I don't have too much hope for a team that can't beat the worst teams in the league. We got swept by the Astros. The bullpen blew another lead today against the awful Pirates. Almost no lead is safe. It really doesn't look good as far as the playoff possibilities are concerned. Every pitcher in the bullpen is weak. What the heck should we do?

Take my advice on this one. Let the loss last night go. It sucks, for sure. But let it go. It's only one game. There's a lot of work to do this season and I think that the team and fans need to look ahead. The Mets need to "bear down" as my dad used to say and win the next two games.

I asked myself plenty of questions after the top of the ninth inning last night. What if Billy Wagner had been available to close the game? What if Jose Reyes had gotten at least one out on the bouncer up the middle? What if Endy Chavez had been positioned correctly when So Taguchi hit a fly ball turned double? Lots of questions. In the end the collapse boiled down to bad pitching, bad defense and bad luck.

The Mets loss to the Yankees last night was a brutal one. After shelling the Yankees 15-6 in the day game at Yankee Stadium I feared this kind of a let down. And what a let down it was. Getting blanked by a washed up, one game fill in starter named Sidney Ponson. The Mets had big chances to score in the first three innings and failed to convert. Same old, same old.

A story today in the New York Post hits the nail right on the head.

Enough! Jerry Talks Shakeup

"Jerry Manuel has seen enough. The Mets need to start winning often - or else he'll have to consider making some dramatic moves."

Amen! This team is turning into a joke at the expense of the fans who deserve better.

The Mets are facing another must win game today. The Mets need to win every single series for the rest of the season if they are to have any hope of making the playoffs. What else is new, right?

Whatever Omar Minaya hoped would happen by firing Willie Randolph and friends doesn't seem to be happening. Maybe it's too early to come to that conclusion. We are only four games into the Jerry Manuel era. I've been very patient for the last season and (almost) a half though. I'm tired of having to think, "Next week the Mets will start a good winning streak."

The loss today was a tough one folks. Billy Wagner blew his second save opportunity in as many days. And the Mets offense (or what's left of it) failed to produce in key scoring situations. Bases loaded with one out should always equal at least one run!

A quality start by Johan Santana got tossed out the window. Just like Mike Pelfrey's quality start last night almost slipped away. No matter. It goes back and forth just like it has all season long. One night it's the starting pitching, the next night it's the relief, sometimes it's the defense and many time's it's the hitting. Choose your poison with the 2008 Mets.

I'm not one to go to negative this early in the season. I'm very disappointed though. I fear that we have a team that is potentially headed sideways for a while. The Mets have the highest payroll and the oldest roster in the National League. Our reward for that special sauce is barely .500 squad. It's not good enough.

What the heck is going on here? This New York Mets team can't seem to keep any momentum going. It really is a shame. And this thing with Willie Randolph is really ridiculous.

For those not in the know, Willie made some comments that were published in the Bergen Record yesterday. Willie is a bit angry at the fans and SNY for not giving him more love. His comments reached a crescendo when he made the following statement about the way SNY shoots Willie when he's in the dugout.

"Is it racial?" Randolph asked. "Huh? It smells a little bit."

I can't imagine that there are too many fans thrilled with the team this morning. Two weeks into the season and the team is 5-6. Not exactly primed for a wire-to-wire run.

What's most frustrating for me is the fact that there's no single reason why the mets have lost games. Yes, there are injuries. Reyes has missed a couple of games. Pedro Martinez is out. Moises Alou is out. But those aren't the only reasons why the Mets have lost games.

The bullpen has collapsed. Starting pitching has collapsed. The bats have gone silent. The defense has failed. Pick any combination of the above and you can come up with reasons why the Mets have lost six games to date.

The New York Mets baseball organization has a lot to explain after the events of the last couple of weeks. This is the biggest collapse I've ever seen. And lots of people in the Mets organization are accountable.

It just so happens that the month of September has been very tough for me with respect for finding time to record podcasts. I wish I had done more but time wouldn't allow it. I'll explain when I record later tonight.

In any case, we've still got each other. The one thing that lets me down is that Willie hasn't apologized to the fans. If he did let me know cause I must have missed it.

So much for Philadelphia conceding the division. I can't believe that they are back in the race. But they are. The Mets have made it so with four straight losses, with a fifth loss waiting in the wings.

Personally I have been out of the loop with respect to posting and podcasts due to personal reasons for the past couple of weeks. I have been following the team though. And my orange and blue stripes have been hurting over the past week.

How the heck do we lose three more to the Phils? How do we then go to Washington and proceed to fall apart as well? I have no answers right now.