I’m still not getting a read on this season. No one is. I’ve seen uneven Mets seasons before, I’ve seen bad games follow good games and vice versa, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a season in which absolutely superb and absolutely lousy games follow each other day after day after day for such a long stretch.
By the way, if you’ve never seen me read from my own work, please check out this video of a reading I gave of pieces from Mets Fan at the Chappaqua Library in Westchester: