Watching the game, 1

Steve Trachsel leaves the game in the second inning with an injury — a line drive banged into his leg — and Darren Oliver takes over.

I think the injury was his pitching itself. When theMets needed a big outing he turned in a big dud, as bad as it really could get on a night that the Mets needed inniings and a rest for their bullpen.

Watching Trachsel pitch on a good day is like watching paint dry. Watching him tonight was like watching a bad horror movie — all scary scenes but no humor.

So now we have to hope that Darren Oliver can contain the damage — two more in already, but now there are two outs. He has to go four.

And we need the offense to get going.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet

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