Jets 16, Lions 9

You can't miss a game. You never know what you might see. Maybe something you've never seen before, and might not see again.

The few hundred who hung around at Comerica until the bitter end, and the scattered handfuls who hadn't already turned the game off, got to see, and hear, Don Kelly get the last out. 

Skipper Leyland called on the most versatile Pretender to pitch because David Purcey couldn't get anyone out, he'd all night watched pitchers not get Mets' hitters out, and he didn't want to use Benoit or Valverde for one out while losing 16-9. 

They hit five home runs and lost by seven to a team that didn't hit any home runs. Something else you won't see again in a long time.

The Metropolitans scored 16 times without a gluttonous bat-around and then some inning. Four was the most they scored in any one frame. They did it with one triple, four doubles, and fifteen singles. A collective effort. They all put the yeast in.

Phil Coke lasted three batters into the fifth and gave up eight runs. The once-reliable Coke is now 1-8, and his ERA is almost five. His night was symptomatic of the recent woes Pretender starting pitchers not named Justin Verlander have experienced.

And guess what? There's a day game tomorrow. The only starter who is named Justin Verlander will pitch. His games are already can't-miss baseball.