The Morning After - The Maine Strory and 5 DPs

When poor pitching and small ball, lack of offense, and poor base running are mixed together, one gets a very bad baseball game. That's was the 7-1 pitiful Mets-Nats game last night.

Five double plays! Remember in the 70's when Joe Torre hit into the 4 all on own in one game? Those teams were awful. I am beginning to get that 70's Mets feeling again. Then again with the star players on this 2009 team, it feels like a nicer, gentler version of the early 90's Mets. In any case, losing teams.

Now Castillo might blame it on the umpiring. Delay of call, bad call or whatever. On the other hand, I don't understand his thinking that he is going to get an answer from an opposing player that says something like "I trapped the ball." Yes, he asked the opponent and was going to rely on that. Of course, the opponent is going to say I caught it. It might be dishonest and it's part of the way the game is played. It's why there are umpires, whether or not they get the call right. So, we might begin to call Castillo, HONEST LOU. It has a nice ring to it.

I am wondering which one was worse this week. Maine or Pelfry? You would think with Santana on the team the past two seasons and Pedro with them before that as well, the two of them would have learned more. Then again, Perez didn't either. Let's face it. The Mets have an Ace, Santana. And then there are 3 or 4 number 5 or worse starting pitchers.

Sheffield is beginning to look like the 40 year old he is. The two weeks and change that the Mets tried to ride him seem to have taken its natural course on his body. Even more reason that we ask these questions. When are we going to see some offense and some power from the Mets? When is the GM going to go get some?