Lifeless

Talk about dead. Not only the team, where there was another listless performance, an 8-0 loss. How about Citi Field? The fans are frustrated, but the boos aren't as vociferous. And what is there to boo? The team simply stinks right now. It's not even about underperforming high-paid veterans, the target of such boos. There's no hope. The fans know it. Manny Ramirez barely got a reaction in just his fourth game off the suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs. Mike Pelfrey struck out a Dodger in the second inning and there was NO reaction from the crowd. You usually get something even for strike 1 or strike 2. But barely a reaction for strike 3? Wow.

I want to give Citi Field time for some real meaningful games to be played there before you can judge the atmosphere. Gary Cohen made a big deal about the place being juiced up for the Phillies series a couple of weeks ago. I tend to agree with Gary on many points, but not this one. The place has not come close to Shea in the pumped-up-for-a-game environment just yet. Everyone's busy getting tacos in the first couple of innings and then the lower bowl is spending the rest of the game in the Delta/Ebbetts/Caesar's Club. It's sad, but it's the reality of today's world.

As for the latest injury report from Omar Minaya yesterday: expect Reyes, Beltran, and Maine to miss the rest of the season.

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Chris Pronger signed a seven-year extension with the Flyers. Have fun with that contract in a couple of years when he becomes another aging Derian Hatcher.