DOES ANYONE FEEL SORRY FOR THE METS?

Except for die-hand Mets fans, doe anyone feel sorry for the dreadful state the team is currently in?  Most baseball fans are probably gloating over this since there's nothing they love more than to see a team that tries to buy a pennant fail. Only the Yankees exceed their $149,373,987 payroll.

After late season collapses the past two years, the team had high expectations that their largess would finally bring that long elusive division title, especially with the opening of their magnificent new stadium. But faster than an "Insane" Bolt 100m run the team became incapacitated and the long spiral down began.

 

The opening day lineup looked like this:

Jose Reyes      ss

Daniel Murphy lf

David Wright 3b

Carlos Delgado  1b

Carlos Beltran cf

Ryan Church      rf

Brian Schneider c

Luis Castillo  2b

Johan Santana  p

The other starters being counted on were John Maine, Livan Hernandez, Oliver Perez and Mike Pelfrey. JJ Putz was counted on to set-up Francisco Rodriguez.

 Here was today's lineup against the Rockies:

Angel Pagan   cf

Luis Castillo  2b

Daniel Murphy 1b

Jeff Francoeur  rf

Cory Sullivan   lf

Fernando Tatis  3b

Brian Schneider  c

Wilson Valdez  ss

Tim Redding   p

 

Only two starters from the opening day lineup, Luis Castillo and Brian Schneider, played tonight.

Let's take a trip to the infirmary:

1 . Oliver Perez starts the season on the DL and just recently went back on it with patellar tendinitis in his knee. In between trips, he started 14 games, went 3-4 with a  6.82 ERA.

2,  May 11, Carlos Delgado, right hip impingement, has not returned.

3. May 21   Jose Reyes, right calf tendonitis, has not returned.

4. June 3     Ramon Martinez, fractured right pinkie, has not returned.

5.  June 5    JJ Putz, right elbow surgery, out for year

6. June 7    John Maine, right shoulder fatigue, has not returned

7.  June 22 Carlos Beltran, bone bruise right knee, has not returned

8, July 9      Fernando Martinez, right knee inflammation, activated  Sept. 1

9. July 20   Fernando Nieve, torn right quadriceps, has not returned

10. August 6  Jon Niese, torn right hamstring, out for year

11. August 13 Joey Cora, thumb ligament surgery, out for year

12. August 18 David Wright, hit in the head by a pitch, out for 17 days

13. August 21 Johan Santana, bone chips, left elbow, out for season

 

This list of injuries would be common for an NFL team, but for a baseball team it goes beyond unfortunate. It entered the bizarro world. 

It's easy to enjoy the precipitous ordeal that is the 2009 New York Mets, now 59-74 after tonight's 5-2 loss to the Rockies. The manager, the coaches, the team, the front office and the fans can't wait for this disaster to end.