The End of the Mets

What everyone is calling the Mets' "Stunning Meltdown" hasn't affected me as much as it would have if, say, the Mets had somehow deserved to go to the playoffs. But they were the worst team in baseball for the past month, so it would almost seem wrong if they were playing in the postseason.

What does seem wrong, however, is that former Mets second baseman and fan scapegoat Kaz Matsui is playing in the postseason. Mmrrr?

So the Mets sent this email to all of us on their list:

Dear Mets Fan:

All of us at the Mets are bitterly disappointed in failing to achieve our collective goal of building upon last year's success. We did not meet our organization's expectations -- or yours. Everyone at Shea feels the same range of emotions as you -- our loyal fans -- and we know we have let you down. We wanted to thank you for your record-breaking support of our team this year.

Equally important, Ownership will continue its commitment in providing the resources necessary to field a championship team. Omar will be meeting with Ownership shortly to present his plan on addressing our shortcomings so that we can achieve our goal of winning championships in 2008 and beyond.

You deserve better results.

Many thanks again for your record-breaking support.

Mets

I'm not seeing any offer for free tickets there, front office.

Anyway, for all of you lucky non-baseball fans and even luckier non-Mets fans, enjoy Johnny Depp. The missus loves Johnny Depp.