If Jimmy Rollins Told You to Jump Off a Bridge ...

There have been some pretty dopey baserunning plays in Mets history. And I'm really only thinking of two: Marv Throneberry missing two bases on a triple, and Angel Pagan getting forced off second base after he had already rounded it. I hate to say it, but Josh Thole's tonight is up there on the Mets Baserunning Blooper Mount Rushmore.

Thole, after having been sacrificed to second by R.A. Dickey (who pitched very well on Friday) in the second inning, for some reason mistook Jimmy Rollins' signal of "no need to slide" as, "hey, that's a foul ball." Which begs the question: Why are you listening to anything that anybody in another uniform has to say? Especially Jimmy Rollins! (Not that he intentionally tried to trick him ... he didn't ... but still.) So Thole, after being on second after the sacrifice, ambled on back to first base where he was tagged out for a very interesting double play (which should have been officially scored as something else.)

Thole, at this point thanking his maker that he had the good sense to discontinue his twitter account, was very lucky that this didn't cost the Mets the game, as home runs by Jason Bay and Scott Hairston off of Cliff Lee powered the Mets to a 5-2 victory. That's right: home runs by Jason Bay and Scott Hairston. If the events I just described to you doesn't tell you that Friday the 13th is a day truly run by paranormal forces, then I don't know what else to tell you. The least paranormal thing that happened on Friday the 13th was a ground ball going through Daniel Murphy's legs. That's just normal. (That and the RBI single he got in the first ... that was normal too.)

Bay's home run (again, just for emphasis, came off of Cliff F***ing Lee), landed towards the Powerball sign in right center field. Perhaps this is a sign for us Mets fans that we should play the lottery. I'm feeling that lucky. Thole should be feeling lucky enough to take a year's salary and bet it on 00 at the roulette table.