As you may know, I have a problem with math. My problem is that I do math to see how many wins the Mets need to get to such and such a point, and
I rarely like what I see.
Before the winning streak they needed to play like .590 ball to get to 90 wins (and the Wild Card was 91 wins in 2010). Then they ran off six. But then they dropped three. That’s the problem with the math and the problem with being over a week’s worth of wins away from .500, you can win for a week and still be in a big hole.
I don’t like the last-place/6.5-out combo. I look at it and deep down I already know they won’t make the playoffs. Search your feelings you know it to be true.
I need the Mets to just get closer. Make it halfway plausible. Don’t tell me they need to jump 4 teams to catch the Phillies/Marlins (Marlins?) Don’t quite wild card games back to me when there are TEN teams to jump.
If they get on a tear and narrow it to 4 I can stare at a 4 all summer and lie to myself. 4 will be five some days and some days it will be three. Eventually the math will catch up an time will run out and our 2011 Metsies won’t be able to play .600 ball (or whatever the number is) for three months, but the 4 will give me a summer on the deck listening to Howie with a tinge of hope. Is that too much to ask?
6.5 out on May 3rd. Not good.