What I found most amazing about this game is that the Mets had a different player at every position than they had in their game exactly one year prior. Even though HoJo and Magadan played in both games, they were at different positions (HoJo from 3B to CF, and Magadan from 1B to 3B). This team just changed so much so quickly, it's no wonder they were in store for so many struggles.

Saberhagen inexplicably entered this game with a 13.15 ERA over his first 3 starts as a Met. How is that possible? This guy had great stuff (when healthy), and was clearly at 100% in this game. And he threw a shutout in his very next game against the Astros as well. He retired 9 in a row twice in this game, the second time only having it end when Junior Noboa lost a popfly in the sun that went as a double. Speaking of Noboa, he had 2 of his 7 ... yes, 7 ... hits as a Met in this game. He hit 7-for-47 in New York, but somehow remained on the roster all the way through July.

Getting a load of some of these newcomers: Dave Gallagher looks just like Jeff Kent (the two could pass as twins when Kent would be acquired from Toronto later in the year), and Paul Gibson looks more like the tax man at my local H&R Block than a major league pitcher. When they brought him in in relief of Saberhagen in the 10th, all I could think was, "The Mets really don't have anyone better to bring in to a scoreless tie in the 10th inning than a guy with a 10.80 ERA?"

The boo birds were also already out for Bonilla, who fouled out with the bases loaded in the 3rd and got the NY treatment again when he struck out looking in the 9th. Get used to that, Bobby Boo. I also got a chuckle when Tim McCarver complained that Don Imus had called him a doofus. Then he proved his doofus status by being unable to spell the word doofus. What a doofus.