Step it out, I try to fix it.

I'm going to go out of that hole.

Give me ingredients, I'll fix it.

I can't get moving out of your hole.

Hello and welcome to episode 1740 of Effectively Wild and A-Spot Podcasts and Vangraths presented by our Patreon supporters.

I am Ben Mimberg of the Ringer, my co-host Meg Rally is on vacation, and so once again two guests will fill in for her.

First up is the great David Roth of the Factor.

Last time we talked about the Yankees, the New York team whose playoff fortunes improved dramatically in August.

That was the best of times for one of New York's teams.

Today we'll talk about the worst of times for the New York Mets, who have seen their fortunes fall just as steeply as the Yankees have seen theirs rise.

Not only are they losing a lot, but they're also sort of feuding with fans.

Keep in mind that we recorded this segment before the Mets walked off the Marwens on Tuesday in the continuation of a suspended game from April.

And the hero of that game in the ninth was none other than one of the instigators of that feud Javier Bias, who had an RBI infield single to keep the Mets alive and then scored on a Michael Conforto walkoff.

So at least for a day, I'm sure some of the bad blood stopped boiling.

Bias was predictably booed when he pinched hit in the eighth, but the booze turned to cheers, at least temporarily, in the following inning.

Fans are fickle.

And Conforto said we gotta keep winning, winning is all we want, winning is all the fans want.

We're all pulling in the same direction here.

I can tell you that the guys wanted to win this game about as badly as any other game we've played.

In short, winning cures all.

And as you'll hear shortly, they have many more ills to cure, and they'll need many more wins in a short spin of time to get back to the game.

After that, I will be joined by Ben Clemens of fan graphs to talk about another swift fall.

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