Thursday, September 27, 2007
With a nod to Dwight Schrute ...
Fact: With 17 games to go, the Mets held a seven-game lead in the NL East.
Fact: No team in Major League Baseball history has ever held such a lead and lost its division.
Fact: The Mets have scored at least six runs in eight of their last nine games.
Fact: The Mets are 4-5 over that span.
Fact: The Mets are 4-9 in their last 13 games.
Fact: In those nine losses, the Mets held at least a one-run lead in six of them, a two-run lead in five of them, a three-run lead four of them and a four-run lead in three of them.
Fact: Up until yesterday, the Nationals were the worst offensive team in baseball.
Fact: In the last two weeks, the Nats scored 12, 9, 4, 13, 10 and 9 runs for a total of 57 runs and an average of 9.5 runs per game.
Fact: I almost threw up while watching last night’s game, in which the Mets were up 5-0 and 6-2 and still lost by three runs.
Fact: No team in Major League Baseball history has ever held such a lead and lost its division.
Fact: The Mets have scored at least six runs in eight of their last nine games.
Fact: The Mets are 4-5 over that span.
Fact: The Mets are 4-9 in their last 13 games.
Fact: In those nine losses, the Mets held at least a one-run lead in six of them, a two-run lead in five of them, a three-run lead four of them and a four-run lead in three of them.
Fact: Up until yesterday, the Nationals were the worst offensive team in baseball.
Fact: In the last two weeks, the Nats scored 12, 9, 4, 13, 10 and 9 runs for a total of 57 runs and an average of 9.5 runs per game.
Fact: I almost threw up while watching last night’s game, in which the Mets were up 5-0 and 6-2 and still lost by three runs.