Ok, so the Mets won yesterday, in what looked like the definition of a "get out of town" game for the A's, who lost a 13-inning rain-delayed game the night before, and had to wait out another delay of more than two hours to play the rubber game of the series. Good job, Mets!
It's been fun to watch the press coverage of the team for the first portion of this season, as the reporters have been quick to kneejerk. Every losing streak means a fire sale is just around the corner, and every winning streak means THE METS ARE BACK BABY.
Now it seems that the ups and downs are coming hourly instead of daily or weekly. Every piece of bad news is quickly followed by a piece of good news. Or is it the other way around? Mike Pelfrey throws his best start of the season on Saturday, then Niese falters Sunday and Gee gets knocked around for the first time this year on Tuesday.
Reyes says he's not going to negotiate with the Mets during the season, and then his mini-slump ends with a key triple on Wednesday and another multi-hit game on Thursday.
Chris Capuano keeps up his string of great starts with six scoreless innings, but has to leave with abdominal discomfort.
Ike Davis is shut down again, with Sandy Alderson not ruling out season-ending surgery, and then we hear that David Wright could be back on the field within three weeks. But, and see if you can follow this logic, if Wright comes back and the Mets contend for the wild-card that's BAD for the team because you see....
And on it goes. Here's hoping that the pendulum is going the Mets way for the next few weeks, as they've come to one of the toughest portions of their schedule, a three-game series in Texas followed by three in Detroit, home against the Yankees, then out west for their annual "WELP" road trip against the Dodgers and Giants.
Mets have Pelfrey, Niese and Gee going against the powerful Rangers lineup, and it will be interesting to see if the young pitchers are unimpressed enough to...oh God, they're going to get swept aren't they.
Since a few of these upcoming series feature games against other Baseball Feelings contributors' favorite teams, I look forward to following the action with some lively discourse on this blog, peppered with intellect and respect as we discuss the outcomes. Or pictures of Dillon Gee getting eaten by a tiger. It, like the Mets, could go either way!
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