“Embarrassed” was the buzzword of the afternoon at Citi Field, after Terry Collins volunteered that he was “not embarrassed” by the lineup he had to run out there on Thursday. Classy of Collins to say that, but we doubt he’d have passed a polygraph.
How embarrassing for the Mets was this 3-0 loss to the Dodgers? Let us count the ways.
It was embarrassing to attempt a major-league game with John Mayberry Jr. (“hitting one f-----g 70,” as one teammate put it) batting cleanup, and Eric Campbell (.176 after going 0-for-3) batting fifth.
It was an embarrassment to not only allow Clayton Kershaw to take a perfect game into the seventh inning, but to inspire genuine shock when he was unable to complete the achievement.