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No champagne here as NY Mets open final road series against Nationals

The Mets are roughly 240 miles south of the Yankees right now, but they might as well be on a different planet. In one clubhouse, they were cleaning champagne and beer off the carpet. In the other, some players looked like they could use a cup of coffee.

The subdued atmosphere was similar to the last time the Mets were here, in late July, which shows just how long it’s been since the Mets have played in meaningful games.

With the Yankees dominating the headlines in New York, the Mets began a three-game series against the last-place Nationals that was meaningless even by the Mets’ 2009 standard of irrelevance.

Manager Jerry Manuel noted the shrinking number of media members still covering the team when reporters walked into his office Monday afternoon. Somehow, the pitching matchup of Nelson Figueroa against Ross Detwiler didn’t draw a big crowd in the press box.


Click here to read the full article – By Brian Costa of NJ.com

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September 29, 2009 - Posted by GameSetMatch | MLB, NY Mets News, New York Mets | Baseball, Mets, Mets Baseball, mets news, MLB, New York, new york mets baseball, ny mets baseball | No Comments Yet