Mets Sweep Puts Them at the Heart of the Citi
The Happy Recap: Mets 7, Dodgers 3 - First Place!
After sweeping the Dodgers and finishing up a 9-1 home-stand (their best in 20 years), we're starting to see Met hats being worn from the streets of New York, the Strip on Las Vegas, and even on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.
THE GOOD: It's been since 1995 that the Mets last swept LA - and it's always nice to welcome Joe Torre back to town. Ike Davis has completely energized this Mets team, today going 2 for 4 with another RBI. David Wright had another good day at the plate, as did Jeff Francoeur (2 rbi), Angel Pagan (2 run triple), and Alex Cora (rbi double). Best news of all was that most of the Mets scoring came with two outs. That's big, and very "early season" un-Met like.
John Maine had by far his best start of the season and got credit for the victory for his 6 innings of work. Fernando Nieve and Pedro Feliciano did admirable jobs getting the game to KRod who struck out the side to end it. (of course it wasn't as easy as that - he threw 23 pitches, walked one and gave up a hit in the inning).
Today was just another total team victory and we're seeing a lot of that lately. Even the most optimistic Met fan out there (and we know you're there) couldn't have hoped for a 10-game stretch of baseball that we're seeing from this team. I for one, am enjoying it all while it lasts.
THE BAD: Granted the Dodgers are woefully bad. But the real bad news is that the homestand is over. Now the Mets travel to Philadelphia for a big 3-game series with (dare I say it) confidence and a first place swagger that we haven't seen since Carlos Beltran took that called third strike.
THE UGLY: Was today "bring a hotdog wrapper to the ballpark" day? What's with all the debris flying around the infield, the pitcher's mound, the outfield, and all the junk lying at the warning track?!? I mean really, folks, deposit your garbage in the proper receptacles rather than just throwing it on the floor. Guess what? When the wind picks up, it makes for ugly viewing on TV. With all the garbage I saw floating around today, I could have sworn I was back in the Bronx.
THE PULSE of the GAME
After sweeping the Dodgers and finishing up a 9-1 home-stand (their best in 20 years), we're starting to see Met hats being worn from the streets of New York, the Strip on Las Vegas, and even on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.
THE GOOD: It's been since 1995 that the Mets last swept LA - and it's always nice to welcome Joe Torre back to town. Ike Davis has completely energized this Mets team, today going 2 for 4 with another RBI. David Wright had another good day at the plate, as did Jeff Francoeur (2 rbi), Angel Pagan (2 run triple), and Alex Cora (rbi double). Best news of all was that most of the Mets scoring came with two outs. That's big, and very "early season" un-Met like.John Maine had by far his best start of the season and got credit for the victory for his 6 innings of work. Fernando Nieve and Pedro Feliciano did admirable jobs getting the game to KRod who struck out the side to end it. (of course it wasn't as easy as that - he threw 23 pitches, walked one and gave up a hit in the inning).
Today was just another total team victory and we're seeing a lot of that lately. Even the most optimistic Met fan out there (and we know you're there) couldn't have hoped for a 10-game stretch of baseball that we're seeing from this team. I for one, am enjoying it all while it lasts.
THE BAD: Granted the Dodgers are woefully bad. But the real bad news is that the homestand is over. Now the Mets travel to Philadelphia for a big 3-game series with (dare I say it) confidence and a first place swagger that we haven't seen since Carlos Beltran took that called third strike.
THE UGLY: Was today "bring a hotdog wrapper to the ballpark" day? What's with all the debris flying around the infield, the pitcher's mound, the outfield, and all the junk lying at the warning track?!? I mean really, folks, deposit your garbage in the proper receptacles rather than just throwing it on the floor. Guess what? When the wind picks up, it makes for ugly viewing on TV. With all the garbage I saw floating around today, I could have sworn I was back in the Bronx.
THE PULSE of the GAME
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