SWEPT

Wow, the Mets got swept for the first time this season! The Red Sox outplayed them three nights in a row - it's as simple as that.

But don't be fooled, they've got plenty left for the series against the Yankees that starts tomorrow night in the Bronx. And I'll be there - courtesy of a friend who is connected enough and unavailable enoungh himself to have had four tickets for the best show in town to pass on to a surprised and happy English convert to baseball.

I hope I won't be too conspicuous in my Martinez shirt as I know they're not too keen on Mets fans in the House that Ruth built, but I figure there'll be enough of us there for me to melt into the crowd.

Forget the Boston debacle - tomorrow is another day!