .240
On-Base %= .321
Slugging % = .344
OPS.......... = .665
Runs/Game= 2.77

That is not going to be good enough in the post-season. This team needs to find it's offense soon or it will likely be a short visit to the post-season.