Top Ten New York Mets Excuses

10. All those empty seats are distracting.
9. Part of a grand plan to make Florida Marlins overconfident next year
8. Pitchers on other teams throw the ball really fast!
7. Two words: guaranteed contracts
6. Mistake to let Don Knotts bat cleanup
5. Play so much golf during season thought lowest score wins
4. Baseballs are harder to throw than explosives.
3. Drank slurpee too fast; got a "brain-freeze"
2. Didn't scratch themselves enough
1. No one named "Mookie"