Mets Getting on a Roll as All-Star Break Looms

During last night's game, the Big Blue Wrecking Crew took a night off, but the Wizard and Easley were more than enough for the Rockies. Ollie used his fastball to cast a spell over the Rockies hitters and Damion's big stick blasted a 3-2 pitch over the centerfield wall to give the Mets the win. For the 7th consecutive game the Mets were the winners and they continue to pressure Phillie for the division lead.

Ollie had the fastball hopping and he looked very strong all night. He managed to stay out of trouble for the most part even with 6 walks issued. Maybe it's the Rockies who have something to do with the walks and not John and Ollie. The Rockies don't have a bunch of free swingers on their team and John and Ollie both relay on hitter chasing pitches that are off the plate. Ollie's one mistake was leaving a slider up over the plate that soon left the park. Heilman came into rescue Ollie and scared the bejeebers out of all of us before striking out the last two hitters of the inning. Sanchez continued the trend of scaring the fans and Billy had a dominate 9th inning. He struck out 2 and had the fastball hitting 97. It's good to see Billy getting his game together before he travels to Yankee Stadium next week.

A day after losing out on the last-chance Internet vote, David Wright was selected by Clint Hurdle to fill the roster spot on the NL team vacated by Soriano's injury. I'm glad to see David get on the squad and have a chance to represent the Mets on the field. Maybe he can be the hero and win the game for the NL this year. Since he's a reserve player, he'll most likely be playing in the later innings. Wouldn't it be great to see him come to the plate in the 8th or 9th inning and drive a RBI double into the gap to score the winning run? Or how about a Homerun into Monument park? That would be a fitting finish to the night.

It would have been nice to see some more players from the Mets on the team, but I feel the poor start to the season hurt the chances of that happening. Witless Willie ran the players and the team into the ground trying to save his job and everyone's stats suffered because of it. The fans , including myself, were so pis ed off at the players and the team, that I think it affected the voting. It's only been in the last few weeks that I've felt better about this team, and I'm sure that was a widespread feeling among Mets fans. I believe that attitude is what hurt the chances of Mets players getting to the All-Star Game. Jose' has improved his game and could have joined the team, but there are so many talented SS on winning teams, that someone had to be left home. Santana could have been chosen too, but once again there are so many very good pitchers in the league that his 7-7 record despite a sub 3 ERA hurt him.

Now Pedro will head to the mound this afternoon and hope to continue the winning streak. He looked much better in his last start and should be able to handle the Rockies. He's learning how to pitch all over again, and seems to be getting into a better frame of mind. His arm is strong and his fastball looks like the one from 1997, but his location is off just a touch.

Lets hope the bats come alive again and give Pedro 5-6 runs early in the game. I'd like nothing better than a 9 game winning streak going into the break.