Nineteen Mets Injured in Frenzy of Post-Game Finger Pointing

Injuries include three scratched cornea, two punctured eardrums and fourteen badly bruised psyches. No one knew precisely what triggered it, but suddenly the morgue-like locker room transformed into a furious martial arts flick, as fingers came flying from all directions. They came fast and they came hard and when it was all over, nineteen Mets -- including two coaches and PR Director Jay Horowitz -- were taken to a local hospital for an assortment of minor injuries. But amid all the ugly finger pointing, it was the fans of NY who got the ultimate finger, as they were on the receiving end of the most catastrophic collapse in baseball history. With a seeming lock on the division, the Mets went on to squander a 7 game lead with just 17 games to go, losing a playoff berth on the final day of the season, going down in flames to the lowly Florida Marlins, 8-1. And adding insult to injury, the final eight games were played at Shea, before the hometown faithful.