Another week gone, another week of embarrasment for the NYM Extended Spring Training team... yes, they've been downgraded...  as they were dominated by the two worst teams in the NL West, the Diamondbacks and Padres... yes, the 18 games under .500 Padres... to the tune of 2-5.

As for the lowlights...

- Well, everything except Johan Santana's superb performance last night... on the flip side, Santana likes to call out his teammates after games when team's don't go well... like in his last outing against the D-backs... so we would like to in the spirit of openess say, 'Hey Johan, giving up 5 runs over 8 innings is not exactly 'doing your job' so lay off the bullpen...'

- K-Rod... ouch, back to back blown saves, and in dramatic fashion...

- The DL keeps expanding with the season ending addition of Jon Niese, and a spell of injuries for Luis Castillo and Gary Sheffield. Both should return to the field, and the DL, this week...

- On a sort-of-positive note, it was good to see Bobby Parnell returning to the starting rotation, even if due to an injury.  Yes, his performance was look warm, but he is one of the more talented NYM young pitchers and hopefully this will the first of many sucessful returns

The NYM-ESTT now finds itself 11 games behind in the NL East and 10 in the wildcard, their 9 games under .500 prior to last night's game their lowest point since 2004... and not much to add, as we said last month, the season has been over for a while and we are just going through the motion.  No anger, just frustration... Well, there is anger towards whomever has that voodoo doll that has ruined the season. If we ever find out who it is....

At least the NFL season is exactly a month away.