The Morning After - No Power, No Defense - Dodgers 5, Mets 3

Last night's game seemed to start almost as badly as the loss from the night before. It turned out that the real story may not be that LA won and the Mets lost. It may be that what Casey Blake did by hitting a 3 run homer to power his team past the Mets is something the NY team just never does. The Mets are a powerless team right now. Without Delgado, there isn't a threat to hit one out. Why is that? Where did all the power go? Beltran? Wright?

More about Delgado and the loss of his bat.... Omar might want to learn to twitter as well as to text to stay in continuous touch with GM's who might want to make a trade. It would take some sort of ransom right now though. The best idea I heard was to try to get Pujols from the Cardinals. Well maybe not the best idea, but certainly the most creative and pretty funny. Who would we trade? Wright, Beltran, and Santana and $50 million?

Anyone remember that we could have had Orlando Hudson for next to nothing during the off season? He wanted to play for the Mets. There just never seemed to be any interest from Omar, Wilpons. I wouldn't mind having him at 2nd! Regrets are hard to overcome.

The Mets have committed 32 errors. How did we become the team with the third-highest total of errors in the majors behind only Washington (41) and Seattle (34)? Where is the defense?

It was nice to see Reyes back.

Well one more vs the Dodgers. Not very comforting. Then off to the land of the Sox. Maybe we can win one of the next four. Santana is pitching in Boston so we have a shot. Other than that, it appears that both the Phillies and the Braves are getting hot as the Amazins have cooled off. It isn't fun right now.

I just read on CNN's Web site that one can submit a question to the astronauts in space today. I have one for Astronaut Mike Massimino, a Long Island native and terrific Mets fan. "Do the Mets look as bad from out there as they do down here?" Pretty lame, I know.

Morning After Thoughts - Dodgers 3 Mets 2 in 11

It didn't take long for the Amazins to fall out of 1st even if by just a few percentage points.... "Early in the season" is a cliche. It's not too early. Ask the 2007 and 2008 Mets teams. Ask Willie Randolph..... After winning the first 3 of this challenging 10 game road trip, it would not be acceptable to go anything less than 6 and 4. How many fans think that the Mets are now going to go 3 and 2 in the remaining games against the Dodgers and the Sox?....

When did hip impingement become all the rage? Now Carlos D is going for the surgery following on a growing list of players, such as Arod. It may be that Tommy John surgery is going to get a run for its money with Arod surgery? We need to name it after someone else though, don't you think?

Speaking of Delgado, maybe now Minaya understands why he should have been seeking some depth at first base. Someone who could actually hit a home run. Did you notice that Omar tends to put together a decent team but one with insufficient depth. Nick Johnson is starting to look good. Not sure we have anyone we would be willing to trade or that the Nats would want.

Last night's loss reminds us about Pagan. He can hit some. He is not a great outfielder. And our replacement first baseman shouldn't be at first base. Until we find someone else, put Tatis there and keep him there.

Let's also stick with a plan about the outfield. For now, the starting outfield should be Sheffield in left, Beltran in center and Church in right. And stop juggling Church. He needs to play full time. In the past few weeks, Manuel has managed to take Church from being a very good player to a poor one. (Maybe mismanaged is a better term for what Jerry has done.) There is, of course, no excuse for missing third in the 11th inning. Church's comments following the game lead one to believe that he knew he missed the bag.

And 5 errors! That reminds us old timers of the pre 1969 Mets all over again. Hopefully for this one night only. We did get good pitching. Redding did a decent job. The team came back. The offense although not timely continued to have hits in it. So, let's move on. Perhaps Jose will be back tonight and we can take this one. A ounce back would be nice.