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As last week’s episode of Mets Public Record called on fans to show faith with this current Mets ball club, this week’s show, Mets Search for Consistency at Home, centered more on hope. Say a prayer, cross your fingers, or get your grandfather’s 1969 Mets jersey out of the attic. Do whatever you need to do to steer this frustrating season in the right direction.

After discussing the prospect of Billy Wagner’s return and the fate of Livan Hernandez, Anthony C. Wayne and Tommy Romero are joined with Tommy L. The three of them talk in depth about David Ortiz’ press conference and how easy it is for young players to be enticed by the lure of steroids. The conversation moves towards aging players. Gary Sheffield and John Smoltz are front and center. The gang agrees that older players seem more concerned with personal milestones than playing for the sake of playing. After a thorough examination of the selfishness and greed of baseball players finishing out the final years of their respective careers, Johnny C chimes in at the defense of those players. He feels that the owners are just as much to blame for bringing older players aboard as the players’ last-ditch effort to prolong the inevitable.

This week’s segment of Higher or Lower exposes the possibility that the Mets could very well be closer to the lowly Washington Nationals than the first-place Phillies at season’s end. As the show runs longer than expected due to Tommy Romero’s phone going dead (Romero has to bite his lip and call from a land-line). He then redeems himself by indulging the audience with a pleasant trip to Huntington Park, the home of the Cleveland Indians’ Triple-A affiliate, the Columbus Clippers. With the Buffalo Bisons in town, Nick Evans goes 1-for-3 and Wilson Valdez gets ejected for arguing a call at second base. After 52 minutes the show finally comes to a close.

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