If you look at today’s standings you’ll notice the Mets are 12-5 against the east.
You will also notice that the Nats, Braves and Marlins have each only played around 9 games within the division. That means the other teams will be playing each other. And when they do, someone has to lose. That will help clear the logjam that finds four of the five teams above .500
Of course when someone loses that means someone wins. Let’s hope for lots and lots of splits, and hope that the Mets continue to take care of their own dirty work.
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Although I’m still mad at Joe Torre over capgate, I do think he’s right about getting to five games over .500 (and then 10 and then 15..). Get to five over and then treat that like the new .500. If you fall to 4 over again be mad and claw your way back to the new .500. Stay 5 over for a while and eventually you get hot and 10 becomes your new floor. 10 over is 86 wins.
So big game tonight. Not life or death, but a game that can make your season.
Sounds like I missed a fun game last night!
doesn’t have to be multiples of 5. I say make 4 the new ‘floor’ since it’s been a ceiling they haven’t beaten yet this season. And also the high water mark last season.
I’m going to rain a little on the party. On the morning of May 9th, 2010, the Mets sat at 17-13. And, we all remember what happened that summer. There is a long way to go.
Now, I’m enjoying this team. I was following the game on GameDay, and Twitter, and almost turned the computer off after the second inning. But, it had nothing to do with the team or game. It was the whiny negativity of the Mets “fans” on twitter.
But, I stuck around, and resisted the urge to berate all of the whiny twitter “fans” with the same vile disparaging comments they were directing toward the Mets players like a collection of nasty, spoiled little school girls. And, while I was sitting there at the end of nine, with a smile on my face, I can’t say I enjoyed my “game” experience.
Great comment!