The Mets made Vance Worley look so much like Sandy Koufax on Friday that now you can get your Vance Worley Brooklyn Dodgers jersey at Citi Field starting Tuesday.
But what did we really expect from a team who historically spits the bit against rookie pitchers? What did we really expect from a team that employs a pitcher who has a road ERA against division opponents of a hundred and five? You expected a win? Because they built a win streak against one team behind them in the standings (that had already won the first two games of the series), one team who threw their bottom three pitchers at them, and one team that was missing Ryan Zimmerman?
I know better. Deep down you know better too. This team makes tons of rookies look like all-stars for reasons that escape me. They’ve done this since 1989. So no, a 10-0 loss in a game where the 0 featured the team’s ace-like substance and the 10 featured the team throwing out Vance Worley doesn’t surprise me. Not in the least.
I mean, look at this guy. He doesn’t have a glove to chew on thus he resorts to eating his own fingers off so that he wouldn’t have to face Ryan Howard ever again. This is our ace. The one that only pitches well when he’s vomiting all over the place. Sounds like a Major League sequel. Worley can wear those goggles and play Rick Vaughn (since the original actor will probably be busy … er, touring.)
Who will Doc Halladay and Cliff Lee be playing? Probably the guys call the Mets losers “either by birth or by choice”. Though they won’t need their words, only their arms this weekend to prove that theory. And then it won’t be long before that six game winning streak is proven to be a mirage.
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