Castillo Costs Mets the Game

You will learn quickly that I am indeed a Mets fan and not a Yankee fan (although I appreciate good baseball) so when Luis Castillo blows a game like he did last night it makes me want to crawl up in a hole and watch women's basketball or something.

So lets set the stage for this absurd blunder. David Wright, who is absolutely carrying the Mets this year, hits a clutch double in the 7th to give the Mets a one run lead. K-Rod, Mr. Celebration himself, is on in relief in the 9th inning. Things get hairy with two runners on and A-Rod at bat. But with two outs K-Rod gets the juicer to pop up to Luis Castillo. Routine fly... game over... right?

Ya not with Luis Castillo out there limping around the infield. He botches the play and the Jeter and Teixeira come around to score. Give credit to Jeter and Tex for running the ball out and scoring on the play.

It is rare that you can actually put 100% of the blame on one player but in this case Luis Castillo lost this game for the Mets. It was all but over and he couldn't make the routine play. Say whatever you want about lights, wind, pressure... but bottom line is that you are paid to make plays and when it came time to catch a simple fly ball; Castillo couldn't do it.

It is these kind of senseless losses that the Mets have racked up the last few years. Choke artists?