Self-Fulfilling or Inevitable?

I wrote that last post before the Yankees swept the Mets in their weekend Subway Series. In fact, I wrote it before the Mets had even lost one game.

It becomes easy to project on a team that's losing. "Their heart's not in it," is a phrase often heard about losing teams, and I'm certainly hearing it about the Mets. Maybe it's true. I'm not in the clubhouse. Maybe it's obvious that the Mets players really don't care at all.

I tend to think that's a crock of shit. The truth of the matter is that the Yankees' stars are healthy and on fire right now. The Mets stars are mostly injured or ice cold. The Yankees are almost half of the All-Star team. The Mets are mostly a Triple-A team. Their lead-off hitter was Daniel Murphy, and their biggest hit came from Fernando Martinez. Who the hell are these guys next to the likes of Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez?

You can't tell me that Murphy and Martinez don't care. They're just nowhere near their prime yet. I'm sure the whole team hated the way they played against the Yankees. They were sloppy and weak. Who the hell wants to play that way?

We are the Mets. We care. Yes, we do. This weekend, however, the Yankees were better. And gosh, that's really too bad.

But, you know, often Microsoft wins.