This team is simply not good

The Mets are 1 W 19L when trailing after SIX innings. As Howie said when Wayne had provided that little nugget, "That's shocking". Wayned added that he couldn't remember the one win. {17th of April against Washington in 14 innings}

That stat says so, so much about this team. First of all, it illustrates how little fight this team has. 1-19 is the kind of record you expect when trailing after 8, not after 6 innings. And, seeing as the Mets have 26 losses now, that means they've lost 7 games that they were NOT trailing after 6 innings.

And everyday it's something else that leads to the loss. Failure to get the big hit; misplays in the field; poor starting pitching or a collapse in the bullpen. Sometimes you can add a healthy dose of stupidity, although I don't remember that being a feature last night. Usually it's a combination of more than one factor.

Last night Pelfrey wasn't good enough. He couldn't work around Reyes's error in the first. That was the first misplay. Loaded the bases in front of Beltran's misplay on a bloop hit into a 3-run double. Chavez's throw home was about 40 feet short. Maybe there were others, I can't remember.

The bullpen wasn't too bad. Heilman was good for two innings. Smith had a scoreless inning. Wise was lucky, not good. He hasn't been good, but it's not like he's the first call when a game is on the line.

Then there's the hitting. Bases loaded, nobody out in the first and all the Mets managed was a run. That's not a winnig formula. Last night the Mets last hit came with nobody out in the 5th. I'd love to see a stat on the Mets' hitting from innings 6-9.

All of this adds up to a team that is, well, not good. We - the fans - need to adjust. The Mets are not good. The Mets' brass needs to accept this too. Clean house now. Time to rebuild. Need to restock the minor leagues. Need to get rid of all the aging, fading players. Need

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The crowd is still booing Delgado when he fails at the plate and I have to believe this is a result of the non-appearance on the curtain call back on April 28. He hasn't been that bad lately, but the crowd let him have it when he made out later in the game.