Letters to the NL East, part 2

Letters to the NL East, Part 2 of 5

Dear Lastings Milledge, Paul Lo Duca, and the Washington Nationals,

Ooo, A shiny new ballpark! Now lets see if you can use the revenue that usually comes along with a new ballpark and an increase in attendance to keep it filled for years to come. On paper you look like you might be a little better than last year, improving slowly. Someone has to fill out the bottom of the division, but luckily It looks like you'll easily be able to stay ahead of the Marlins in that regard.

Milledge and Lo Duca, we get it, you don't like how you were treated or the opportunities you were given or not given in New York. Unfortunately, that's life in New York and baseball. Talk all you want in spring, but the season is starting now and it's time for you to stop worrying about New York and start worrying about Washington. Turns out, I actually wanted both of you to stay on the team, but you both had to open your mouths enough to piss off the powers that be, which only hurt the possibility of you sticking around. Now that you're in the political correctness capital of the country, no one's watching you guys to see if you're saying the right things.

Your Former Fan,

Optimistic Mets Fan

a sigh of relief?

Resounding weekend. I left work Friday with the magic number at 9. I arrive at work today and it's at 5. Three Mets wins, and even though it doesn't feel like a winning streak, it still is. It is said that good teams find a way to win, and nothing defines that than a bottom of the 11th featuring Aaron Sele, and Scott Schoeneweis for the save and the third consecutive win, on a day when the Phillies had lost. Delgado has his power stroke, which is the most important part of his game, Wright has another game-winning RBI, Alou is still hitting everything, and somehow, the bullpen's gotten some outs.

Plenty to worry about still, but hopefully they can get these 5 games out of the way, and be able to rest bullpen and injuries the final weekend.

As for the Phillies...I was in Washington DC this weekend to see the final two games of RFK Stadium, against the Phillies. The Nationals are really a bad team, and Saturday was at best 50/50 Nats fans to Phillies fans. Predictably, once the Phillies scored three in the top of the 10th, most of the Nationals fans left. Me and my friend decided to make our way towards the right field part of the stadium to be closer to the stairs we needed to exit from. As we walked around the stadium, each section noticed our Mets stuff, and took the opportunity to yell and boo us. It's an interesting feeling listening to most of the upper deck of a stadium booing you, It was like a wave of boos as we walked around. Of course I got in my "First place!", and "Better luck next year!" yells in, as well as pointing at the Mets score on the out of town scoreboard. Oddly, I didn't hear anything from the Phillies fans on Sunday.

Let's see the Mets come out swinging tonight, picking up that extra half game with the Phillies off, and go into the final 6 games with a decent lead.

The First Stumble

Apr 12, 2007 05:03 PM

The Mets are now 5-3, two games out of first and one day removed from Oliver Perez's Walk-a-thon. The pessimists are all pointing and saying “See? How are we going to compete with starts like this?”, but I'm not panicking. Perez pitched well in game 7 under pressure, he pitched well in the spring and in his first outing this year. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and blame this on the cold. Maine's situation was similar, he struggled with his control, but he kept it manageable. This was a lot like how he pitched last year; struggling and then getting out of it. I have confidence that they'll both improve over the course of the season. It will be interesting to see how Pelfrey does on Friday, but I think he's ready to make an impact. The Mets bats started out well, but now they seem to have lost that groove, but only fools think that they're suddenly not going to be able to hit. Atlanta won't stay this hot, and the Mets are not going to struggle like this for long. If anything can get the Mets hitting going strong, it's the upcoming series against Washington Nationals pitching.