That wasn't such a chore now, was it?

The Subway Series is typically a no-win situation for the Yankees, and never was that more true than this weekend at CitiField, where a team comprised of professional baseball players met a group of players determined to keep the video staff at Baseball Bloopers Inc. busy for the next several months.

Let's face it, the only way for the Yankees to come out of Queens and feel good about themselves was with a three-game sweep, since the Mets have half their roster on the DL and Johan Santana wasn't taking the mound. With the Mets kicking the ball all over the place all weekend, anything less than a sweep would have been practically impossible; the Benny Hill theme should have played every time they took the field.

It's hard to fault the Mets too much for scoring a grand total of three runs on nine hits over the three games; without Delgado, Reyes and Beltran that lineup might not make it out of the regional round of the Little League World Series. David Wright never met an ankle-high slider he wouldn't swing at, and wonderkid Daniel Murphy (Gregg Jefferies part 2) has a glorious OPS of .676.

Just for a little perspective, CC Sabathia's career OPS is .660.

To Murphy's credit, he was responsible for all of the Yankees offense last night with his less-than-stellar defensive performance. Murphy has been an unmitigated disaster at the two easiest defensive positions (left field and first base) this season, and his decision to try to cut down Derek Jeter at third base with nobody out in the first inning was mind-boggling.

I thought the National League was all about fundamental baseball. William Hulbert must be rolling over in his grave.

Speaking of National League rules, all you need to know about this series is this:

RBI by Yankee pitchers: 2
RBI by the entire Mets lineup: 3

Which brings me to last night's 9th inning, and Mariano Rivera's trip to the plate against K-Rod. I know a lot of people are furious that Rodriguez walked a guy with two career at bats, but Rivera does deserve a little credit for fouling off a 2-2 pitch to stay alive.

Still, nothing beats the feeling of listening to Howie Rose call the 3-2 pitch on WFAN, which sailed far out of the strike zone to hand Rivera his first career RBI and an insurance run the Yankees didn't really need anyway against a lineup that could have batted for two hours against Mariano without scoring a run.

The bottom of the 9th was a mere formality, as Rivera finished up the 500th save of his glorious career without performing a minute-long salsa dance on the mound. A few handshakes, a couple of pats on the back, and that was about it. I guess when you know you're the greatest you don't need to draw attention to yourself when the job is done.

So with the Yankees back to their high-water mark at 11 games over .500, a few more thoughts from the weekend:

-I guess CitiField is only a difficult place to hit home runs if you're wearing orange, black and blue. A-Rod, Swisher and Posada all hit opposite field HRs, and Brett Gardner went deep for only the third time in his career.

-How do you know the Mets offense is a joke right now? Chien-Ming Wang made it into the 6th inning.

-Great to see A-Rod taking the ball up the middle and to the opposite field for the last week or so, that's always the sign that he's feeling good at the plate.

-I guess I can't be too upset about Atlanta's Tommy Hanson shutting down the Yanks last week, since he did the same thing against the Red Sox yesterday.

-If A.J. Burnett had completed a no-hitter on Saturday night, would it have been the worst no-hitter in baseball history? It was more amazing that the Mets actually got a hit than it would have been if they hadn't.

As unbelievable as it may sound given how inconsistent they've been, the Yankees actually have the third-best record in all of baseball after 75 games. They've got 13 games until the All-Star break, I'll sign up for 8-5 right now to head into the break at 51-37.