Well, that sucked

As we suspected, Lima Time! was the wrong time. 7 runs in 4 innings, including a Grand Slam to the D-Train. Pitiful. Thankfully, he was DFA'd after the game, making room for Pelfrey. May he never darken the thoughts of Met fans again. If he does, I will start the letter writing campaign to Omar. Lima is done, finished, kaput. Put him (and we fans) out of our respective misery.

The good news last night was, well, not too much. A couple of things spring to mind. For one, Darren Oliver with 5 shutout innings out of the pen. This guy has been fantastic in that role. He gives the team a chance to come back, which they tried last night.

Another bright spot, Xavier Nady with 2 doubles. Xavier has been warming up a tad. Interestingly, it follows a wrist injury. Perhaps the injury is doing for him what a hand/wrist injury did for Jose Reyes. When Reyes hurt his, Willie noted it would force him to shorten his swing. Jose heated up, raising his average 50 odd points, winning back to back POTW awards and having a 13 game hit streak. If Nady does half of that, we as fans would be lucky.

The other good news was the debut of Henry Owens. Wow. Talk about heat, or as Keith called it, "Cheddar Cheese". If he can get that slider over (he did not last night), he will be deadly out of the pen. Perhaps he will get some work the next couple of weeks, so that Omar can determine if he is a replacement for Heilman. Nice debut for the 27 year old "kid".

Speaking of El Rapido, Reyes received 7 stitches to close a cut in his pinky. He is out the rest of the weekend, and possibly the ASG. I feel for him having to miss the game (and feel for my fantasy team, which will miss him). The first one is the best they all say. At the same time, at least he can now rest up for the second half.