As for stealing with a lead, I think anything done when the lead is 8 runs or less is fine. Is the opposing team going to promise not to try to comeback from that deficit before Jose promises to stop stealing bases?

Everyone is worrying about Jose’s celebrations and lack of hustle sometimes. But where are the veterans? Omar keeps saying they are there so the young kids can learn from them. But what type of message does that send to the kids when Delgado and Franco (when he was there) don’t always run out a grounder? And if you want your kids to play the game the right way, then don’t bring in a coach who dogged it on the field for your own team nonetheless, and who played cards in the clubhouse during a critical playoff game.

As for other teams always wanting to beat the Mets, maybe that has to do do with their standing atop the division for so long more than anything else.

Here’s hoping little Shea continues to bring us good luck.

GO METSIES!

I totally agree about Reyes and his antics with the hand jiving. I personally think it’s classless and needs to stop. I can understand now why Glavine stated on WFAN that teams this year have it in for the Mets and want to beat them. Yesterday during the Mets Broadcast on TV Darlin made a comment also that if Reyes and Milledge want to celebrate the home run do it in the dugout not on the on deck circle. All your doing is firing up the other team. Unfortunately now you also have Milledge and the two are going to piss a lot of people off because Milledge is very cocky.

“Amazin” and “Miracle” and “Ya Gotta Believe” were all great for their times and their places, but this is a different time and a different place and it needs its own turn of word.

And so I offer:

”#@&% It, Why NOT Us?”

Y’know? A nice ring to it. A now kinda ring to it.

#@&% It, Why NOT Us? Lets go Mets!

A few things:

-I will post in the morning something on tiebreakers.

-No time set for one-game playoff Monday. It should be in the day, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it is a night game. One scenario could have Mets playing in Philly Monday then in Colorado on Tuesday. Thanking MLB and the networks in advance for that screwball scenario. That’s bad for the sport and warps the playoffs, but as long as MLB gets to cash the checks it doesn’t care.

-About those Ramirez comments I posted. They come from the fact the Mets irritate a lot of people. Reyes and Milledge didn’t help matters any today. Why do things that annoy the other team? Makes no sense. That crap Reyes does in the dugout after homers has to stop. So does stealing with a big lead. And, don’t you think Reyes had to say something, or gesture in some way to Olivo? Why else would he sprint across the field like that? Don’t get me wrong, I like Reyes. But, I would like him better if he didn’t act like such a punk at times.

-No starter yet for Monday. Probably Mike Pelfrey or Orlando Hernandez, or a combination between the two.

-Paul Lo Duca questionable for tomorrow.

-Oliver Perez is available out of the pen tomorrow.

-Yeah, I can see Perez and Mike DiFelice get nailed for a game or two for their part in the brawl.

-Had the umps been miked today like I have long suggested, Reyes’ exchanged with Olivo could have been picked up.

I hope you night owls keep it up.-JD

Two rarities almost occured at Shea on Saturday—a no-hitter and a ‘Pier 6 brawl’. Well the brawl occured, if that’s what you want to call it. It was more of a gathered discussion except for one “bad boy” who was sent to the showers early. But more on this Saturday afternoon rumble later. (I was actually rooting for a brawl several times during the course of the season, especially during the June swoon and a couple of weeks ago, figuring something like a good ol’ fashioned ass whoopin’ would be just the thing to unite and propel the Mets to a boatload of victories).

The only thing that alluded the Mets yesterday was their first no-hitter—again. On Saturday, Maine pitched as brilliantly as any Met had in years as he mowed and filleted the Fish left and right striking out 14 and allowing just one hit in 7 2/3 innings. It was then that a Marlins backup catcher hit the slowest of ground balls up the 3rd base line that a charging Wright had to eat. That sad little shot was the only hit given up by His Majesty King John Maine as his wizardry on the mound coupled with the resurgent Mets 19-hit offense left them 1/2 game out of 1st place at game’s end. Later in the afternoon, the Nats dropped the Phils 4-2 to make short the Phils tenure as sole occupants of first place as the Mets elbowed their way back atop the NL East to join the shocked Phils.

The Mets win didn’t come without problems as tempers flared in the Mets half of the 5th inning and a sight which is very seldom seen, a Mets bench clearing, was the result of an errant pitch by Harvey Garcia that ran behind Castillo. A few moments after that fracas settled down which was nothing more than a lot of jawing and mouthing off, another one erupted (this one with a little more fervor) when during a pitcher change, Fish catcher Olivo charged Reyes who at the time was on 3rd and was jawing at the Fish who were congregating on the mound. Olivo charged Reyes from the mound and all hell broke loose again.

However, this is a new century and fights ain’t what they used to be, pa! Aside from the off-target punch thrown by Olivo that missed Reyes and skimmed off of 3b coach Alomar along with several other sporadic eruptions consisting of minor grabbing and shoving, nothing of significance materialized as no other punches were thrown. Just a lot of jawing and moaning. I was waiting for Kevin Mitchell to come out and start giving oxygen-depriving headlocks a la 1986 to any Marlin that was within his reach.

But the ironic twist o’ the day came when the 2nd string Marlins catcher Paul Hoover (in for the ejected Olivo who Reyes earlier fiddled with from his perch at 3rd base) was the guy who “Qualled” Maine for the lone hit. The moral of the story: A little less lip and a little more heads-up baseball…REYES!!!

GO METS!

Before I say Goodnight to my fellow Met fans, we have a game tomorrow that counts…...how it will all end up we don’t know…..but tomorrow is the saddest day of the year ….it is the last day of the regular baseball season….......like Joe Buck once said, when you need the rose the most,,,,,,it leaves…..

God I love this game…..Go Mets…..Godspeed

Gil, Joan, Casey and Tug are definately watching their team…let’s jus be alittle weary of old Tugger, he did win one with the Phils!!!

I also like to think that Bob Murphy is up there calling the games for all the legions of Met fans who have passed!!!