After losing both Reyes and Murphy to injury on Sunday and Johan having problems with his healing arm, making a sign about the DL seemed fitting. It’s become a trend for most of the Mets to be on the disabled list. Reyes, Wright, Santana, Davis, Murphy, Bay, Pagan, Young… the list goes on. The past three seasons have been plagued with injury and it’s almost been accepted since it’s so common.
Terry Collins was given the task of trying to make things work around here. With all the cards against him before game 1 of the season even approached, he’s done what he can with this group of guys to be a .500 ball club. That’s more than what everyone expected.
We all thought that there was a glimmer of hope if the Mets could have been in better shape before the Braves series. After losing 2 of 3 and dropping to 9 games out of the wild card the hopes for a playoff run are slim to none. It’s possible but don’t bet the bank on it.
Yesterday I posted a few status updates on Facebook and Tweets about the topic and our fans bounced ideas and thoughts back and forth about the injuries. I was originally thinking of a black cloud over the word FLUSHING. Anthony Campanella wrote about the MRIs and I thought that was hilarious. That was the start of the sign. Added 2009-2011 and some of the #’s of injured players underneath and I was off to the game.
The fans and employees at Citi were lovin’ it as was the media. I think SNY has been avoiding me lately but YAHOO, CBS, ESPN, DAILY NEWS and NY TIMES all ran the photo along with a story about the teams injuries.
The stands are starting to become bare and it’s only going to get worse once the summer comes to a close. This team has heart and it’s great to see them fight their way back for W’s. Last nights walk off for Duda was awesome and I am glad that I was there to see it. The Buffalo Soldiers are here to play and show what they got. Bay is starting to swing a hot bat again and I expect some interesting baseball for the next month and a half.
SEE YOU AT CITI!
LGM!
