What's the Old Saying?

If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all? Well, that's where I am now. I have little nice to say, but I'm going to write anyway. Sorry.

The team flat out stinks right now. No one is hitting. They faced Kuo last night, a guy they beat in the NLCS, and a lefty, which the Mets have basically owned this year. So what happens? They get one run, and five hits (two by David Wright, the only guy really hitting consistently right now).

As for pitching, Maine had a god-awful 3rd inning, giving up back to back to back home runs to the bottom of the order, including the last one to Kuo. That's right, the damn pitcher. Joe Smith pitched 1.1 innings, allowing an inherited runner to score. The Show was used as he should be, as a LOOGY, and got the one out called for. Herr Midol finished it up, 1 inning, 1 hit, and a positive sign here, 2 strikeouts.

I don't have any answers. This is a stretch of crap we haven't seen since 2005. Big guns are doing nothing. Little guns are worse. Following a first of the season 3 game losing streak in getting swept by the Phillies, we have now lost 4 in a row after a win on Friday in Detroit. The tally is now eight losses in the last nine games. Utter crap. I feared this June schedule when it came out. Apparently, I was right to do so.

One more in L.A. tonight, then an off-day, then onto the Bronx, where the Yankees await. I hate to say it, but the Yanks have turned it on. They are hitting, as most smart fans knew they would at some point, there is too much talent there. Maybe that series is what the Mets need. Maybe they need to pressure of facing the cross-town team. They will undoubtedly go in as underdogs, given the respective recent play.

I hold out hope that they can get a win tonight. Brad Penny goes for the Dodgers. I am not going to list his career stats against the Mets. Suffice it to say, we usually do OK against him. The Mets throw Jorge Sosa. Perhaps he can be a stopper like last week. But until the bats wake up, it's going to be hard for anyone to stop the losing.