Why Is This Night Different From The Same As All Other Nights?

A. Because the Mets left the entire world on base?

B. Because the bullpen refused to keep the team in the game?

A Passover joke? Really? Hell yeah, because that was the frame of my game viewing experience. In between courses my cousin and I would head downstairs and watch the Mets fight back only to blow it in spectacular fashion. I'll be honest, I gave up when the Marlins went up 4-3, only to be dragged back in when my cousin ran upstairs and told me the Mets tied the game up in dramatic fashion. Kewl. Except then I was stuck watching as the depressing regularity that Jason Fry pointed out set in. I won't panic though. Sure EVERY GAME COUNTS but I'm willing to bet that the Mets won't continue to go 1 for 200 with men on base. I won't bet on the bullpen because I'm not made of fake money that people talk about when they say "I'll bet on X" here.

I had the unfortunate task of arguing Carlos Beltran's pros and cons with my cousin tonight though, including a ridiculous idea that the Mets overpaid for him. This was, mind you, after Beltran had already hit a home run to pull the Mets closer. I mean, sure he's overpaid I guess, if you think that Carlos Beltran had ANY REASON to come to New York in 2005 other than the Wilpons sending a dump truck full of hundred dollar bills to his front yard. I mean, everyone wanted to play defense behind Jae Weong Seo and bat behind Jason Phillips, right?

Fun Fact: Jason Phillips suckkkkksssssss

So yeah, how about Mets fans lay off Beltran, because all he does is go for 20/100 every year along with Gold Glove defense. Direct that vitriol somewhere it belongs, like Luis Castillo.