Amazin' How Bad It's Gotten Out in Flushing

The only way the Mets season could get any worse right now is if they put Bobby Bonilla in left. The team that many predicted would win the NL East, if not go even further, is now 22 games behind the division-leading Phils, the Mets' biggest deficit since 2003. And Newsday says the odds of ever seeing Carlos Delgado play another home game in Citi Field are looking slimmer and slimmer.

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By Billy Parker in News on September 19, 2009 5:35 PM

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NannyState

I. Want. To. Machine. Gun. The. Mets.

NYDirk

Running to first would have helped.

Gothamist_Cynic

They should have spent money on getting better players than building a new stadium.

latb

Let's be fair, the majority of the team that was supposed to contend had been on the DL for months, not this bunch of replacements and fill-ins...

whitecastlerock

Let's be fair, they shouldn't have invested so much money in brittle players while not replenishing the farm system. They should have fired Manuel and Minaya after last year's collapse.