Talk about your downer of a sports day

First, I had recap duties for what turned out to be an 8-2 loss to the Cubbies, then the Knicks fell apart in crunch time after making it real interesting (stop blaming the refs, people.)

I'm sure some other team with Orange & Blue as their colors lost somewhere out there in the ether.

If you wanna know how the Mets lost, you can either read my recap over on Rising Apple, or I can tell you here that it was LOBs, a bad 4th inning and shitty relief (but it all comes back to no RISP.)

Don't Worry. Harvey's got this.

I kept scraping wallpaper off my bathroom wall with a family friend when I realized I had not checked in on the game in some time, even though when I had arrived to help I told myself I'd put the radio on. A few good conversations later, it was time to peer in on the game.

It always brings a smile to your face when, regardless if its Matt Harvey or not, it says "In Play, run(s)" next to your batting pitcher's name in Gameday.

Well, it was nice to watch a game...AND a win at that

With recap duties for Rising Apple yesterday, I was able to see that nice change of what was a deep, dark and dreary pace (which may or may not continue.) An excellent showing by Niese, and an offense that didn't look like the complete opposite of Murderer's Row...

Ike though, with 4 strikeouts and a groundout to 1st, could very well see his early season chances finally evaporate.

He's still one of my favorites on the Mets, so in hopes of sending good vibes out into the ether and getting this whole thing turned around, Julian's Met of the Week is none other than the man we all know could be soooo good.

LET'S. GO. METS.

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Ain't No Random In the Heart of the Citi

Been a while since I was Random.

Though the song's title works for the Mets' current plight.

 

AIN'T. NO. LOVE. NOW.
LET'S. GO. METS.

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What Gives?

After following it on Gameday at work, my shift was over and I headed to the subway. I was off Gameday for a moment while walking, so I took my phone out of my pocket, glaring at a twitter alert that contained the Rising Apple tweet, "Rick Ankiel just tied the game with a 2 run bomb to center."

Well, that's nice. Lets hop on the 7 to Sunnyside, Queens."


.......of course it's 3-2 now.

And OF COURSE it's on a wild pitch.



I like the guy. I really do...but.....just let me know when Sandy has fired Collins.

Does anybody know the score of the...oh.

No, seriously, I wasn't able to watch the game OR follow it in any way. Does anybody know the score of the....

Oh.

OH.

oh.

You know what's strange?

For the first time since Sandy took over, I am bewildered by the Rick Ankiel move. What a fellow writer from Rising Apple said on Twitter yesterday pretty much summed it up for me:

@RisingAppleBlog: Sandy noted that Houston released Ankiel so they could play young guys. Then he turns around and signs him so he can sit young #Mets players

Though Ankiel scored a run in last night's countdown to the Firing of Terry Collins, he also struck out what felt like the amount of times he struck out over the course of his career. Buuuut....it's just one game

buuuut....to quote an old Andy Martino adage...

"Blaaaaaaa."