NEW YORK -- New York Mets manager Buck Showalter expects little empathy from the rest of the major leagues for his team's sorry season.
Expected to contend for a title with a record payroll of $355 million on Opening Day, the Mets entered the schedule's last three weeks with a 65-77 record, eliminated from the NL East race on Sept. 2. They were nine games back in the wild-card chase with 20 to play and six teams ahead of them for the final berth.
"You're looking for sympathy up here, people will step on your neck and laugh while you're bleeding," Showalter said before Monday night's series opener against Arizona.