RIP 2010 Mets

Nice effort from the squad yesterday against one of the most dismal teams in baseball this season. Those 35,000 paying customers deserved better on the day that the Mets inducted Straw, Doc, Davey, and Frank Cashen into their Hall of Fame. I feel bad for those who stayed around to watch Oliver Perez pitch garbage time relief. It's time to bid farewell to our 2010 Mets. Bonsoir. Buenas noches. Gute nacht.

Only the Pirates and Orioles have fewer wins than Arizona's 39. Arizona has lost 12 of 17 games - their only 5 wins have come against the lowly Mets. Met batters hit .190 against an Arizona staff that has MLB's highest ERA (5.27). Mets batters barely got a hit against Arizona's dismal bullpen and its 6.51 ERA. How does Howard Johnson still have a job? I feel sick.

These Mets had to tease us with the NL's best record in June (18-8). They were as many as 11 games over .500 and finished 48-40 at the break - not bad. Then Met trainers and Jerry Manuel mismanaged yet another Jose Reyes injury. They mismanaged Jason Bay's concussion. They wasted two roster spots with Oliver Perez and Luis Castillo and their $24 million of remaining payroll. Carlos Beltran's return certainly hasn't made a difference with this putrid start to the second half - they have lost 12 of 17. They haven't even won 2 straight games since June 22-23 in Detroit. Pathetic.

Going into the season, I figured this was an 80-win team at best. Then these Mets showed some heart with their impressive run in June. We fans started to believe again after the lows from 2009 - Ryan Church missing 3rd in extra innings in LA, Castillo's drop, DWright beaning, the other 100 injuries, etc. The 2010 Mets didn't find ways to lose like they did last year. They showed some character. We thought they could at least compete for a Wild Card spot. Now that is gone as they hit the road for Atlanta and Philadelphia. My guess is that Minaya and Manuel will be gone by next Monday.