“I use the .500 mark as a time to see what direction we’re headed. If we get too below that, then there has to be concern. If we get below that [.500] mark and we continue to struggle offensively as we are, I think that’s a no-brainer. We have to visit that. It would be somewhat dishonest if I said no.” – Mets manager Jerry Manuel
This is it. Today is officially the day that the New York Mets cross the invisible, yet very tangible, line from urgency to desperation.











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