Oliver Perez was cruising through the first couple of innings. This was not the pitcher who was told he was out of shape coming back from the WBC. Then came a couple of walks to the bottom of the order and the wheels feel off in typical Ollie fashion. 8 runs later he's gone in the 5th and has an ERA of 16.62.
The Mets chipped away nicely. You almost had the feeling they were going to come back. However, Arthur Rhodes (who lately owns the Mets), David Weathers and Francisco Cordero were untouchable.
You can't blame Gary Sheffield for taking strike 3 in his first at bat as a Met. Leading off the 9th down two, you're just trying to get on base any way you can.
You knew the first loss was going to come sooner or later. At least they won the series. On to more pressing matters at the moment if you are a reader of Flushing the Garden.
The Rangers are in! They do it in the last couple of games of the season, like they usually do. Despite the great October, it never ends easy.
Don Van Massenhoven, who usually screws us, put the whistle in his pocket when Marty Biron appeared to have the puck covered early in the game, only to have the Rangers bang it in to take a 1-0 lead. It turned out to be huge.
Remember what I said about Crosby, Malkin and pig-face a couple of weeks back? Well, someone needs to deck Scott Hartnell. Pull him around the ice by his hair or something.
Ryan Callahan scored again. This guy is our star all of a sudden.
Unfortunately the Flyers could be a scary team come playoff time. They are saying their resident goon, Daniel Carcillo, played his best hockey last game and he looked pretty good today. Danny Briere was back to his scary little self today. It felt like it was the second round of the 2007 playoffs vs Buffalo out there watching him. And I didn't even mention Carter, Richards and Gagne.
Who was that on the ice for the Flyers with the name NODL on his back?
If Paul Mara is going to let that beard continue growing for the playoffs, I'd love to see a long run just to see how that thing turns out.
The question now is: do you hope for a Montreal point or two on Saturday and a Ranger loss on Sunday to get Boston instead of Ovechkin, Green and the rest of the Caps? Be careful what you wish for, you know how that turns out.
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