The Taste of Victory

I never get over the joy of beating the Braves. To sweep in Atlanta and watch them wallow in suckiness is a beautiful thing. Even after the Mets almost gave the game away twice in the end. To watch Bobby Cox, Larry and the gang in frustration as their team gets swept by the hated Mets in Atlanta never disappoints. Even if they have been a bad team going on 4 years now. It doesn't get old.

Thoughts on some players mindsets.

“When you win, you have energy and passion,” David Wright told reporters yesterday. “When things aren’t going so well, it’s easy to pick apart things like that. We’ve got a good team. We’ve got good guys on this team. We’re well-prepared. We’re intense. When you win, that’s a plus - and when you lose, you start looking for reasons why.”

While I like to see David lash out a bit, let's not get carried away. They have won two games against a below average team with two of the lesser pitchers on that team. They still left gobs of men on base and couldn't put away a guy barely getting by who had 80 pitches thru three innings. So let's not act like all of a sudden the team now HAS the edge, grit, or whatever you want to call it that they have been lacking because they had a nice, short series in Atlanta. Just keep winning, grinding and I'd prefer to keep it shut for a while on how your team is intense. How about taking 16 out of 20, then we'll start believing in your intensity.

The reason why it's hard to believe what David says about his team:
“I think we made a really good move,” Perez told reporters before yesterday’s game. “I wasn’t doing my job as a starting pitcher.

Fantastic...glad to see Ollie thinks "we" made a really good move by moving him into a position of ZERO consequence while he earns 12 MILLION DOLLARS this year. Did he really have a say in this decision? This attitude blows. How about going off on the whole situation and stating that it's a disaster and you are disgusted with yourself and the whole scenario. That the bullpen is the last place that you belong and that you know you are a front of the line starter???? Nope. Ollie thinks it's a good move.

This is part of the culture of this team that makes it very hard to root for them. Delgado's gaff last night...wow. Again, just another part of this team not finishing things off. All that drop showed was a lack of intensity until the final out. Wake up Delgado! That being said, it was great to see Frankie stay focused and close the game out against the Braves best hitter and Mets killer Chipper Jones. What I like about K-Rod is that while he is a showboat and emotional, he seems to know how to keep it in control and feed off of his adrenaline. That's a great thing. The bullpen looks solid outside of Feliciano and Green. A+ to Parnell.

Phillies tonight. Johan > Park...you've got to like our chances. I'm going to the ballpark to watch Santana lay it out. Can't wait. Been sick for last few days and just feeling better today. I expect a full relapse after boozing it up celebrating an ass kicking of the Phils. I like tomorrow with Pelf getting on roll against Moyer as well. This is where the Mets can really make a move. Pull off these two and take 5 out of 6 from our division. Win baby...just win.