Everyone point at the silly Mets fan.

Where was Mike Lupica when Kyle Farnsworth dropped that slider on Big Papi?

I'm not saying that Lupica is obligated to write about every baseball game played by a New York team. But he's missing some good baseball if he ignores the Yankees and focuses on the Mets.

When I say "focuses on the Mets," I mean "secretly sneak into a private room with a copy of the Mets fan guide, gaze lovingly at a headshot of Carlos Beltran while imagining Jose Reyes legging out a triple.":

"The Mets came from behind again yesterday. They came from behind the way they did on the Yankees last weekend, the way they did against the Phillies on Tuesday and Wednesday night, the way they have an awful lot this season. This time they didn't win the game. So they didn't sweep the Phillies, even though they easily could have, the way they didn't sweep the Yankees, though they should have. It doesn't change a couple of things: They have been the best baseball show in town this season. And one of the best in baseball."

I say the Yankees "should have" swept the Mets. In game one, ARod was safe at second base in the first inning. So he would have scored. Then, Damon would have been playing deeper and caught Wright's fly ball. In game three, the Yankees left 15 men on base. The Yankees "should have" won.


"They have made you watch every game until their last ups. You watch until Carlos Beltran hits one toward the parking lot in the bottom of the 16th, or strikes out in the bottom of the ninth."

I don't really know what to say. If you're a fan of the Mets, I suppose you'll stay up until 1:00 am to watch 16 innings. If you're not a fan of the Mets, I suppose you won't.


"The Yankees may yet get healthy, get their pitching worked out, all the rest of it. They might break more attendance records at Yankee Stadium ... There is something a little old about that, the way the Yankees are a little old.

The Mets feel new."

Yes, the Yankees are a little old. Like when Andy Phillips came off the bench last Saturday to beat the Mets, beat the Mets, come to the park and beat the Mets, bring the kiddies, bring the wife, guaranteed to have the time of your life.

The Yankees are running out Cabrera, Wang, Cano, Phillips, Crosby, and even an occasional Kevin Reese sighting. Colter Bean is a great story. He's goofy and fat. The '06 Yankees vary in age and ability, but at least they're "fresh!"

The Mets just added ancient El Duque. Same old story. Seen him before in New York. Can you get any more ex-Yankees since you already have Torre Jr. managing your team?

El Duque joins young kids like Billy Wagner, Tom Glavine, Pedro Martinez, and the newest face of them all, 47-year-old Julio Franco.


Settle down, Lupica. You rip the Yankees for adding Damon because Damon's too old. Then you praise the Mets for adding El Duque whose age supposedly doesn't matter. In the midst of all this, Lupica doesn't wonder why the Mets traded Benson for Julio in the first place.

The Mets started out 12-2 and have played .500 since. Which team are they? Are they going to win 100 games or 84?

Your streak of lightning over there at shortstop has a big, fat .317 on-base percentage. So the sage ombudsman Julio Franco doesn't seem to know what he's talking about when he links Met success to Reyes's on-base percentage.

Just drop the charade, Lupica. You're not even a sports journalist. You're a silly Mets fan.