Giveaway Games

"The reality is, coming here to Pittsburgh and getting swept, for me, I feel embarrassed… We need to find a way to play better and to focus more on what we need to accomplish… I mean, we have to take this personally. It can’t happen… I know the Pirates are a big-league team, but we’re better than them. We’re better than them, and we know we’re better than them... We have to do something about it" -- Carlos BeltranThough certain to go over poorly in the Pirates clubhouse, Beltran's words needed to be said. The past three games against the Pirates were embarrassing.First we lost a game we were leading 5-0. Then we lost a Johan start. The capper came yesterday when Mike Pelfrey got bombed and the Mets got blown out.In SNY's pregame show leading into this series, Gary Cohen noted that the Mets had played poorly against the Pirates in recent years, getting swept by the team in late September '06 and suffering improbable, backbreaking losses in '07 and '08....