WOW! I Don't Believe My Eyes ... or Dillon Gee's Got My Vote

As I am writing this Tim Byrdak is closing the ninth inning for Dillon Gee and just stuck the the first batter, Neil Walker, OUT! It still amazes me, no pun intended, that Gee was allowed to pitch through the eighth. That is baseball as I remember it, the pitchers doing great, let him finish what he started. I would have liked to have seen Gee finish up, but as it is, since following the game online, I do not know if it was Gee's decision, or Collins'. Either way, I'll accept it.

Just received a text from a fellow Mets fan responding from my earlier text that I could not believe that Gee was still in the game with the Mets so far ahead ... he responded "I like that. This is all of a sudden a fun team to watch!" and I could not agree more. These past few weeks have been fun. OK, so they did not come back to win it the other night, but at least they came back, and that is something that under the last GM and Managers was something that was a rarity. Still chilled of the days of Jerry Manuel actually stating the defeatist attitude. With Sandy Alderson and Terry Collin you cannot help but feel the optimism. It does seem to have an effect on the younger players, they do not seem jaded and defeated even when the team is in a hole. Now, they have the drive to fight back. That never say die attitude. Something that has been missing from this team for a while. It is infectious, so much so, that the it even seems to be spreading to the veterans who at one time seemed to be happy just getting by.

Think about this ... even with Santana, Wright, and Davis out, this team still seems to be moving in the right direction ... dare we say it? Let alone think it? and to those in the media .. why not? what makes your opinion better the ours? The fans? As far as I can see, not much.

Oh, and as for Dillon Gee ... as of tonight he is (7-0) with the Mets defeating the Pirates (8-1) ... forget All-Star .. he has my vote for the Cy Young Award ..... when he pitches, it is like fire igniting this team ...