While a sizable contingent of Mets fans still cower in fear over the Ghost of September Past and another 2007 style collapse, the Mets Magic Number improved to 25 last night even though they lost 14-8 to the Phillies at Citi Field.
Credit the Washington Nationals who lost 8-5 in gut-wrenching fashion to the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.
The Cards have won nine in a row over the Nats and the last two were epic come-from-behind victories off a Washington bullpen that has utterly imploded.
Still 6.5 games behind the New York Mets, the Nationals are running out of time to make up ground with just 31 games left to play in their schedule.
The decisive blow last night came from Brandon Moss who blasted a three-run homer to center field off Casey Janssen in the ninth with a warmed up Jonathan Papelbon sitting in the bullpen twiddling his thumbs in a must-win game.
Manager Matt Williams was widely toasted on social media and blasted on MLB Network for how he has handled the bullpen all season long but especially in the last two weeks and glaringly bad on Monday and Tuesday.
“Oh man, that’s one that hurts,” said right fielder Bryce Harper. “Had a great team on the ropes. Being able to win a game against the Cardinals is huge. They’re a great team over there. They capitalize on mistakes. It was terrible.”
Meanwhile the New York Mets keep motoring on and inching closer to their first postseason since 2006. Everything keeps breaking right for the Mets, and they can seemingly do no wrong.
But oh wait… What about 2007? Oh my God, what about that? What if it’s all true!!! What if this whole season was just a big huge giant tease???
Hahaha… That I saw people acting like that last night was hysterical.
Maybe Matt Cerrone is right, he of course being the poster child for the Chicken Little contingent. Maybe this team is suddenly going to tank and reel off a 12-game losing streak. Maybe his Ghost of September Past is a real demonic entity and it’s all going to come crashing down beginning with last night’s loss? Hilarious…
That Jeff Francoeur trusts this team more than some actual Mets fans is funny. “I heard people talking about the 2007 Mets, and whether this team would collapse like that, and I said, ‘Forget it, this pitching staff is completely different.”
Even Frenchy knows Ya Gotta Believe…
