I can't take anything good from this series with the Phillies. Its a total wash out.

The game today is one of the worst regular season losses I can remember. Its up there with getting eliminated by the Cardinals in 1985. Yes, I know that our Mets are still in first place. But we looked like door mats out there. We looked like a joke and that hurts.

Comeback, schmumback. You get no points for coming back twice and then blowing the game in the ninth inning. To be sure, this one falls on Willie Randolph and Billy Wagner. Everyone was dumbfounded to see Wagner come in for a six out save. He hadn't done that in eight years. And this is a guy who less than a week ago had arm fatigue issues. So Willie did the unthinkable and Wagner followed through by falling apart. Ugh!

If there was ever a series the Mets needed to sweep then this one was it. June has been a disaster for this team and the only saving grace is the fact that the rest of the NL East has been pretty cold too. So the Mets are still in first place in spite of it all.

So are we on the cusp of a turnaround? I sure hope so.