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Milwaukee Brewers: 4th NLCS berth
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JOE BENIGNO RANT MODE: ACTIVATE.
(Imagine this on WFAN at 10:05 AM, Joe already exasperated before the first commercial break.)
“OHHH my God… METS FANS… you can’t make this stuff up. You. Just. Can’t.”
“Ya had it! YA HAD IT! Six–two, seventh inning, you’re feelin’ good, you’re thinkin’ ‘Hey, maybe this team’s got somethin’, maybe this is one of those magical Mets Octobers.’ AND THEN — OF COURSE!! — what happens? They blow it. They absolutely, positively blow it in a way that ONLY… THE… METS… CAN.”
ON THE BLOWN LEAD
“You’re up 6–2! 6–2! Two outs in the seventh! You’re THINKING about the Braves next round! You’re makin’ your travel plans! And then… BOOM. Three-run homer. Tie game. The whole thing unravels like my grandmother’s knitting.”
“I mean, what are we doin’?! WHAT ARE WE DOIN’, METS?!”
ON THE WINNING PLAY
“And then — this is sooooo Mets — you LOSE the season… on an error… on a routine fly ball… to left field… with TWO OUTS! I mean, you can’t script it! Hollywood would reject this because it’s too unrealistic. ‘Nah, nobody would believe a team collapses like that.’ OH YEAH? THE METS WOULD. THE METS DO. EVERY. TIME.”
JOE’S DESPAIR
“I am sick. I am absolutely SICK over this. I didn’t think they were winnin’ the World Series, I’m not crazy, but c’mon… can we just get through a round without the comedy routine?! CAN WE?!”
“This team, I swear… I love ’em, but they’re killin’ me. They take years off my life. YEARS!”
ON THE PLAYERS
“Fifteen hits! FIFTEEN! And you score seven runs and STILL LOSE because the bullpen implodes and the defense looks like a traveling circus. The Brewers committed FIVE ERRORS and you STILL couldn’t win?! I MEAN REALLY!”
THE FINAL BENIGNO FLARE-UP
“Mets fans, you know what this is. This is the METS TAX. Every year they find something new — something creative! — to rip your heart out. And today? It was the fly ball from hell.”
“Season over… Mets lose… goodnight, everybody.”
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