Mets Repeatedly Kick Fans in Nether Region on 2-5 Road Swing

But, alas, it was just another in a long line of Mets teases. I remember last week emailing with a few other fans of this ill-fated franchise with misguided visions of grandeur. “Let’s take five out of seven on this trip. Two crap teams. Let’s go on a run…get a good clip over .500″ And so on and so forth…

Instead? Instead, the Mets dropped five out of seven to two teams who (prior to the arrival of the friendly visitors from New York) were well under .500 and struggling to stay ahead of the Rockies in the NL Waste. Instead, those Mets returned to their true mediocre form managing to take two of three from the Giants before getting swept in a four-game set by the vaunted Padres.

The cherry on top? Each of the losses was particularly painful in its own special way. Shall we review? Try not to throw up Mets fans.

Monday, June 2:
Riding the high of five of their last six, the Mets rolled into AT&T park with Oliver Perez on the hill. O.P. managed to keep his team in the game for exactly zero seconds logging a whopping 1/3 of an inning during which he surrendered five hits on six runs, along with two walks. Mets lose 10-2.

After a triumphant Pedro comeback and another win in SF, you starting thinking good things again. Still a chance for a solid winning road trip. Get three out of four in SD. Uhhh, not so much.

Thursday, June 5:
Ninth inning. Scott Schoenweis on the hill. Walk. Walk. Ground out. Intentional walk. Hit batsman. Game over. 2-1 Pads. AWESOME.

Friday, June 6:
Santana on the mound. Mets go up 1-0 in top of six. Johan makes critical error/poor decision and gives up two in bottom. Mets lose 2-1. Again.

Saturday, June 7:
This is not an instant replay. Padres 2, Mets 1. Walk off home run. In the 10th. Scott Hairston! /Now doubling over in pain.

Sunday, June 8:
Mets take 6-4 lead into bottom of eighth inning. For once, Willie goes to Billy Wagner to get more than three outs bringing him in with two down in the eighth. The Mets best pitcher this year proceeds to give up a run-scoring single to Jody Gerut. 6-5 Mets. Next? A three-run pinch hit home run to Tony Clark. Perfect ending to a stellar visit to sunny San Diego. Padres 8, Mets 6.

Honestly, there’s not much you could have wrapped into this road trip that would have been more painful for Mets fans. Perhaps an injury or two, or maybe just an 0-7 record. Other than that, nope, not much. It’s beginning to get absurd. But, like others, we’ve resigned to the fact that this team is not very good. At least they’re entertaining…in a terribly masochistic kind of way.