The Teasing Rainy Fates

Many people want to say, "Oh, it's just the Marlins. The Mets are SUPPOSED to fatten up against a team like that." Any Mets fan knows it's not that simple when it comes to this team, but there we were, trying to climb out of our slog that left us 17-20, one game away from making that winning percentage have at least a 5 in the right place again.

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On cue, Mother Nature wanted the Mets, on Mother's Day, no less, to take two days off. Who knows whether we were just being set up for disappointment, after they were just able to give their ace some run support in the 6th inning with some power from our young core in a 4-1 win Saturday night? There on Sunday, however, was an opportunity to somewhat eradicate the road trip that left us shaking our heads and rolling our eyes. With an offday today, we'll just have to wait one more day.

My fear is that we were indeed setting ourselves up for disappointment, with the overrated Nationals, currently even worse than the Mets, rolling on in. It is always like the Mets, and a pessimistic way of looking at it on my part, to play the part of slump buster. As terrible as I think the Nationals are when they are always the darlings of the early season predictions, they always have a knack of being a thorn in our sides. The Mets need to crush them when they are this low, making sure they have an even harder time at any point this season getting up again. Otherwise, I envision them looking back on this coming series as the catalyst that turned their season around, and us recognizing it was here when things finally got buried.

The only thing I hope gets buried is the consistent inconsistencies, starting with Noah Syndergaard. He must revert back to his superhero ways, and if he needs to do it with his bat, so be it. Regardless of his opponent the day he won 1-0 with a solo shot, he looked so damn fresh and determined in that game. Replicate what you did on a pitch-by-pitch basis that day and you will get back on track. Have at this Nationals team struggling to get by.

There we sit 19-20, the rain laughing as it drips on by. Take these days to take some breaths. And let's all regroup when the sun comes out tomorrow.

What's that? It's grey till Wednesday?

At least the rainy rhythm can sooth a troubled mind.

I hope all the Metsian Mothers out there had a wonderful Mother's Day, whatever you ended up doing.

KEEP. ON. PUSHIN'.

LET'S. GO. METS.