So Game 1 of today's double header isn't over yet, but it may as well have been over before it even started. Due to the extra game, the Mets needed to find a spot starter for one of the games this week and they choose to go with Game 1 today. And that starter was Miguel Batista.
Batista is 41 years old. A career journeyman, at this time of the season, is the best that the Mets could come up for a start. And that all falls on upper management. The phrase 'you're only as strong as your weakest link' is a very common phrase in sports and it could not be more true today.
The Mets could have called up one of their Triple-A starters for a game. Give a kid a cup of coffee and see what he has. Show some potential. Give the fans something to be excited about. Give the team a chance to get a W on the day.
Instead they opted to play behind the 8-ball and make the offense play catch up; something extremely difficult to do against the tough pitching Giants.
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