When the Mets have a 2-0 lead but allow 2 baserunners, you can’t say junk like “the Rays are the highest-scoring team in the American League… and they do that by putting together huge innings.”

Don’t they know that pretty much every time they say something like that it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy?

Two friggin 4-run innings (and we’re not even done with the 7th)…

Come on, Mets, you want to give me something for Father’s Day? Shut the Rays down the rest of the way and put together a 4-run inning of your own… before they call this game on account of rain.

- David Wright continues to be the man. They just showed him jawing with Big Pelf, and it was really nice to see him give the big man a boost like that. He’ll make a hell of a manager someday.

- I thought it was awesome when they were talking about Gregg Jefferies and Keith’s response to Gary’s statement about Jefferies not being well-liked by his Mets teammates was, “He earned it.”

Otherwise, I’m just glad last week’s over. How friggin brutal was that? Ugh.

I don’t like how the Marc Anthony guy on SNY is saying the Mets “choked against the guy who called them choke artists.”

If they choked againt Hamels at all, it was when they kept leaving men on base against him and “only” scored 4 runs by the time they knocked him out of the box. When he came out of the game, he was still on the hook for the loss, so really, he choked against the Mets.

Friggin Utley. Friggin Werth. Oh, well. Let’s see what kind of rubber game Redding gives us tomorrow.

Lannan walks Castillo to lead off the game, which should have spelled disaster for him but then he induces a double play and gets a strikeout to end the inning.

Maine, on the other hand, has his first pitch lined into Tatis’ glove, which should have meant he was going to cruise.

But we are Mets fans and we know better.

3-0 before the second out’s even recorded… Let’s just hope the ReplaceMets can put something together.

Now that they’ve batted once through the order while hitting into 3 double plays, allowing Lannan to skate while facing the minimum, maybe they’re ready to disrupt his mojo and transfer it to Maine.

He’s looking so much better after that 1st inning…

Jobu must be unhappy. There’s absolutely no reason at all why the Mets consistently don’t score more than a run or two when Johan starts. It’s gotten pretty ridiculous.

It’s also ridiculous that JJ Putz is so Heilmanesque.

There’s nobody else out there besides Ramon Martinez and Wilson Valdez? Ridiculous.

Speaking of Martinez, how the hell do you dislocate your pinky on a feet-first slide… Into home… With the catcher nowhere near you? You’re extra ridiculous.

Beltran and Reyes, I hope you get well soon.

Pelf, I hope you smoke those Pitt hitters tomorrow.

Maine, I hope you give Redding your flu so when he pitches, his mind’s not on blowing another start but on not soiling himself on the mound.

My only consolation is that the Phils face Peavy and are starting a guy named Bastardo. Heh. That’s ridiculous.