OFFENSE SCORES ENOUGH FOR BULLPEN TO HOLD

FINALLY, the offense wakes up. Losing to the Braves and Nats without any offense and the bullpen stumbling and bumbling, is a complete embarrassment. Two teams that really are bad and should be easy pickins. Anderson Hernandez is making that trade look bad for the Mets! This guy never hit like this for the Mets! But then again, what trade ever seems to work out for the Mets? Mike Piazza's trade was probably the one and only great trade!
I cannot believe Heilman was brought in again. He did not get anyone out again! This guy is finished. I wish the Mets would realize this!
Lets hope Johann comes up big tonite!
It always amazes me how the teams like Atlanta and Washington play the Mets hard and look like champs and then they play the Phillies and look like chumps.
Mike Gonzalez the Braves reliever looked like Cy Young against the Mets and then chokes against the Phillies.
What really gets me is that the guys that seem to get the big hits in these games are the guys with .240 and lower batting averages. If everyone else can get these guys out, how come this supposed championship level team cannot? Then our big salary guys strike out when the game is on the line? We make these September callup pitchers look like heros!
It's always the same old story. I am not feeling very confident about the rest of the season. The Mets would be lucky to go .500 the rest of the way. The one good thing is that the Brewers had a similar collapse last year and are fading this year too!
So, it looks like the wild card may be backed into! Then there is the Astros, Cardinals and Marlins all looming for a collapse of the Mets and Brewers!

ARE YOU KIDDING? WHY DO THE METS CONTINUE TO USE HEILMAN?

Why on earth does Jerry Manuel continue to put this guy in when the game is on the line? Up 7-5 in the 6th? I knew when he came in what was going to happen!
STOP USING HIM!
Now on the bright side Carlos Beltran and David Wright came through last night and the offense was hitting on all cylinders! And the rest of the bullpen has been great lately!
I can feel that things are different from last year. Winning against the Nats when they needed to this time! The starting pitching needs to do a little better in case the offense starts to falter again!
A weekend at home against the hated Braves. Chipper's (LARRY!) last trip to Shea!
How times are different. The Braves are having an off year so this is the Mets chance to put some more distance between them and the Phillies. The Phillies have the Brewers at home this weekend, so either way that goes, it doesnt hurt the Mets. If the Brewers win, the Mets are better off in the division race. If the Phillies win the Mets are helped out in the Wild Card race!
So we will see how things go!

BIG WIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT, DELGADO & SANTANA SHINE!

Sunday nights game against the Phillies was huge for the Mets. Carlos Delgado and Johan Santana came though in the clutch! It looked like the Phillies were going to get off to a big start in the first inning, but Santana shut the door and only allowed one run!
Then, the turning point had to be Charlie Samuel arguing a catcher's interference call that allowed David Wright to go to first! He got himself thrown out of the game. What on earth was he arguing about? and enough to get himself thrown out? was it worth it Charlie? It seemed to incite the crowd which in turn seemed to get the Mets going. Hits by the Carlos' put the Mets up 3-1 and they never looked back. The Phillies got to 3-2 but Carlos Delgado hit two monster home runs and made it 5-2. Eventually each team go another run for a final of 6-3. The bullpen again looked great! The continue to do a great job without Billy Wagner (now thats another story). It looks like it will be bullpen by committee for the rest of the year? Let's hope Aaron Heilman is not part of that mix!
Two games coming up against the Nats this week? These are games the Mets have to win. No ifs ands or buts!

Mets Cruise, Sweep Brews!

It looks like the offense is on all cylinders now and with the callups from the minors, the bullpen has gotten a boost. Ayala replacing Heilman seems to be working out fine!
This sweep of Milwaukee and the road trip of 6-2 should have the Mets confidence up going into a huge series against the hated Phillies. If they can take 2 or 3 of the games this weekend, things could be looking very good. Anything less and things are tight all over again!
Lets hope Tropical Storm Hannah does not interfere with this weekend! The last thing the Mets need is something like storm to slow them down!