NY Mess

The Mets (6-9) got swept by the Cardinals (11-5). Luckily, they've only played 15 games, which is just about 9% of the season. In the NFL, it would be the equivalent of week two, halftime. So they still got plenty of time to turn it around.

Jerry Manuel announced changes to the pitching rotation. Yesterday, it was the hitting rotation. What's his excuse after the next loss?

Surfing the Mets Manuel also mentioned bringing up an eighth reliever, but that would be difficult, since which position player would you drop? Jeremy Reed's presence is obviously needed as a defensive replacement given other shortcomings. And would the Mets really have the fortitude to pull the plug on Gary Sheffield, even if he's hitting just .111?

Metsblog.com Following today’s game, Jerry Manuel told reporters that he will use his current set of pitchers one more time through the rotation, and if things do not get better, he will make a change.

Ben Shpigel/ NY Times “We’re just not playing good baseball in general,” David Wright said. “We’re not going to start pointing fingers at one area or another. We’re not winning. When that happens, it’s very easy to start pointing fingers. But we collectively as a team need to step up and just play better baseball because we’re not very good right now.”

Mathew Cerrone/ Metsblog.com In the middle of the sixth inning, I ran a poll on MetsBlog.com, in which 96 percent of people who responded said they did not believe the Mets would come back to win the game when down four runs at the time.

Mathew Cerrone/ Metsblog MetsBlog reader Bobby K points out in an e-mail, the Mets are 0-5 in the final game of a series this season, during which they could sweep, be swept, or win the best of three.

ESPN/AP "Ticket prices start at $11. Interest in coming to games at Citi Field is strong. Sales of season tickets and ticket plans are up 8 percent over 2008. Sale of single game tickets for April and May games are double what they were for 2008," he said in an e-mail.

Wikipedia The instrumental of the original version opens and closes Met games on WFAN and is used for lineup rundowns during home games on SportsNet New York, while part of the 1984 update opens and closes WFAN's Mets Extra pre- and post-game shows. For the 2009 with the closing of Shea Stadium and opening of Citi Field the the 1984 vershion was edited by WFAN to cut to the instrumental portion just before the singer sings "Hot dogs, green grass all out at Shea, Guaranteed to have a heck of a day."