At least we didn’t open the season against the Braves…

Even the 137-million-dollar-man proved no match for the Braves as they beat the Mets 3-1 today, sweeping the rain-shortened two-game series. What else is new? As usual, the Mets bent over and let the Braves have their way with them and now they’re below .500 on the season. For that matter, my quality of life would be exponentially better if I never had to see our batters face John Smoltz again, thanks. Hopefully ATL continues its losing ways against the rest of the league because it seems that so long as Ollie Perez isn’t going against the Bravos, the Mets don’t have a prayer. But seriously, for $137 million, you would think Johan could throw a complete-game shutout against the Braves, right? And, for the record, John Maine is not going to win 20 games this year, no matter how many of you took him in the first few rounds of your fantasy draft. (Yes, as you may have heard before, spring training stats are worth about as much as the hot air coming out of Isiah Thomas’ mouth.)