Green light for Mets meltdown: Cardinals 12, Mets 7 (10)

I was fortunate enough to be at last night’s game.  We had great seats in the third to last row right at first base.  Then we moved down to a few rows behind the Mets dugout after the ninth inning.

First of all, there’s really enough to do at the ballpark that you can still have fun even though the team is terrible.  So I wouldn’t discourage people from going to see the Mets on their road to 90 losses.

Also, since last night’s game was meaningless I didn’t have a complete meltdown like the bullpen went through on the field.  If the Mets were within striking distance, I would have cried myself to sleep last night.  Instead Sean Green’s bombing didn’t keep me awake.

There were certainly some good things to come from last night.  The offense looked pretty good early on.  Santana powered through eight innings.  And no one managed to get hurt…oh wait.  Luis Castillo injured himself going into the dugout!  How does this happen!?  Only Castillo could do something that dumb.  I’m surprised he hasn’t fallen off the toilet for a DL stint yet.

So K-Rod stunk in the ninth.  That’s going to happen every once in a while.  What happened in the tenth was really unacceptable.  Jerry mismanaged the entire inning first of all.  Brian Stokes gets an out and then comes out.  Huh?  Either let Feliciano start the inning or let Stokes get more than one out.  Then after a big K, he takes Feliciano out to put in Sean Green with bases loaded.  The same Sean Green who threw a wild pitch to lose a game on Friday night.  Green promptly hits Mark DeRosa on his first pitch and then allows a grand slam to Albert Pujols during the next at-bat.  And then the highlight of my game.  Since I was sitting about 10 feet from the Mets dugout, I absolutely let Green have it as he walked off the field.  I’d say there’s about a 90% chance he heard me.  I honestly left the ballpark satisfied because of that.  Is there something wrong with me?  Although I’m really mad at myself because I should have started a “Fire Omar” chant.  I saw someone post that on a Mets forum the other day and I could have started the movement, but didn’t think about it until after the game.

Going back to Green and Manuel for a minute.  Like I’ve said over and over, it isn’t really Jerry’s fault this season that the team is so bad.  The best manager in the world wouldn’t have made a difference.  But Manuel has certainly not helped.  Some of his decisions have been absolutely mind-boggling.  And as much as it isn’t his fault, he HAS to go at season’s end.  They just need a complete overhaul of the front office and coaching staff since that’s easier than trading away all of your players.