The New York Mets keep plumbing new depths. Putting it in perspective requires a trip back in time.
We're not about to call their 5-1 loss − sealed with a most embarrassing error − to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday the low point of the season. Heck, it's only mid-July and there's no shortage of horrors that may still befall them. And they did rally to salvage the finale of the three-game set Sunday night in extra innings.
But dropping the first series of the second half cools any notion that the All-Star break might provide a reset, that the most expensive team in baseball history would will its way to contention, and that the breaks might start falling their way.