It was over in a second.
More than just the series against the Los Angeles Dodgers was over when former New York Mets third baseman Justin Turner—the third batter of the game—lined a full-count slider into the bleachers Sunday night at Citi Field. In the first inning of a crucial August game, all the fan goodwill that was accrued throughout Steve Cohen's first half-season of ownership was gone, and the Mets' playoff dreams were likely over at that moment as well.
New Dodgers ace Max Scherzer did what he was acquired to do, as he helped his new team defeat an old rival, sending the Mets deeper into a spiral they cannot seem to get out of.