Nightmare

I've slept on this one and still can't come to grips with what happened last night.

In the last day or so, we've seen the lists of top games in Subway Series history since this stuff started back in 1997. A second before the ball clanked off Luis Castillo's glove last night this one was headed for that list in the Mets favor. Instead of future Mets classics on SNY airing Joba walking the ballpark and Wright shooting one up the gap off Rivera, the video of this one will only be seen on the YES Network.

Everyone's crying about Castillo and they want him out. Aside from a buyout, it's not happening. Who else is going to play second base? Argenis Reyes? Alex Cora, when Reyes returns? They tried to get rid of him in the offseason. There were no takers. We're stuck with him for two and half more years. Two and half more years of choking and heartbreak. Pop quiz. Who is the one player on this team that symbolizes the collapse? Wright? Reyes? Beltran? Wrong. Luis Castillo. We acquired him in the 2007 season for the stretch drive. Some stretch drive.

K-Rod was not going to be perfect all the time (maybe this season, who knows), but wow, that's a tough way to get tagged with your first blown save of the season in June.

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The night as a whole was a disaster. It was frustrating the damn Met game took so look that it conflicted with the final minutes of Game 7 of the Cup Finals. Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Penguins on their victory, as much as it pains me to says it. They were the better team and I pretty much called it, aside from a St. Louis Blues non-upset in the first round. Hey, when your bracket almost comes out perfect you have to mention it. Now if I left out the series length it would've really looked good.

How does Marian Hossa feel right now? Aside from Penguin fans, do you feel bad for the guy? Does he agree to go back to Pittsburgh this summer at a discount, citing "the best chance to win a Cup?" Maybe he hated Therien, who knows?

An awful night all around. Can't remember one worse than this one if you're a Mets/Rangers diehard, considering the only conflicts with the two sports is playoffs in one and early regular season in the other. The loss in the regular season affair would have to be brutal. It's safe to say last night fit the bill.