HEY METS FANS ... SOME OF YOU NEED TO RELAX

When I got up this morning, last night's loss was still fresh on my mind. I had not seen the game, but started listening to it on the radio when the Mets rally began in the bottom of the 5th Inning. Up until last season I would not have been captivated by what I believed to be the appearance of a comeback, but with this team, with this mix of players, at this moment, I have come to believe, yes believe, that there is almost always a chance of a come back, that is until Jerry "By The" Manuel feels the need to fiddle with what is working during a game.

I was only able to listen until the start of the 9th Inning for something more pressing had to be taken care of, then sitting in my car with the windows down during a warm Summer's evening on The Island listening to a ball game ... yeah I know ... not much out there these days that could be better than that .. it made me miss the voice of Bob Murphy.

But I digress ...

So I start my day this morning running around town taking care of errands, while scanning through the few Sports Talk Radio Stations that exist here in New York when I stop at one when I hear the focus is about the Mets. As the personality is talking about last nights game he puts on a caller.

Don't remember the callers name, but he begins to talk about Mike Pelfry and his worries that The Pelf is just the same old Pelf, and that aside, the caller continues on about how he could not understand why he, Pelfry, reacted to the bad call and seemed to allow it to affect his performance for the rest of his start. "I mean, these guys have been in the sport most of their lives, can't they get beyond that, the bad calls and move on." Just paraphrasing here.

Well, Mr. Caller, let me ask you something. Most of us have been at our job for years, (that is unless you have been affected by the present economic climate, if so, my prayers are with you), we are adults, and we get paid to do a job. Yet, every once in a while someone, or some situation, at work gets our goat, and we go on a tear, a rant. We complain about our inept boss, (as we fans have been complaining about our inept Manager and GM), or that co-worker who never gets anything right and makes our job even that much more difficult. I mean hey, we have been in the job force for a long time, why haven't you learned to adapt, adjust, just get over it, etc.?

Simple - we are all human and have our bad days. It was expected for The Pelf was to have his one or two bad games. It just took him longer than expected to have this one. I have confidence in him that his next outing will turn out differently. So, you fans out there that just jump on a player at the first sign of a bad game ... you all need to just chill and look at the bigger picture. It's not like he's playing like Jason Bay.

Hey Pelf ... looking forward to your next start ... it should be a good one.

Oh, and why the Alyssa Milano pic ... seemed less depressing than the ones I was scanning through from what seemed to be a near brawl at home plate to a uncharacteristic shot of The Pelf with his head down. Hey, she's also much easier on the eyes don't you think? Besides, she's a fan, and during my recent trip to Shea ... sorry ... CitiField, I noticed that there is a Touch Boutique of hers in the stadium. The Boutique has some really cool item made specifically for the female Mets fan. At the same game Taylor Tears and Shawna were both wearing these really cool looking NY Mets logo necklaces.

One more thing I do not get, while researching for the links there was no direct website for Milano's Touch line. It is spread throughout different sources. It is not difficult to show all items available in one place, then have a zip code search to find a retailer near you that sells the product. Also, the site could list the different online only sources as well. Not a rant ... Just a thought.