As a Phillies fan, I should be smiling with the biggest grin in the world looking at this. (Don’t get me wrong, I am, but it has gotten to the point where it is just sad now.) Part of the fun of picking on the Mets and having a rivalry is that both teams need to be good at the same time. That’s why it’s taken so long as it is for our geographically close cities to even develop a baseball rivalry.

I also have to admit, it was quite nice after hating on Ted Turner and those Braves all those years.

But dang, the flippin’ Pirates and Nationals are trotting out more Major League talent than the Mets are now. The injury bug didn’t spread through that clubhouse, it was fired at them with a blasted mini-gun. It’s hard to show sympathy, but really, what the Mets are putting out on the field right now is ridiculous. If I were a Mets fan, boy, would I feel ripped off. I don’t know if it was poor management (probably), poor trainers (possibly), or poor ownership and brass (most likely), but I think more people would’ve survived biting down on an electrified fence while doused in gasoline then sitting in the Mets dugout.

I recall back in the beginning of the season when everyone was on the Mets bandwagon, thinking that they’d reclaim the NL East crown. My how things have changed since then. Even sadder, much of their injured roster is under contract for a few more years. We’ll be seeing this injury bitten club for years to come.

I don’t wish the Mets much luck, so here’s the best I can muster up:

Keep doing what you’re doing, Omar Minaya!