May 23: Mets 3 - Pirates 1

Yes, we were in attendance yesterday to see the Mets defeat the Pirates, 3-1.  The game took 2 hours and 21 minutes to play, and this is the best thing that I can say about a game the Clint Hurdle and the team absolutely mailed in yesterday.

The starting line up included Josh Harrison in right field (he is hitting .274 so I guess you have to find somewhere for him to play) and the following so-called offensive players: Gorkys Hernandez, .000, Casey McGehee, .186, Rod Barajas, .212 (and he's been on a HOT streak of late), Yamico Navarro, .182, and Clint Barmes, .178.  And Pedro Alvarez and his .202, or whatever he's hitting right now, didn't play.

Really now, can that lineup be called anything other than a disgrace?

In fairness to Hernandez, yesterday was his first start, and while he didn't get a ball out of the infield, he did draw a walk, and only the grace of a poor throw from the pitcher prevented him from getting picked off first base after that.  If the throw was there, he was a dead duck, which would have been fitting for the performance that the Bucs put on yesterday.

Here's a serious hypothetical question for you.  If the 2012 Pirates were to play a seven game series with the 1962 Mets, who would win?  Honest-to-God, I think would put my money on the '62 Mets.