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It's really jarring how disappointing this all seems. I know there is some sort of lesson to be learned here, but I'll be damned if I know what it is.

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We have to win 3 of the next 4, no two ways about it. And probably 6 of 7. Buck Needs to make the right lineup choices NOW, and utilize his best relievers with a sense of urgency. Nido, not McCann. There are no good choices for DH and RF against LHP the next two games but let’s hope Buck strikes gold. Eppler’s acquisitions continue to fail- Nyquil and Vogel bagodonuts contributed nothing last night. Watch out for Luzardo-he’s inconsistent and often injured but when he’s on he’s lights out. Last start he struck out 11 Cubs in 6.2.

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It would be nice to believe memories of 2007-08 are in the rearview mirror, but that game last night had the same dismal feel of those horrible games against the Nats the last week of '07. Braves are clearly just better than Mets, based on, among other things, how they hold serve against bad teams, while Mets have proven unable to do so. Hello wildcard.

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I have followed this team for 53 years now. I shouldnt wake bumed out that they have already won 97 games and are in the playoffs. However, i am ! To be in first all year and now probably end up with a wild card sucks. I know the jets I root for suck the life out of the stadium the Mets have seemingly done that at Citi as well. There should be a plan already - as in RIGHT NOW - where the games are going to be played and when. Are they waiting to see if it really is going to come when it is a historical storm - oye !

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Last night was a gut punch. It was painful to watch. Fortunately, I do not think the team is dragging as much as its fans. The Mets will win tonight and we can hope Josiah Gray pitches the game of his life in DC. #LGM

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I'm annoyed with how sleepy last night felt; but I think we need a little perspective across the board. This is not 2007 at all. We have been chased by the 3rd or 4th best team in baseball for the better part of 3.5 months, and to be honest as a fan, it is a bit exhausting to be in such a race. However, thus far they have spent one day out of first place and are on pace for 100+ wins. This team deserves a little more faith from the fan base then what we seem to be granting them. The Cubs series was very bad, but they are 8-3 since then; this is not an end of season collapse. Barring some weirdness, it will essentially come down to the series in Atlanta with our 3 best pitchers going.

I would like to see a little more life tonight; we could use a very good Walker performance.

I'm not convinced we are seeing Marte on Friday; that injury has come at a bad time; hopefully he's ready for the playoffs.

Re: the crowd. I really don't have much patience for sports writers telling fans how to spend hundreds of dollars. I don't live locally so I definitely can't talk, but even if I did, there's no chance I would be going to a Tuesday night game with kids at home. It's a really expensive night out or you're leaving your spouse at home to tend to the kids. Also, if I'm going to spend hundreds of dollars, I'll just wait a week or two and go to a playoff game. Just a little rant about that.

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It's been mentioned at times in various outlets...even Jeffrey has quoted it here, I think, that Buck to paraphrase, 'is okay with going 2-3' or .500 for bits of the season. Well the consequences of that are that we're tied for first with 0 margin for error when we should've wrapped it up last month. We have to basically win out to get the division.

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