The Mets lost to the Phillies 7-2 in what was the most prototypical 2019 Mets game possible, almost to a laughable degree. The three Mets’ All-Stars were the only players that contributed, while the rest of the team faltered, especially the bullpen. The old Mets narrative is often that of the team finding a new way to lose every day, but this team invokes a Groundhog Day-style hell akin to entering a house of mirrors at the seediest carnival imaginable—the same grotesque loss reflected glaringly around you over and over and over. At some point, the bubbling discomfort in the pit of your stomach either has you fleeing the building in horror or completely and utterly transfixed.
It’s like déjà vu all over again, as Mets bullpen implodes in the ninth
