IF ITS’ JULY-IT MUST BE FADE TIME

The season is over, the last meaningful game was played in June, and the Mets are dead: long live the Mets.

The annual rite of losing, the thing that the Mets are known for and do so well is now under way. The free fall has begun, wait until next year, again. Since 2007, this phenomenal occurrence has occurred, what is it about the Mets? You can’t blame the stadium, this started in Shea, you can’t blame the managers, there have been three, Jason Bay is maligned, Johann Santana can’t seem to get it going, especially after the no-hit game, and they can’t even get along on the field.

The Nationals look unbeatable, their manager Davey Johnson is a genius and was once the guiding light of the 86 World Series, Atlanta was once the #1 Public Enemy for New York until they started their own fall, so the Phillies stepped up and took on the onus of being the Public Enemy #1 for the Mets, but couldn’t handle it, and so now the Nationals are! What does this mean? It means that the Mets still stink, the Phillies will probably pass them by the end of August, and most Mets fans will be looking for the opening Sunday of the NFL.

Meanwhile the Yankees seem to have control of first place, but I wonder about it all with A-Rod down and Ichiro getting older by the minute and the team going down on injuries it seems every week. Meanwhile the Angels look like they can’t compete with the Texas Rangers, then come alive, yet their fans are wondering out loud about “Fat” and “Old” and “Slow” Pujols!

In the National League, I’m looking for the Pirates and Dodgers to come on strong, and for the Nationals to finish with the best record in baseball when it is all said and done, while a great race has developed in the American League Central Division between Detroit and Chicago, but Detroit with the Prince of Field, will win it, and the White Sox a playoff berth. Look for the Dodgers/Giants as one, two, the Pirates Red as one two and the Nationals who I think will win it all.

As much as the Orioles have played well this season, no one in the American League East is going to overtake the Yankees, and so Detroit/Chicago and Texas Los Angeles seems to be the ticket to the playoffs.

How does a all Los Angeles World Series sound?

That’s all I wrote, folks!