True Sign of a Fan – Still Loving the Mets

I’m never going to stop being a Mets fan, ever, but, after the Mets blew the game so painfully today, and they didn’t uphold my point that the Yankees are bad. The Mets had a cushion that the story “The Princess and the Pea” would blush at. With a 7-2 lead heading into the last inning, Gregstoll, the percentage website, (which is very fun, try it out) says that a team heading into the bottom of the last inning, has a 99.28% chance of winning, but that fraction of a percent is Edwin Diaz, sadly. But, the Mets being the Mets, blew a five-run lead, and then, Luis Rojas, (who I thought had an IQ above his shoe size) kept Edwin Diaz in. WOW, that’s a really smart move, Skipper. Then, Trash Can of the Year finalist, Edwin Diaz, blows the game (can you even blow the game more?), when the home team has a 54% chance of winning, Gio Urshela, pokes one into right, just enough so Michael Conforto can’t rifle one in and “My 400 lb. Life” contestant Wilson Ramos’ “wonderful” tagging didn’t help.

So, now the part that you have all been waiting for, trading of Edwin Diaz, and the Mets don’t have all the time in the world.

So, the Mets need to trade Edwin Diaz, immediately. We have a grueling need staring us right in the face. Catcher: Wilson Ramos is just horrendously bad, he can’t throw, he can’t tag, and his walk off single put himself back into the good graces of everyone. But, Two-Face can’t get back into mine, because behind both of those faces is a slimy banana peel who can’t play baseball (obviously). They could trade for a catcher like Wilson Contreras or Yasmani Grandal and then rip off a team in a trade with Wilson Ramos.

The Mets also need a complete bullpen reform, like completely, almost everyone. First off, trading away that trash can, Edwin Diaz. Seth Lugo needs to go, Robert Gsellman needs to go, Jared Hughes needs to go, among other people but my main concern is the “Shutdown” guy.

For the second game of the double header, the Mets were within tasting reach of the game, until, my biggest 2020 Mets peeve struck again, the bullpen blew the game (crazy how that works, right?). Seth Lugo pitched alright, but his pitch count was wayyyyyyyyyy too high to pitch a little more. But, the Mets could’ve had a much better chance, but, the Yanks rookie righty absolutely pitched his A game. He shut down the Mets the whole game. When it went into extras, guess what. The Mets disappointed yet again, Drew Smith (who I’m silently cheering for because he made a great recovery from his injury), loaded the bases and then gave up a booming grand slam to Gary Sanchez. The Mets put up a measly recovery, with Michael Conforto and Dominic Smith leading the charge in the 8^th (really 10^th). As a last resort, the Mets put in Wilson Ramos, with the bases loaded, he struck out. If he were to tag a ball 410 feet to win the game, I would never say another bad word about Wilson. But, guess what, Ramos “never” disappoints. Every day as you go along, the Mets just keep getting worse and worse, life keeps getting tougher, and “The Thought” keeps passing along my mind.

Sadly, Pete Alonso, last year’s ferocious Polar Bear, is now more of a cub that’s surprisingly chubby. As Gary Greene, publisher of Baseball America, told me last September, he’s a flash in the pan. Only good for one year, so, does he continue his sophomore slump? Or does he pick it up in the second half of this truncated season and lead the Mets to a playoff* berth.

Basketball is finally back, and let’s see how my predictions stacked up.

In the East all of my projections were correct, oh yeaaaaaaaaaaahh.

Going cross country: My predictions were correct, except I made a mistake when I said that the Jazz were going to play the Rockets instead of the Nuggets, and then the Thunder will play the Nugs instead of the Rockets, so I was right, in a way…

The 76ers had a great team going in, everyone had the Sixers, but, haha, I got it right. Dame Lillard, one of the most electric players in the league, didn’t get swept, but they won one game and then Anthony Davis and LeBron James locked in and they smoked the Blazers. But guess what, they didn’t get swept, so, I think a “Put some respect on my damn name. Put some respect on my f****ng name” is in order, as said by Damian Lillard, haha. The Heat surprisingly brought out the brooms to the Pacers, but the Pacers didn’t really have a chance, after TJ Warren cooled off. The Heat just have a lot of weapons. The Clippers and Mavs had a great series, but Kawhi Leonard carried the team, after Playoff P, Pandemic P, whatever you call him, Paul George had a horrible series. Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis are the most exciting and young tandem in the league, I think, if they pull off a great deal/free agent signing in the offseason, no one is stopping them, at all, no one.