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Lowly Mets having more fun in the clubhouse than on the field

NEW YORK - JULY 12: Gary Sheffield #10

Photo credit: Getty/Jim McIsaac | NEW YORK - JULY 12: Gary Sheffield #10 of the New York Mets celebrates after scoring a run against the Cincinnati Reds on July 12, 2009 at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

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'What do we have to do to win a game?"

That's an actual quote from an actual Met, spoken in frustration this week as this sinking team was in the process of losing three of four to the Braves and two of three to the Nationals.

Everyone knows what losing baseball looks like on the field. But here are a few snapshots of what defeat - or at least a defeatist attitude - looks like before...

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