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Beltran to DL, Reyes in Car Accident, Perez Blasted, Yet Mets Win!?

Written by Mike Mariano | 23 June 2009

Ok, this is getting out of hand, but it is getting to the point where it is expected: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="360" caption="WTF Is Going On?"]WTF Is Going On?[/caption] Wow, what a day!  But in the end, the Mets were able to pull out a win last night over the Cards 6-4. I didn't see the entire game because I decided instead to see the American premier of Donnie Yen's new film about Ip Man; Wing Chun master and Bruce Lee's master. I highly recommend it for all martial arts movie enthusiasts.  However, I feel this quote from Alex Cora must be the mindset for this team going forward:
“It takes more than five superstars to win a World Series.  Tonight was a total team effort.  Stokes comes in, in that situation, and gets the best hitter in baseball to hit in to a double play.  That’s what it’s going to take, you know.  Fernando Martinez gets on a plane, shows up in the seventh, and gets a bunt down… Murphy hits a home run.  You know, it’s a total team effort.  If you’re gonna talk about team wins, tonight was a great example and that’s what we need to do.”
I like that Cora has asserted himself as a leader on this team.  He is a veteran, has played on winning teams and is well respected.  And when you have Fernando Tatis batting cleanup, the only way you are going to win is like they did last night. Do all the little things perfectly right; which admittedly, the Mets have not been the best at.  Castillo almost was thrown out at the plate last night because he looked back after rounding third.  JUST F'N RUN LUIS!  You got the go sign, there is no need to look back.  While it was just an insurance run, it was an important run and the game could have gone differently had they not scored.  But K-Rod came in and shut the door in the ninth rendering it a moot point. It's not all doom and gloom though.  There is some good news on the horizon:
  • John Maine had a good rehab outing going 4 innings while giving up just one run.  He could be back next week.
  • Billy Wagner could be back in as early as 4 weeks!  This would be great for the mets who really only have one Lefty in their bullpen.  And at the rate he is being used, his arm WILL fall off.
  • Every day that goes by is another day closer to the return of Delgado.
So with last nights win, and Philly being swept consecutive home series and doing their best injury impression of the Mets, we move 1.5 games out of first place.  It really is amazing.  Feeling the heat Pricktorino?:
"We'll be fine. We're defending champs, and we're not defending champs for no reason. At the end of the day, I'm walking out of this place, and we're still in first place. That's how you've got to look at it."
It's not wise to rest on your previous accomplishments Vicky.  If you do, you may not be in first place for very long.  Here come the newly dubbed UNDERDOG METS.

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