Rank the Mets' collapse

[Mike Gallo]

I find this the worst collapse I have ever seen.
It doesnt get much worse than this.

2 weeks ago we had a seven gane cusion, now we have a tie with three to go.

[Wynton]

As I said before, it's not just the number of games lost, but the manner in which they've been lost that distinguishes this collapse.

One of these days, when I'm feeling especially masochistic, I'm going to detail each loss, which I expect to make vivid how many were blown, huge leads.

I have two, tiny rays of positive thoughts:

(1) It would be pretty funny if the Phillies don't get into the playoffs, after all this.

(2) If the Mets don't recover, perhaps that will motivate management to make more dramatic changes than he would have otherwise, and perhaps the team will come back with a real hunger, which was totally lacking this entire season.

[samjjones]

TOO SOON

[HorridSludgyBits]

This is sort of OT, but does anyone else remember which year it was that the Dodgers gained 11 games in 11 days against the Braves? I'm thinking it was 1983, and some of those might have been before 9/12, but that was a pretty remarkable run. There were a number of head-to-head games, and nearly every one seemed to be decided on the last at-bat.

[HorridSludgyBits]

Ok, it happened mainly in August, still an epic collapse:

August 10, 1983: The Atlanta Braves hold a 6 1/2-game lead over the Dodgers in the National League West. At 69-45, they had the best record in baseball, and at .589, the best third-order winning percentage. The simulator made them the winner 96.6% of the time. They couldn't hold the lead until the end of the month, much less the end of the season, going 7-12 over the remainder of August while the Dodgers went a resounding 16-5. The Dodgers took the odds lead on Sept. 2, gave it back for a day on the sixth, but thereafter ran away from the Braves, who went 12-17 in September.

[NajdorfDefense]

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As I said before, it's not just the number of games lost, but the manner in which they've been lost that distinguishes this collapse.

I have two, tiny rays of positive thoughts:

(1) It would be pretty funny and completely standard if the Phillies don't get into the playoffs, after all this.


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[Nick B.]

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August 10, 1983: The Atlanta Braves hold a 6 1/2-game lead over the Dodgers in the National League West.

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that is so funny.

[JordanIB]

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As I said before, it's not just the number of games lost, but the manner in which they've been lost that distinguishes this collapse.

One of these days, when I'm feeling especially masochistic, I'm going to detail each loss, which I expect to make vivid how many were blown, huge leads.

I have two, tiny rays of positive thoughts:

(1) It would be pretty funny if the Phillies don't get into the playoffs, after all this.

(2) If the Mets don't recover, perhaps that will motivate management to make more dramatic changes than he would have otherwise, and perhaps the team will come back with a real hunger, which was totally lacking this entire season.

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I hope a failure to make the playoffs doesn't cause a gross overraction to the state of the team and franchise. It's not as if we're a team in crisis with no good parts.

Will go into detail after I come out of my deep depression after Sunday...

[Mike Gallo]

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TOO SOON

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It already happened.

This team has no chutzbah no moxxy no grit no determination.
They have played like dogs.

They could not get a race runner passed second base last night for goodness sake.

Put a fork in them, they have collapsed. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[wh1t3bread]

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I hope a failure to make the playoffs doesn't cause a gross overraction to the state of the team and franchise. It's not as if we're a team in crisis with no good parts.


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I agree. Most of the parts are there. But a few are clearly broken and we seem to be missing a few screws.