Well, I was objecting to your writing about how the Mets could choke in [Comiskey II] and nearly posted this in the other thread:
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Well, we did sweep our last visit to Stupid Insurance Name Field (back when it was Cellphone Field ) in 2019, with McNeil memorably going into the webbing in RF to make that catch. That was during our brief 16-2 explosion of hope, before Edlose Diaz reverted to form against the Gnats.
(A rewatch tells me that what I tend to call "the Suzuki Salami" was in fact a 3-run jack, as a bases-loaded double by the previous batter had scored two and left men on 2nd and 3rd for Edlose to let Kurt Suzuki trot around the bases behind, but whatever. All the insurance runs in the top of the 9th couldn't protect us from Edlose.
It should be recalled that the Mets beat Washington by 24-5 or some such the next day. But by then it was too late.)
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…but then I saw the end of the game. I know a 2-0 lead isn't 100%, I know no pitcher is perfect.
But for $20,000,000 per, Díaz should be able to not throw walk-off gopher balls. But you can't teach an old mutt new tricks, alas.
Gnats beat Braves, Phils work past Seth Lugo (and then blow the beJAYzus out of the KC pen) and the Mets find a way to undo all the weekend's good work. TN:24.
ETA: This season Boom-Boom has converted 14 saves, gotten 2 holds when he's needed rescuing, and blown 5 saves outright. That's a lousy 67% conversion rate (14/21). He's also on pace to have the 2nd-worst ERA of his career, behind only 2019, of course.
Meanwhile, Jered Kelenic is playing semi-regularly for a team that's ahead of us in the standings. And I think we're still paying HGH Cano, albeit that might only be cynicism.