New York Mets: Can someone get them off this rollercoaster

Welcome to the amusement park

This Mets season has been a lot like the Cyclone rollercoaster at Coney Island. You mount up and are ready to ride. You raise your arms and confront your fears as you slowly start the climb.

The Mets climb, and the noise is loud as the chains under the cart are quickly pulling them up to the summit. Excitement continues to build as the Mets continue their assent but now the chains under the cart are slowing down as they start to peak at the very top.

The Amazins finally reach the top and the cart momentarily stops. It’s a beautiful day and there is a clear view for miles. The future looks bright with a gelling starting pitching staff and newly found offense from Pete Alonso and J.D. Davis.

However, with any rollercoaster, what goes up must come down. Now the Mets car begins its descent and those arms raised in defiance are now grabbing the bar as a scream blares out from not knowing what lies below. That loud voice, however, is muted, due to the rushing wind and noise of the ride.

Such is the case with Wednesday night’s New York Mets loss to the NL West Division leaders. After taking an 8-3 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning, the Mets looked like the 2015 team that destroyed the Dodgers in the NLCS. And then the drop began.

Then, Robert Gsellman gave up a home run to make the score 8-4. No problem, right?  Jeurys Familia came in to set the table in the eighth and he also yielded a home run, making it 8-5. Now the cart is picking up speed in its descent.

Enter the main breakman, in this case, it’s closer Edwin Diaz. He pulls the lever to stop the cart from losing control and it doesn’t slow down. One home run, another home run, a double, another double, the brake overheats and completely fails. The cart was at the mercy of gravity as Diaz gives up an unheard of four runs in the bottom of the ninth. He blows a save and takes the loss as Los Angeles came from behind to defeat the Mets 9-8!

But there is a point that someone else made that I just have to include in here. Comedian and life-long Mets fan, Jim Breuer made a great point in that the Mets were bound to lose in the seventh inning because they didn’t put the nail in the coffin.