Panic Room
Posted by Solly on September 16, 2008
I’ve been trying to avoid references to 2007 for as long as possible but after seeing tonight’s deflating, lifeless, lethargic 7-2 loss to the last place Nationals, I can’t help but rewind to last year when the Mets were losing the same games to the same teams in the same way. For fuck’s sake, they got handcuffed by a team with 93 losses and we still have two more weeks to play!
I always thought what separated this bunch from last year’s was the ability to re-group after a tough loss and win a few in a row. It happened after blowing the 5-2 lead to the Phillies at Shea and the 7-0 game in Philly and after yesterday’s horrific meltdown against the Braves, I felt going to DC was exactly what the Mets needed. Instead it seems like the team is just hell-bent on ripping off those year-old scabs and taking their fans through another September to Misremember (thanks Rog).
13 games left… 3 in Washington, 3 in Atlanta, 4 against the hopefully already clinched Cubs, and fittingly the Marlins wrap up Shea with a 3 game set, just like they did in 2007. If these guys have any pride or balls, the results will be different.
mooseheadjack13 said
“If these guys have any pride or balls, the results will be different.”
With only shitty teams left to beat
With a division title at our feet
And the lead that we had built all but gone
And the dreams of divisions won
Slip away till they’re all gone
Just sit back and wonder, were we went wrong
I’ll tip my hat, tomorrow is a new one
What once was a lead, with that pen is now gone
Smile and grin as the Mets collapse around me
Pick up some players who could play
And not just April to May
Then I’ll get on my knees and pray
We won’t choke it away again
The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We’re no better than the Phils, that’s all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain’t changed
‘cause the banners, they fly on the Phillies wall
I’ll tip my hat, tomorrow is a new one
What once was a lead, with that pen is now gone
Smile and grin as the Mets collapse around me
Pick up some players who could play
And not just April to May
Then I’ll get on my knees and pray
We won’t choke it away again
No, no!
I challenge this team to play with a little pride
Act like you care, act half alive
I look at the lineup and smile at the sky
Why did I take this job, I really wonder why
Another loss?
AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGHH!
Another game, and we get beat
Looks no different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
Never Lose Sight has left
Replaced by choking every night
And the fears have grown , this team will not fight
I’ll tip my hat, tomorrow is a new one
What once was a lead, with that pen is now gone
Smile and grin as the Mets collapse around me
Pick up some players who could play
And not just April to May
Then I’ll get on my knees and pray
We won’t choke it away again
No, no!
AAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaarrRRRRRRRRRRRGGGHH!
Meet the new Mets
Same as the old Mets
Solly said
WHO the fuck asked you?
Pun said
It’s filling up, but I think I can still squeeze you in on the Cubs bandwagon.
Michael Tim said
I love your site!
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