The Mets arrived at Wrigley Field desperate to stop the bleeding, dragging a 10-game losing streak into a Sunday matchup that felt less like a baseball game and more like a test of endurance. For nine innings, they clawed, scraped, and briefly believed—only for closer Devin Williams to let it slip away in the bottom of the ninth. What followed in extras was equal parts strategy and surrealism: a wild pitch, a fast runner on third, and a decision by manager Carlos Mendoza that left players and fans stunned. In a moment that seemed to defy both logic and tradition, the Mets chose not to set up the potential double play, instead pitching into the inevitable—and extending a losing streak that now felt as philosophical as it was painful.
*** Now chatting in #ExistentialCrisis ***
MetTheParents: ten straight losses
TEN
and we’re up in the 9th
please just end this
*** Bottom 9th ***
GasCanDevin: alright
one inning
let’s keep it simple
IanHappens: single
MetTheParents: ok not ideal
ConfortablyClutch: double
MetTheParents: oh no
tie game
of course it’s tied
why wouldn’t it be tied
*** GasCanDevin has left to stare into the ivy ***
*** Bottom 10th ***
GivePCAChance: hey guys
just standing on second
like a ghost
haunting your franchise
CraigKimBeard: former elite closer checking in
excuse me while I shut you down
/aims pitch directly at China
GivePCAChance: oh nice
now I’m on third
that was easy
MetTheParents: HOW
HOW DOES KIMBREL THROW A WILD PITCH RIGHT THERE
ThisIsMySwanSong: here we go
opportunity knocks
/somehow strikes out
CraigKimBeard: okay okay
one out
just walk Hoerner
set up the double play
easy baseball
*** dugout turns to Mendoza ***
MarcusSemiGenius: skip… we’re walking him right
that’s the move
that’s THE move
MendozaLine: no
if we walk him, he just takes second
we pitch to him
MarcusSemiGenius: ????
CraigKimBeard: skip… if PCA scores the game is over anyway
MendozaLine: exactly
so why bother
CraigKimBeard: WHAT
MendozaLine: why bother walking
why bother pitching around
why bother anything
MarcusSemiGenius: this is concerning
MendozaLine: why bother eating
we’ll just get hungry again
MetTheParents:
MarcusSemiGenius: skip this is not philosophy class
this is BASEBALL
MendozaLine: baseball is temporary
outcomes are illusions
the sac fly comes for us all
*** fly ball to right ***
GivePCAChance: tagging
MetTheParents: no no no no no
*** run scores ***
*** GAME OVER ***
GivePCAChance: sac fly
thank you for your cooperation
*** HEY GUYS THIS IS JI
*** JIM THOME has entered the chat ***
WORDUPTHOME: HEY GUYS THIS IS JI
JIM THOME
WORDUPTHOME: I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF BASEBALL
BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MAN MANAGE LIKE A PHILOSOPHY MAJOR
THIS WASN’T A GAME
THIS WAS A CRISIS OF PURPOSE
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pr0FF3ss0r_F4rnsw0rth: i don’t get it
you had the base open
just take it
this isn’t a poem
it’s a baseball game
MendozaLine: double plays are just delayed outs
nothing more
MetTheParents: we are never winning again
MendozaLine: winning is temporary
losing is consistent
consistency is important
*** MLB_NewsBot has entered the chat ***
MLB_NewsBot: FINAL: Cubs 2, Mets 1
Mets lose 11th straight
Manager Carlos Mendoza defends decision not to walk Nico Hoerner: “He would’ve taken second anyway”
Team reportedly evaluating both bullpen usage and the concept of existence
*** MetTheParents has left to sit quietly in the dark ***
*** GasCanDevin has left to apologize to a brick wall ***
*** MendozaLine has left to read Nietzsche in the dugout ***
*** WORDUPTHOME has left to hug a rulebook and whisper “THERE'S STILL STRUCTURE” ***
*** pr0FF3ss0r_F4rnsw0rth has left to scream into a glove ***