Take 2

So Tommy Glavine comes up big. Memo to Fox and ESPN, yes Kuo is a lefty, and he did shut out the Mets in September, but you all seemed to forget that the guy the Mets were pitching wasn't a chump. He does have 290 career wins after all.

We needed Glavine to do well last night. Had he lost, the good feelings from Wednesday would have dissapated. The jackels on ESPN and Fox would have been circling. His Pompousness and the Hyena would have had a field day. I wonder if Tommy was a might pissed over the lack of respect he was accorded coming into the game. If he was, he showed them all what he was made of. This is the Tom Glavine we wanted when he was signed. This is the one we got, when it was needed.

After using the long ball Wednesday, the boys showed they can play small ball as well. Mike's favorites player, Endy Chavez drops a beautiful bunt and would later score. He also had a nice single later on in the 5th. PLD had a sac fly. Jose Jose Jose had a hit, a walk and 2 RBI. Wright had another hit. Nothing powerful, but they got 4 runs.

I cannot say enough good things about the pen. Pedro Dos pitches one shutout inning. Heilman, despite giving up a HR, looked good as well. Wags was on, no Tums needed last night.

The Dodgers helped of course, with a wild pitch, an error and generally poor fundamentals. Little gambled, starting Kuo, and failing to pull him when the Mets started to rattle him. Hmm, where have we seen that before?

So to all the experts who so quickly jumped off the bandwagon, STAY THE HELL OFF! I do not want to hear any of you trying to revise history. I do not want to hear any of you trying to pump the Mets up. You thought they had no chance, and you were wrong. I'm trying to not get so annoyed about this, and enjoy the WINS. I am enjoying the WINS, and am enjoying seeing all these guys look stupid. So I win both ways.

Tomorrow, Trax vs. Maddux. Of course, given their respective careers, Maddux will be favored. Fine. Be that way. Trax will do what he always does, pitch well enough to keep the team in the game. Maddux is not the same pitcher he was. Remember, he goes 5 or 6, then the Dodger pen comes in. Nothing scary there.

Oh, and George S, after seeing how your team played yesterday, you should be a little more concerned with how they look, as opposed to how the Mets look.