There are more than 100 games and four months to go, but boy, this was a gut-punch of a weekend for the Mets, who while attempting to pay homage to their 1986 championship forefathers were embarrassed by Chase Utley and lost two of three to the Dodgers while their sure-thing closer Jeurys Familia was twice lit up in flames.
Hey, even if this is unfamiliar territory for Familia, who was touched for two runs in the ninth inning of Sunday’s 4-2 loss after the Mets had tied it in the bottom of the eighth after having spotted a 2-0 lead to the brilliant Clayton Kershaw, this happens to the best of them.