Oliver

Oliver, I know this game is killing you
Oh, Oliver, your aim ain't true

And to think, I thought I was making a joke last night when I said Oliver Perez was going to give us all nightmares. Shouldn't have had that can of chili before bed. What's that, this afternoon's game was real? Yikes.

I don't think it was a coincidence that "Allison" was playing at the bar while I was watching the Met game, what with its "aim is true" chorus and talk of killing. The killing in this case would be the Mets momentum and fans' braincells from banging their heads against whatever hard surfaces were around when Ollie walked Jamie Moyer with the bases loaded. That entire third inning was brutal to watch, from Ollie throwing five straight balls to watching him get angry at himself, all for naught as he missed badly against Jamie Moyer, who I don't believe has drawn a walk since this guy was pitching.

There was more badness of course. Carlos Beltran grounding into an inning ending double play with first and third in the tenth inning. I didn't see that, but I did see him pop-up on the first goddamn pitch after Luis Castillo worked a lead-off walk in the third inning. Pedro Feliciano and his second straight day of giving up a home run to a big time Philly lefty, and of course Sean "Bad For The Irish" Green walking in the winning run. Which I guess is a fitting end to a game that already saw Met pitching walk in one run.

It still comes down to Ollie though. It's hard enough to win a game against a good team like the Phillies, it becomes damn near impossible to do it when your starting pitcher can't get out of the third inning. The last ditch effort of trying to get him to work last year's magic against the Phillies failed miserably, so here we are. No one has any answers at this point, leaving the scariest answer out there: there is no answer. Everyone follow that? Good. Buffalo seems to be the next place he's going to pitch, but at this point, I don't know that you can call what Oliver Perez is doing pitching.

Oliver, I know this game is killing you
Oh, Oliver, your career is through