Big surprise Heilman pitches the game of his life and Show still sucks ass..... a 7 run lead. Absolutely disgusting......
shitty loss tonight, i dont even want to laborate about it, go get em tomorrow johan, if we leave there w/a half game lead, im happy, we get them fuckers 3 more at shea, could decide the division
Phillies start a series with the Cubs in Wrigley after tomorrows game with the Mets if I'm not mistaken. Phillies need to go on a streak, and perhaps it may have started tonight.
There has been too many losses like this to say that this will cause the end. We've already had 3 losses almost exactly like this against the Phillies alone, and the 4th loss just as bad was a loss when we had that Santana v. Happ pitching matchup, there has really been only one game all year against the Phillies that we didn't choke away and that too was a 1 run loss.
Of course, the difference now is that the Phillies are hot, and the media will now jump all over the notion that the Mets are choking late in the season "like always." This is undoubtedly the most important moment of Manuel's tenure as manager - he has to convince the team that this loss doesn't mean anything more than the simple fact that the bullpen is a weakness of this team that has to be overcome. What he can't do is what Randolph did last year - ignore the issue as if it doesn't exist, and say "we'll get 'em tomorrow." He has the great fortune that his ace is on the mound tonight, but that also leaves no margin for error - if Santana goes out and loses, the pressure on Manuel and the team will increase exponentially.
