It was a remarkable day in sports yesterday. Both the Jets and Giants won to go 3-0. The Yankees clinched their umpteenth division title and Tiger Woods won the Fed Ex Tournament grand prize even though he finished second this weekend to Phil Mickelson. Oh and let’s not forget our lowly New York Mets whose Pat Misch pitched the first complete game of the season. Not only was it a complete game, it was a shutout too.

Of course it doesn’t matter and nobody cares. You could only be a diehard Mets fan to even notice. I mean seriously, with all the other sports on TV yesterday in the New York Metro area, was there really more than 100 fans tuned into the Mets game at any one time?

This past weekend in Florida, the Mets actually embraced the role of spoiler. That is something they were unable to do against the Phillies and Braves. I give the Mets a B+ in giving the Marlins agita (would have given them an A had they swept). After all, it’s the least the Mets could have done in the wake of the last two seasons.

As you may recall in 2007 and 2008, the Marlins stuck it to the Mets good when they spoiled the Mets last ditch attempt to make the post season on the last game of both seasons. So turnabout is fair play.

With the Phillies and Mets win yesterday, Florida was eliminated from the division. Although the Mets did not actually eliminate the Marlins from the wild card, they certainly dealt them a hefty blow. The Marlins are currently five games back of Colorado with six to play. They must first hop over a red hot Atlanta, who they play three games this week, and hope Colorado collapses. With an elimination number of 2, it would take a miracle at this point.

And what’s with the complete game shutouts over the last three seasons when the Mets face the Marlins for the last time. In 2007, it was John Maine who flirted with a no hitter in the penultimate game of the season. Last year, Johan Santana shut down the Fish with a complete game shutout on a bad knee that required off season surgery. Go figure.

Misch’s shutout was not as impressive as Maine’s or Santana’s but he did battle for nine innings. Give the kid credit. If he was smart he would fake a stomach ache in five days so he can go into the off season on a positive note.

The Mets finish the season with six meaningless contests. They will play three starting tonight in Washington followed by three at Citi Field over the weekend against Houston to close out this disastrous season. The Mets will have to win all six to avoid losing 90 this season. Good luck with that.

Update - My mistake...John Maine pitched 7 and 2/3 shutout ball in 2007. The bullpen completed the game preserving the team shutout.