Goodbye Shea and 2008 Mets.....

Well the Mets lost in dramatic fashion today and for the second year in a row will not make the postseason. I am obviously very upset and pissed off right now but thinking about the season as a whole, I can't be too upset. I mean it is amazing that we got this far considering all that has happened. We missed the post season by 1 game again this year but it was a good chase. I enjoyed it. I mean look at what has happened to this team and tell me they didn't do good considering. First all the drama with the firing of Willie and Peterson had to effect the players in a negative way. It was a huge distraction for everyone on the team.

Second, the injuries. The Mets lost their number 5 starter for the whole year in El Duqe. Their number 2 starter, Maine, missed a good amount of time and when he did pitch did it with bone spurs in his elbow. Number 4 starter, Pedro, was hurt all season and dealt with the death of his father. He was never able to get into a consistent groove. They lost their starting right fielder Church for half the season and was not able to perform when he did come back. They lost one of the best closers in the game for a significant amount of time. We also lost our starting left fielder Alou for the whole season (except 15 games or so). We lost our fourth outfielder Angel Pagan for most of the season. We also lost Fernando Tatis down the stretch. We lost groundball pitcher Wise at the start of the season. Luis Castillo missed significant playing time and played hurt when he was playing. Both starting catchers, Schnider and Castro, both missed significant time due to injuries. Beltran and Delgado both had surgery in the offseason which can be attributed to their slow starts. 2b Easley got hurt down the stretch. We also lost Trot Nixon to injury. Chavez and Marlon Anderson also missed time due to injuries. 3 of our backup SP lost time due to injuries in J. Vargas, C. Vargas, and Armas. Also consider that Aaron Heilman pitched the whole year with tendonitis which was probably a big factor as to why he sucked. Duaner Sancehz also was pitching for the first time in a year and half since having his pitching shoulder separated.

If I were to tell you way back in April that the Mets would lose all of these guys, chances are you would have probably said the Mets would finish sub-.500 for the year. Yet they didn't. They came within a game of the postseason. It was an exciting season with an amazingly interesting finish to the season. Goodbye Shea Stadium and the 2008 Mets. So Mets fans we'll just have to wait until next year again.