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Fish continuing to kick Mutts ass, leading 2-0 in the 5th with 2 on an Jon "Met-Killer" Berti up. Gary Cohen notes the frankly pathetic crowd in attendance as the director (shockingly) pans to show the upper deck, as deserted as it would be in Pittsburgh or Cincinnati.
Gary theorizes that this is because either:
a) the presence of so many wild-card berths has killed interest in the divisional race, since both teams have already clinched, or…
b) everybody is saving up to buy playoff tickets, which will cost $$$.
Decent theories, but I have a better one: the Mets are so pathetically comatose (1 hit though 4 innings so far) that people are "voting with their feet" and staying away out of self-preservation.
Lost 2 of 3 at home to the Nats
Swept 3 straight at home by the Cubs
(swept the Buccos, but…)
Swept 2 straight at home by Dead Man Walking Donnie Baseball and the Flopping Fish?
5-7 against garbage teams. At home. In September. In a "stretch drive". 1-7 if you ignore the aberration against Pittsburgh. (Possibly 5-10 if we play to form against Washington next week, should the Braves eliminate us over the weekend.)
No wonder the fans are staying away. I'm staying so far away, I'm in South Carolina!
(Okay, I live here. But you get the point.)
Walker strikes out Berti, walks Charl' LeBlan' to load the sacks, but strikes out Anderson to escape. Still, the odds of our scoring three runs…
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