Hat Trick Of Draft Pick

I'm convinced now that there's no way that the Mets could be tanking on purpose. Three straight losses with the exact same score? Even the Mets wouldn't be so dumb as to make it look that obvious.

Random highlights: They gave up a home run to Carlos Gomez, and to the best of my knowledge, he didn't macarena around the bases. And if he did, hey … it's not like the Mets would do anything about it. They also had a chance to win the game in the ninth after tying it, but David Wright grounded into a double play to send it to the tenth inning, where the powerhouse Brewers took control. For helping to keep our draft pick protected, that was as clutch as it comes.

But as for things that catch my eyes only, you can't beat this tweet from Bill Price for its sheer hilarity and for the temperature of my blood as it boils:

Get em while they're hot . #mets pic.twitter.com/MSVD7ckCU8

— Bill Price (@TheBitterBill) September 28, 2013

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That, my friends, tells you everything you need to know about the New York Mets … So desperate to make a buck that they'll produce t-shirts for a guy who was last relevant in 2008, and clearly only here to fill a roster spot until the end of the season in an attempt to take money out of the pockets of a country who worships its Japanese heroes no matter how far past their prime they may have traveled. Same franchise who didn't have Jon Niese shirts in the stores for the first three years of his career. But hey, let's sell Daisuke shirts as his month long Mets career is coming to a screeching halt.

I wonder … I wonder if that plan worked. I wonder if his shirts are flying off the shelves, or if they're going to be on the next flight to a third world nation. But good luck getting the team to give you that information, or tell you anything for that matter. Hell, they aren't even telling anybody when Sunday's Mike Piazza ceremony is going to start.

Mets asking people to be in their seats at 12:45. Game isn't going to start at 1:10 listed time, but Mets prefer not to release actual time.

— Adam Rubin (@AdamRubinESPN) September 28, 2013

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Would prefer not to release the actual time? Is this a state secret that Edward Snowden is going to leak to the press? It can't be just "Fans should be in their seats at 12:45 for a special ceremony that will start at any time between 12:46 and Christmas." No. They'd prefer not to release the actual time for the game to start. Obviously, the unwashed masses can't handle such classified information because we would probably use it to enter the launch codes, or figure out a way to get a second beer down our throats before first pitch.

Don't worry. It'll all be over soon.