Road Warriors

The Mets entered this road trip with something to prove. Going into a brief respite against an upcoming difficult schedule, the Mets took 5 out of 6 on these past two series taking 2 of 3 from the Buccos (They should have swept them) and sweeping the lowly Nats capped off by an 8-2 drubbing. The Mets sure seem to know what their doing outside of Shea. The Mets are 38-26 on the road this season, best in the Majors. Beltran especially shows some serious power numbers on the road hitting 17 HRS away from Shea to a mere 7 HRs at home. Since returning from the DL 9 games ago, Beltran has hit 5 hrs and has 13 RBI's. Wright seems to be hitting everything thrown near him recently, (if its not thrown near him he usually walks. Wright is batting over .450 in the month of August and is making a furious run at NL MVP after asserting himself as a true team leader.

Whats the deal with all the injuries? First Endy then Alou, then Gomez then Lo Duca, Castro and the list never seems to end. Well as we got Alou back last week, Easely looks to be out for a while. He suffered a severe ankle sprain trying to stop sliding into second base Saturday Night. Endy has started playing Single A ball and should return back to the team soon. For the time being the mets have brought up Anderson Hernandez. The problem is who will be the Mets right handed bat off the bench. With the 40 man rosters on the horizon the Mets will have to hold on until the the rosters are increased. But the playoffs are a concern, As Marlon, Endy, Gotay all hit better from the left side of the plate. The mets may need to acquire someone off waivers. Jeff Connine maybe?

- Hats off to Jose Reyes for being the first infielder in the history of baseball to steal 60 bases in three consecutive seasons.
- Carlos Beltran has won National League Player of the week.
- Jorge Sosa has been spectacular out of the pen with a 2-0 record and a 1.88 ERA in 14 1/3 inning of relief work.
- El Duque has been spectacular this season. The Mets have won 10 out of his last 11 starts and have been 15-6 in his starts this season.
- Willie needs to stop using Mota especially on the road (he has a 7.89 road ERA). He is making too many mistakes and the Amazins cannot afford any bullpen failures heading into October.


Big Series coming up Padres, Dodgers, Phillies and Braves. Time to show why the Mets have the best record in the NL and the largest division lead in baseball. Its about time.

I usually hate saying the word Chipper

Call it a chip off the block, a chip shot, a chip and dale, no matter how you put it Chip Ambres first career hit as a Met was a enormous one(and by the way he said he did it for his dad). In just his third AB as an Amazin, he bounced one through Nomar (seemingly the only ball that got past Nomar on Sunday) to give the Mets a 5-4 lead, the teams first lead of the game and one which would allow the Mets to take 3 of 4 from the Dodgers, take 4 out of 7 on this supposed dreaded road trip where many critics were predicting the Mets were going to lose their NL East supremacy, and once again establishing the Mets as the best team in National League. In one run games this season the Mets are now a startling 14-5 much of which can be attributed to Billy's effectiveness and teams never say never attitude. Heilman looked amazing on Sunday, boosting his trading stock or even more important solidifying an unhittable bullpen with him,Smitty, and Feliciano, setting up for the Sandman.

Who should be batting in the two hole? Milledge,Gotay, or Lo Duca.
The case for Lo Duca is simple. Last season he was one of the main catalysts for the Mets seeing a lot of fastballs in the two spot. The mets were the best team in the National League with Reyes and Paulie always on base. This season while Paulie has struggled batting .265 with just 5 HRs and 27 RBIs(Perhaps because hes not in the two hole)ist easy to see why Willie has looked elsewhere. Lo Duca, no matter how much difficulty he has faced at the plate this season, still refuses to Strikeout as he strikes out just 1 out of every 14 plate appearances, good for second in the league behind Juan Pierre.
Ruben Gotay has recently been handed the Mets starting second base position, a promotion which has long been overdue. He is batting .346 with 4 HRs and 16 RBIs with an OBP of .366 in just 47 games. He has made an immediate impact at the plate while struggling a bit in the field. He is slugging a whopping .495 for such a little guy and has made Mets fans completely forget he has Royals blood. Gotay looked lost at the plate, however, when he was in the Eight hole on Sunday, and since he was given the starting job. To me, at least right now, it looks like he has a case of the Endy's ( A great reserve/role player who when starts every day struggles somewhat compared to his previous success).
This is why the best option for the Mets in the two hole is Lastings Milledge. Boy this kid can play. The five tool wonder that Steve Phillips and Jim Duquette couldnt trade away for nothing is finally blossoming. He has the new haircut to go along with the new attitude. And while hes only been up for 12 games, the two spot will provide him with a plentiful of fastballs which he should be able to handle as it is finally time for him to shine. He said he was bred to be a Major League baseball player since he was nine. Well, its time Lastings. Bust out the whooping stick. Its time for the Mets to make the World Series and you need to fill that two hole. Now the obvious question is well Alou is scheduled back this week. Where will he play? With Alous injuries hell need to rest more then usual. And Shawn Green has hit the recent double play streak where he cant hit lefties. So Milldege will be out there regularly whether hes in Green's spot or in Alou's, Its time for Willie to let him hit.

As for this week, The mets play seven games at home vs the Pirates and the Nats. We need to take at least 5 out of 7 ..So tell Paulino not to show.

On a side note, Buster Olney reports that Kyle Drabek, the Phillies' No. 1 pick in last years draft, is out for the rest of this year and will undergo Tommy John surgery this week. Haha..poor philthies.

Clutch Hitting

Taken directly from a post by Anthony De Rosa at Metsblog today:


2 outs, RISP

Batting Average / On Base Percentage
Jose Reyes - 2007 : .218 / .368 | Career : .295 / .377
Paul Lo Duca - 2007 .186 / .255 | Career : .282 / .369
Carlos Beltran - 2007 : .118 / .250 | Career : .275 / .372
David Wright - 2007 : .178 / .339 | Career : .265 / .381
Shawn Green - 2007 : .310 / .444 | Career : .234 / .361
Carlos Delgado - 2007 : .174 / .296 | Career : .250 / .422
Ruben Gotay - 2007 : .333 / .429 | Career : .250 / .314
Jose Valentin - 2007 : .136 / .296 | Career : .247 / .360
Ramon Castro - 2007 : .429 / .467 | Career : .205 .379

Late & Close
(plate appearances in the 7th or later with the batting team tied, ahead by one, or the tying run at least on deck.)

Batting Average / On Base Percentage
Jose Reyes - 2007 : .244 / .370 | Career : .268 / .335
Paul Lo Duca - 2007 .195 / .267 | Career : .252 / .315
Carlos Beltran - 2007 : .121 / .375 | Career : .262 / .340
David Wright - 2007 : .340 / .400 | Career : .319 / .403
Shawn Green - 2007 : .286 / .333 | Career : .273 .352
Carlos Delgado - 2007 : .200 / .265 | Career : .253 / .363
Ruben Gotay - 2007 : .385 / .385 | Career : .236 / .281
Jose Valentin - 2007 : .158 / .238 | Career : .225 / .303
Ramon Castro - 2007 : .143 / .300 | Career : .188 / .252

L-millz….Trading in the Bling for Cleats

Great series against Cincy…its awesome to see gems by recently struggling tommy g and oliver perez straight off the dl…perhaps even more encouraging though has been the call up of the seemingly new and matured lastings milledge, L-millz for those of you more familiar with the rap industry than baseball…watching from the stands in the first game of the series, I was already aware of the call up as a result of Julio’s excruciating but very necessary goodbye.. however, I was astonished to see the new milledge..maybe I didn’t notice the changes back in the three games he played in early april, but totally gone was the Edgerrin-James-like locks and that shiny cross around his neck…milledge was introduced to loud cheers, but not nearly as loud as the ovation he received after scoring the game winning run in the eighth inning that night…only two nights later Lastings would account for the game winning run again as he would single home the difference in a 2-1 Mets victory…even in the 8-4 loss, Lastings looked great with a homer….no fan high fives though…and today a 1 for 3 effort which included a two run double to break a tie in the fifth…look I don’t know if its Ricky Henderson’s advice or manny-d’s, lastings boy and rap partner but whatever the hell it is, keep it up millz…curious when shea is gonna start playing Lastings song ‘bend ya kneez’ for his at-bats…I can definitely see it…. NOW BATTING, THE LEFT FIELDER LASTINGS MILLEDGE….’I said turn around spread ya legs bend ya kness and touch your toes…collect my money and go this ain't monolopy’…whatever, it could work…show your support to my man Lastings at his rap site http://www.souljaboirecords.com/....

So number 10,000 finally came tonight…I got home just in time to watch on ESPN the cardinals defeat the philthies for the philthies 10,000th franchise loss, a first ever in any sport…fun to watch…10-2…as if the cardinals were trying to rub it in or something with each run representing 1,000 losses …glad they didn’t score 11, 13, or 25..wow 10,000 … we shouldnt make fun though… just like the philthies, the Mets one day will lose their 10,000th game as a franchise….just one difference… were 6370 losses away.... in honor of this amazing milestone, I will pay tribute to one of the mets’ biggest rivals by posting some of my favorite quotes from phillies history demonstrating how much they suck…props to sports illustrated for the quotes..

July 29, 1921
‘Not anymore. I’ve been traded to the Giants.’
----Casey Stengel, gimpy-kneed phillies outfielder when asked if his leg was still hurting him. Told of the trade during a rain delay, Stengel elatedly proceeded out to the field, half-clothed, and started to circle the bases, sliding into each base.


September 24, 2000
‘On Fan Appreciation Day, my tires were slashed.’
-----Terry Francona, former phillies manager


June 15, 2007
‘If we have 10,000 losses and 8800 victories, that means we’re only a hundred and something wins away from reaching the .500 mark.’
----Charlie Manuel, arithmetically challenged phillies manager

Cant wait for win number 300 for glavine…

---the boss

Some Tips from the master

And the Midseason Awards goes to

The Team's MVP: Jose Reyes - The Mets surely go as Jose runs. Its been amazing to watch the tremendous improvment in Jose's game as he is growing up in front of our eyes. Remember a time when he would swing at pitches out of the strikezone and never walk (a la Carlos Gomez). Well, now he leads the team in walks, 47 at the break with 10 of those being intentional passes. The press will constantly hound him for his lack of extra base hits this season but I dont care because I know hell take second anyway, its free right?. Besides leading the team in Triples (9) and in batting average (.307) and in OBP (.387), He leads the majors in SB with 46 and was the fastest Met ever to reach the 30 SB plateau in a season. All this added together means that the second half of the season will only come along with more chants of Jose,Jose, Jose, Jooooooooose, Joooooooooose. In addition I would like to add a new chant taken from a certain Mike Jones. It goes like this John Kruk..Hanley Who?

The Team's Cy Young: John Maine - The maine mane who has quickly elevated himself to the ace status on the ballclub. Who would have thought the Orioles would have produced such a talent outside of Bedaaaaaaard. His stats dont's lie: the maine event was 10-4 with a 2.71 ERA good for best in Wins and fourth best ERA in the NL. Can someone please tell me how he didnt make the All Star team oh right I remember now because La Russa's a drunk, makes sense. He leads the team in K's with 93 and his OBA is a mere .285 versus the nasty righty. And on a side note why has the world crowned Cole Hammels the next up and coming ace in the NL. Can I say it any louder. JOHN MAINE!!!! Here's a brief comparison:
Career: Hamels - 41 starts 19-12 3.91 ERA 1.234 WHIP
Maine - 41 starts 18-13 3.74 ERA 1.239 WHIP
Season: Hamels - 18 starts 10-4 3.72 ERA 1.218 WHIP
Maine- 17 starts 10-4 2.71 ERA 1.147 WHIP

Rolaids Relief Pitcher: Pedro Feliciano - With all due respect to Billy Wagner who has blown just one save this year. Pedro Feliciano has asserted himself as the dominant Pedro on the team. He's no one year wonder, he is the real deal and when Sanchez and Padilla come back next year our bullpen is going to be straight up unstoppable. Including the post-season, he has not allowed a run in 90 percent of his appearances dating back to the start of last season. Left-handed hitters are batting, get this, .087 against him. So Im pretty sure if he was throwing a beach ball lefties still couldnt hit him. Sorry Ryan and Chase.

Youngest Stud: Joe Smith - Now dont get me wrong, I cant wait for Gomez and F-Mart to come up. But Joe Smith is 23 years old and was drafted last year. Now under his belt is 40 career games and has given up just 11 runs giving him an ERA of 2.75. He started the season with 15 straight appearances without giving up a run. Now let me get this straight..Do you know what Chad Bradford's doing this season? Neither do I and I sure dont care.

Golden Globe Award: David Wright - How could you not give the Golden boy this honor. He is the poster boy for the best team in NY. Along with Reyes, are the strongest left side of the infield in all of baseball..for the next twenty years. So he got off to a cold start. After April, he has been tearing the cover off the ball. He has 16 HR and 51RBI's. His OBP is .373 and leads the team in slugging percentage with .506. Basically Davey's awesome and I love him for life.

Samson Award: Shawn Green - Keep the long locks buddy
Invisible Man: Moises Alou - Where have you gone? Lefties are killing us.
Richest Person in the Neck: Carlos Beltran - So rich, so much potential, suck a great last season, time for a big second half surge..earn that paycheck.
Over the Hump: Tom Glavine - Tommy needs to get to that 300 win and then hell be able to roll..Youre almost there ..keep the faith
Bermuda Triangle award: Carlos Delgado - Stop trying to be Julio Lugo and wake up. We need you and your 35 HRs and 120 RBIs
Most Potential to replace Maine as the Mets Ace: Oliver Perez - Peterson Project..enough said.
Please Retire : Julio Franco - Will he ever pull a ball ever again?
Totally Insane and Awesome award: Paul LoDuca - Captain Red-Ass himself is firery as ever
Should be starting at second base: Ruben Gotay - Willie are you blind stop being Joe Torre
and Lastly Cult Hero: Endy Chavez - He will forever be engraved in a Mets fans heart.

If you have any ideas for any other Met awards let me know.

The Maine Man

June is over..I repeat, June is over..No more losing series the rest of the season..arite boys...sounds good. The Mets ended the month winning three straight series against good teams well maybe except the phillies who look like a shell of "the team to beat in the NL East". Sorry Jimmy, not only are you not going to the All star game for the fifth time (maybe you should stop trying to hit homeruns and put the ball on the ground some more..your a leadoff hitter for crying outloud) but your sad excuse for a franchise is now 5 games back of the boys in orange in blue and 4 games back of that 10,000th franchise loss, a game that will remain in futility, or maybe thats infamy..Im not sure..Either way, the Mets looked(scratch that) the Mets were dominant in the first three games of the series against the phillies.. The starting pitching, the hitting, the bullpen, it was like a book of poetry..Even Schoenweiss was able to pitch a scoreless inning keeping his road ERA at a whopping 0.00. I repeat 0.00...memo to Willie dont pitch him in Shea anymore..

Write in John Maine for last man in the NL balloting.. How could the NL have snubbed this guy anymore besides Chris Young, Maine has posted better numbers and a lower ERA then any of the other guys (Roy Oswalt, Brandon Webb, and RHP Carlos Zambrano) on the last man ballot. So granted Smoltz with his big name and worse numbers would have a spot on the team but Hammels (the only reason he made the team is high noteriety as a future star, Maine outduelled him Friday)Fuentes (the guy just blew four games in a row and lost his closers role) and Valverde (seriously?) deffinetly doesnt deserve the Mets Ace's spot. Also the Mets failed on thier attempt to have LoDuca start for the fifth straight year with Martin deservingly so getting the nod and "im an overated brave false hope prospect" Mccan getting the reserve catcher position. But Congrats to Jose, Davey, Billy and Carlos (leading the NL in voting) for making the team with our three position players starting for the second straight year. Last year, the NL infield was the youngest of all time signifying a shift to youth in a better league. Well, this year has even surpassed last year eventhough 3 out of 4 players (Reyes, Wright, and Utley) are the same with just the slimming Fielder replacing the even slimmer Howard. Fielder edges Howard by 10 pounds with listed weights of 262 to 252.

-Its time to get rid of Julio Franco, hes taking up a invaluable roster position and clearly can no longer produce. I was asked who I'd rather have up in a tie game in the Ninth inning Franco or Pat Burrell and i thought for a second and came up with the obvious answer..NEITHER!

- What's happening to our pitching staff again. First Sosa injures his hammy running out a near double play. Now, Ollie might be following suit with a sore back. Cmon guys get this together. A Buherele for Milledge and Heilman may be on the horizon.

- I cant stand listening to Tim Mccarver and Joe Buck butcher a baseball game's broadcast.

- I would've liked the sweep in both the Cardinal series and the Phillies but 2 out of 3 and 3 out of 4 aint bad..Keep truckin boys ..keep trucking

We can breathe a little easier in Flushing becuase A certainly doesnt stand for athletic

Bye-Bye Oakland..Thanks for the visit...come back every 34 years...For anyone who was under a rock this weekend, the Amazin's swept the A's this weekend by a resounding run differential over the three games of 20-3 capped off by a 10-2 wiping of the Athletics on Sunday. This sweep came just in time as the Mets continue this homestand by welcoming in the season long slumping cardinals who are paying thier first visit to Shea since Game 7 last year..Somebody needs to make sure the Molina brothers arent invited to join the festivites as the Mets only series against the Cardinals this season was the road sweep at the start of the 2007 season campaign. But back to the elephant loving A's. This series marked the first home season sweep of this season and the first since last August. Green, who played First base for the first time this season said about the sweep " We're back on Track....Whatever feels normal, and on this team, winning feels normal. ... It never felt normal in all that time ... the three weeks. It just felt hard to win, kind of Twilight Zone-ish." So the twighlight zone is over..and all is well in Queens for now.

Carlos Gomez is simply amazing to watch these days. I know I dont want to send him down when Endy comes back and neither does he apparently. Gomez had two infield singles( boy do I love watching hits that go less then 60 ft) and a double on Sunday as he continues to produce at the bat and in the field. It seems to me that he should be bunting on 50 to 60 % of his atbats until someone figures out how to field against him(hint:its impossible) Gomez isnt shy about this topic either " When Reyes goes to hit, when Gomez goes to hit, the infield thinks, 'I dont know how to play these guys' " Reyes has been quoted saying that Gomez is faster then him( the ML leader in stolen bases). Willie hasnt taken it that far quite yet stating " He just explodes up the line. And he doesn't know how to run properly, Right now he's wild and out of control, he is so fast he almost has to stop before he cuts. One he learns how to run with a rythm he'll be even faster." Well, that's certainly a scary thought. Minaya thinks " He's the fastest I've ever seen to first for a right-handed batter." As for Gomez whose raised his batting average to .277 and is hitting .364 in his last 34 atbats says " I don't want to go back to Triple-A," . Well neither do we Carlos, neither do we. Over the weekend , " SNY's Kevin Burkhardt let Met fans in on why Gomez smells his bat before each time he comes up to the plate. Gomez said he began this ritual when he was younger and he noticed that all the great hitters had some sort of ritual before they came up to the plate and this was his original idea on how to emulate a great hitter. Burkhardt ended by asking Gomez what he was smelling for. Gomez keenly replied, " What else...hits"

John Maine deserves to be in the All Star game. He is now 8-4 with a 2.87 ERA. Maine who says he is not thinkinga bout an All Star nomination has put off speculation of his status as the teams most consistent pitcher "I dont think of myself as an ace," Maine says " I'm one of five starters on this team and that's fine with me." After struggling in the fifth inning a bit on Sunday. Maine faced the same batters in the seventh but the second time he struck out Cust and Stewart and forced a lazy fly out to end the inning. Maine said after the game, " Last year I might have been taken out.. I was throwing alot of strikes with my fastball in the first few innings. They got fastballs, so I came back with something different. Its different this year then last." Maine even recorded his first career RBI on a SacFly in the second inning. Willie who is the manager along with Tony LaRussa at the All Star Game says" I see him growing, he's really determined out there." Well, Willie it looks like the whole team gave a hundered percent on Sunday and now look forward to welcoming the red birds into town.


Some Other Notes from this weekend

-How great was it to see Paul LoDuca blow his lid on apparent correct strike call on Saturday

- On Friday, Delgado seemed to have been swinging at a lot of first pitch strikes and making contact.

- Who wasn't sure that Davey was going to come through in the clutch on Saturday. ( I asked him nicely to end the game in 9 innings so I could celebrate the W out)

- Was that throw by Jack Cust in the 1st inning on Sunday not the worst throw Ive ever seen. And hello where in the World was Shannon Stewart on that one?

What's wrong in Paradise

So since my last post, the Mets have gone 2-4, which i guess is better then the previous wednesday to wednesday where the mets went 1-6. So were moving forward right. Well, not so fast. Every time it seems like the Mets are going to get out of this funk, it seems like they just dig themselves deeper. Going into the Yankees series, the Mets had a chance to redeem themselves for thier horrific June play. It appeared after another stellar performance from Oliver Perez (who has taken upon the role as a big game pitcher. No Met fan should ever forget his performance in last year's postseason added on to the fact that his record against the braves and skanks this season is a sensational 5-0) that the Mets would be in prime position to take the series and once again restore the Mets as the Kings of NY in the midst of the skanks sizzling streak. However, this was quickly halted by some abombs and simply horrendous outings by Glavine and El Duque. Following Monday's dominating victory over the Twins, it appeared once again the Mets would be turning a leaf on this dreadful month,but perrenial Cy Young winner Johan Santana had a different plan. So this week, at least, has restored our faith in Ollie and the Maine man.(who dropped his ERA to an absolutely sick number of 2.90 after his seven and a third innings, one earned run performance)

An issue which has been brought up over this stretch is team chemistry. As far as what I can see and what Ive read, this is not a problem. Most of the team agrees that they have suffered alot of injuries and players have not been stepping up to fill the roles. The difficulty of the Mets schedule in addition to Beltran and Delgado slumping have been other reasons the mets believe they are struggling. But the losing will stop. The Mets still own the NL East lead. And the big boys will produce.

I saw a great Idea on METRADAMUS which I think Mets fans should try out. I think everybody needs to rip the month of June out of their calendars (wall or desk, it doesn't matter), take it to the Shea Stadium parking lot before Wednesday's game, and burn it as a sacrifice to the baseball gods. When doing so, perform the following chant:Bel-tran...bomaye! Bel-tran...bomaye! Bel-tran...bomaye! Bel-tran...bomaye! Bel-tran...bomaye!Why not? Nothing else has worked.Some

Other intresting notes posted by Mets TodayAfter running the count to 3-1, Ruben Gotay is batting .600Jose Reyes hits .158 after the same count. (This can partially be explained by the patience he shows at the plate and his increasing amount of walks he is collecting.Carlos Gomez is 4-for-7 (.571) when hitting on a 1-1 count.

To End on a note from Paulie"Sometimes you just gotta go out there and play, and just know that you’re a team and have the confidence in your team that you’re gonna come out out it"

True New Yorkers Wear Orange and Blue

"…if you keep on doing what you always did, then you will keep on getting what you always got…"Do I look scared? No, not really...this is the same team that was one Beltran choke away from being National League Champions last year and they will turn this little funk around. As David Wright noted," Were playing good teams" right so the mets are in a stretch where every team they are playing is a playoff team from a year ago and is above .500 this year.. But as Paulie (everyone needs to vote for him to make the all star game..hes started several years in a row now..and it would be a shame to let a second year guy from the west coast take his spot) says "Were just not getting it done. Im sick and tired of hearing we're banged up. ( we are starting 7 out of 8 our regulars minus Alou but who knows when hell ever come back and at least we get to see a glimpse of our future in Gomez..And as a shout out to rob..thank the lord Ben Johnson is not on the team anymore.)

Paulie continues " Thats not an excuse. We need to play better then we have, bottom line." How could you not agree with that.. Were just not making plays. And it all starts with the big boys. Beltran and Delgado...Where are you? Somebody please tell where they have been in this drought..Its one thing if they were just in a slump as they both are.. Beltran cant seem to do anything at the plate except ground out to second or strike out.. And well Delgado hell jack one here and there but his batting average with runners in scoring position is below .200..how can we score runs if the boppers arent getting the job done. And thing thats driving me more crazy then anything is when we get a runner on third with less then two outs and we cant get him home..So fine neither our three or four batter in the lineup can hit so at least they would make it up in the field right. Well Beltran has just two assists on the season ..sure you can attribute this to less runners trying to advance because of his arm but from 12 last year..thats a significant decrease.. and it just seems like to me that hes scared of the outfield walls (maybe cause of Cameron) but still when youre getting paid as much as he does this is not an excuse. And delgado well he has never been that nimble in the field..but cmon on that Juan Pierre triple last nite ..he didnt even try ...knock it down big man ..thats all i ask..

So At least Reyes and Wright are hitting and playing field and trying to lead this team out of this hole that they find themselves digging deeper every day..but its ok we still have a two game lead in the NL East..i repeat we still own the National League East..Someone needs to dethrown us before there is a real need for panic. To conclude with god (Wright) himself, " It's not something anybody is panicking about around here. We know that we can hit. We know that we can pitch. We know that we can win. So its a matter of time before we snap out of this." I believe Davey because this is the life of a true met fan..Winning has never come easy for us..But this is our time..our team..and THE SEASON HAS COME