10. Hey, whata ya want? We're on strike, aren't we?

9. Saving themselves for the November stretch run

8. Turns out spending millions on over-the-hill players bad idea

7. Someone spooked the bats

6. When your favorite loses on "American Idol," suddenly baseball doesn't seem so important

5. Not an excuse, but "Mets" spelled backwards is "stem"

4. We're not that good

3. It's impossible to compete with large market teams like Montreal and Kansas City

2. When Tiger Woods gets the lowest score, nobody complains!

1. We're groggy from West Nile virus