If someone had told you at the start of this season that one quarter of the way through 2010, the 3, 4, and 5 starters in the rotation would have a total of two wins, Jose Reyes and Jason Bay would have a combined total of one home run, and David Wright would have 55 strikeouts, would you have been surprised to learn that we were in last place?
No, you wouldn’t.
Would you be surprised to learn that they were 19-21 and only two games out of second?
Yes, you would.
I would be surprised on that score.
In addition, if I were a fan of any other baseball team, I’d be shocked and amazed that a team could hit an inside-the-park HR and ring up a triple play……and still lose the game.
However, I’m a Mets fan, so not only ain’t it a shock, its pretty much dovetaling with my expectations.
What a mess. Fairly or not, I think Jerry M is not long for this gig, but with my luck he’ll be replaced by Dave Trembly.
The 1962 Mets had something like 3 or 4 triple plays and it didn’t do too much for their record. Of course, they always had a lot of opposing players on base.
The Mets did win the game where they were struck out 19 times by Steve Carlton.
The Mets are doing pretty much as I expected, by being near .500 a quarter of the way through, but very little has gone as expected. That’s my point, I guess. A few crucial things have been far worse than anyone could have expected, and yet some unanticipated things have gone so much better than expected that it has evened out.