In 2007, the New York Mets choked away a 7 game lead and missed out on the playoffs on the last day of the season which brought us this:
And now we have this after the Mets blew a 3.5 game lead and are out of the playoffs on the final day of the season for the second straight year:
For me the whole entire blame should fall on the shoulders of Mets GM Omar Minaya. If he had given them a decent bullpen, they might not be in this predicament. And oh yeah, early last week, they rewarded him with a 4-year contract extension.
