When A Win Feels Like A Loss
I just watched the Mets play a 20-inning game for 6 hours, 53 minutes. It was one of the more painful experiences of my life. I’m so drained that I don’t even feel like writing about it. I just know that I need to chronicle this moment for myself somewhere other than Twitter. Although, it’s comfortable knowing the Library of Congress will still have my ALL CAPS tweets decades from now. When someone in 2050 researches why anyone ever rooted for the Mets, they’ll come across these gems:
OH MY GOD K-ROD YOU JUST WALKED THE GUY IN FRONT OF ALBERT PUJOLS YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE
THANK GOD TONY LARUSSA IS OBVIOUSLY FUCKING DRUNK AS SHIT
THE METS HAVE FACED A POSITION PLAYER PITCHING FOR TWO INNINGS AND STILL HAVEN’T WON
Yet they eventually won. Jerry Manuel and Tony LaRussa were competing to see who could win the award for Worst Managed Game of 2010 and LaRussa won. He double-switched Matt Holliday out of the game, allowing Albert Pujols to be protected by the pitcher’s slot in the lineup. Then he refused to pinch-hit for two relief pitchers when they came up to the plate with the bases loaded in the 12th and 14th innings. And in 19th, he had Ryan Ludwick steal with Albert Pujols at plate. He also mismanaged his bullpen totally, forcing him to use position players.
Fuck this, I’m done running down the disaster that was this pathetic display of baseball. Tony LaRussa fucking sucks more than Jerry Manuel. Pretty incredible. K-Rod also sucks at pitching. I can’t wait to pay him $17.5 million in 2012.
It’s funny how downtrodden I am after a win, but the Mets continue to break me after I thought I was already totally broken. Many fans point to Game 7 of 2006 NLCS as the most painful feeling, but at that time there was so much optimism for the future that it made the devastating loss a bit easier to swallow. The collapse redux in 2008 is what officially broke me. Now, in 2010, I have so little hope for the immediate future that it’s getting really fucking tough to give a shit. It took the Mets more than two full games to win a game — or just score a fucking run — in which they had their ace facing yet another 5th starter. It was beyond pathetic.
Oh, and Ubaldo Jimenez pitched a no-hitter today. Ubaldo Jimenez 1 – Mets 0.
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