Excruciating

The game itself was a 3:55 affair, add to that an umpire and rain delay which gives you a very long Father's Day at Shea- I mean, Citi. Pick a random at bat in the game and there's a good chance the batter had a three ball count.

The downfall of Bobby Parnell continues. The very next inning after Brian Schneider hits his second three-run homerun of the series to give the Mets a lead, Parnell gives it right up, failing to retire a batter. Remember that stellar ERA he had just a few weeks ago? It's now up to 5.00 on the season. The Mets were fortunate the inning did not turn out to be worse had it not been for the boneheaded move by Carl Crawford trying to steal third with nobody out.

Sean Green also looked like the Sean Green of April/May, giving up two runs without getting a batter out. The bullpen has imploded. It seems as though the loss of Putz was indeed significant despite the way he pitched before the injury. Losing him has put everyone else in unfamiliar roles and with the exception of everyday Pedro and a temporary Green revival, everyone else has sucked.

Between the two teams, 13 pitchers threw in this one.

Pretty scary moment with the home plate umpire not feeling well out of nowhere early in the game, and it was actually good news that it was just a back injury. Thoughts of Eric Gregg and John McSherry were on many minds when that happened.

When the top of your lineup goes 11 for 16 like Upton, Crawford, and Longoria did today, you should not lose, period. Now that you are out of town, we would like to see more of that the next time you arrive via LaGuardia- in the Bronx.

Fernando Nieve, our #2 starter? After today's effort by Mike Pelfrey, that seems to be the case.