There's bad baseball, and then there's whatever the Mets are doing to Frank Fleming's blood pressure right now. The Marlins capped a sweep with a walk-off grand slam, and from that moment on, NjTank99 has been on a non-stop tear that has somehow gotten LOUDER as the week has gone on. This isn't a one-off rant — it's a full arc, and the Mets keep handing him fresh ammo.
The immediate post-walkoff check-in on Frank set the tone for everything that followed.
The Mets are not a small-market punching bag. This is a payroll built to win now, which is exactly why losing a series to the Marlins on a walk-off slam feels existential to the fanbase. Jared Carrabis basically waved the white flag the same night, calling it the dumbest game of a season full of dumb games — and that was before the Mets followed it up by getting smoked again the next day.
Frank turning on his own team's young arm with the now-instant-classic 'not an ACE, he's ASS' line.
By Memorial Day weekend, the rants had hardened into a worldview. Frank declared that anyone who accepts losing IS a loser, compared losing to dying, and started openly calling the Mets tone deaf. That last one is the thesis statement of the whole bit — a team this expensive, this disappointing, and this oblivious about it is a perfect heel for a Barstool blogger who lives and dies with every pitch.
Frank's 'the Mets are tone deaf' video, the cleanest distillation of the week-long meltdown.
And then came the kicker. When somebody pointed out the Mets had actually played well against certain teams, Frank had the perfect snarky comeback ready — those happen to be the teams the Mets aren't playing anymore. It's the kind of line that only lands because it's true, which is the worst part for Mets fans. The schedule isn't getting easier, the meltdowns aren't slowing down, and Frank the Tank doesn't look anywhere close to running out of material.
The 'teams the Mets played well against' burn that doubles as the most damning stat of the season.
Those happen to be the teams the Mets played well against
Carrabis is already floating the dreaded big-picture talk and hinting at trade conversations. If that's where the smart Mets voices are landing, Frank's daily rants are about to feel less like comedy and more like the official soundtrack of a lost season. Blow it up may be a meme today. It might be the move by July.