In Onion Sports today, the Mets, in an attempt to find some way to reverse their recent struggles, form a 400-foot tall robot named Carlos Voltron.

According to eyewitnesses, before the Mets players completed the complicated procedure, in which they fused their physical selves and combined their talents to form the 20,000-ton robot, manager Jerry Manuel called the team to the dugout, where he commanded them to prepare their interlock systems for activation, connect the appropriate dyna-therms, charge up the infra-cells to full capacity, engage the mega-thrusters, and give it their best out there.

Being the Mets, even the tremendous advantage of being a 20,000 ton robot was not enough to overcome the inevitable Aaron Heilman meltdown.

Meanwhile, defending a comfortable 600-0 lead in the top of ninth, the Mets decided to rest up Carlos Voltron by moving him to the outfield and replacing him with reliever Aaron Heilman, who lost the lead and eventually the game after giving up 618 runs to close the inning.

Hat tip to Mack Williams for the link.