Just a nod to the great headline on the back page of this morning's Newsday.
This briefing is going to be, well, brief because I'm running late on my way downtown to the Grand Hyatt, where the All-Stars will be available all day. Billy Wagner was joking last night that all of the dumb questions would be turned over to his sons to answer. I think he was joking anyway.
As you can imagine, the Mets were in a great mood following the 7-0 smackdown of the Rockies, who had one foot out the door before Mike Pelfrey threw his first pitch. Regardless, that's nine straight heading into the break -- the best first-half finish in Mets' history -- and I've never seen players so anxious to get back to work. In a sense, they really didn't want this break right now. Not when they've been waiting nearly four months to play at this level.
My colleague Ken Davidoff checks in this morning with last night's lovefest at Shea, otherwise known as the Happiest Place on Earth. The crowd actually did the Wave last night. After seeing the bitterness earlier this year, I was shocked. Read Rod Boone on another outstanding job by Pelfrey -- manager Jerry Manuel suggested he could "leapfrog" other members of the rotation. I'm assuming he wasn't talking about Johan Santana, but Big Pelf, after six in a row, has been more like Huge Pelf lately. Even Fernando Martinez,who has yet to make it to Shea, grabbed some of the Futures spotlight over in the Bronx yesterday. Adam Ronis was there to chat with F-Mart.
Last but not least, it seems that Luis Castillo will be grabbing some pine when he returns from the DL. Manuel absolutely loves -- LOVES -- Damion Easley at second base and that double play he turned last night after picking that low throw from David Wright only reinforced that man-crush. Sorry, Luis.
Comments (7)
Fantastic job by the Mets. Let's see who has negative comments now.
We had an insurmountable lead late last year, and were greeted with one of the most embarrassing collapses ever. Mets fans can understandably still be nervous, and we have no right to be "Cocky" right now. Negative and Leary are two different things. "Show us".
People like the Fire Omar guy are not nervous or leery, they're just morons who have probably had that same negative attitude for years. They make it such a horrible environment to even be a fan.
I went to the game last night .... It was great one of the best games in a long time. Pelfrey was Amazing and the Fans were at there best ..... The entire stadium did the wave 2 times it was one of the most amazing things i have seen at a baseball game ..... what a team
Fire Omar was right about one thing; Castillo.
would love to see Fernando Martinez up soon - why not? Church will be back in RF, but who will be in LF? Pagan? Chavez?
Hey Fire Omar, get a life. Then get off of our blog. Go over to the Stankees blog and go bother them.
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