Is This Thing On???

This is my first entry since 2008, the 2nd consecutive season that this team collapsed and caused great heartache to those young and old. The 2009 season has been no better. Relocation to Citifield (i'm still calling it Shea) has been nice and all but clean bathrooms and pulled pork sandys can only bring so much joy. You see there is no joy in mudsville as this injury ravaged, exceptionally mediocre, mid-market caliber team plods along as yet another season (3rd times a charm)falls by the wayside.

Those that spent countless days and nights following every pitch, at bat, uncomfortable Omar speech, Tony Bernazard expletive, all star injuries, joe shmo injuries, and oliver perez walk have felt like the dog days of summer have been with us since May. Sure, some were fantasizing about an improbable late season run to capture the WC after winning 5 of 6. But as we head into tonights game against the D-Backs on the verge of losing 3 of 4 reality has stepped to the plate and smacked you square in the back of the head with a 36 oz slugger. The only optimistic part about that scenario is that the bat likely shattered on impact and the blow to the head wasn't all that severe.

As I mentioned earlier to my colleague there are several signs that let you know your team is not a contender (for anything) - tim redding and pat misch are counted on to keep you in ballgames, you rely on parnell, sean green and brian stokes to get the ball to your closer, you don't have a starting lf, you don't have a starting ss, your #3 hitter has 7 hr's in august, livan hernandez is your #4 starter. Yes,you read that right. LIVAN HERNANDEZ IS YOUR #4 STARTER! Livan has not been a #4 starter since El Duque was 30 years old, about 20 years ago.

At the end of the day I will still watch most every game and have that glimmer of hope for a miraculous run but realistically, this has been yet another failed season which shows just how miserably the front office has failed this team, their fans, and this city.