The New York Times's Pat Borzi examines Jose Lima and his two bad starts for the Mets and seems to think that Lima is blaming them on everybody but himself.
Lima claimed the plate umpire, Rick Reed, did not give him a called third strike on a borderline 2-2 pitch to Rickie Weeks in the fifth with a man on second and two out. In his first start, last Sunday against Atlanta, Lima accused the umpire Ángel Hernández of not giving him the corners because he was not John Smoltz, his opponent. Lima walked Weeks, then gave up a hard single to Bill Hall after falling behind, 3-1.
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