What a win

What a game. 14 innings. Keith and Gary wearing Rally caps. That was an epic battle for the ages. What a battle. A year ago the Mets would have folded in the 7th. Two comebacks and a walk off ground rule double- unbelievable.

I don’t know who gets the gameball here. Reyes and his night? Cliffy and his clutch homerun? David Wright and the game winner? Filthy Sanchez and his filth?

Lonestar Met awards the game ball to Kaz Matsui. Solid work in the field and the sac bunts to move the runners were all great. But I think every Met fan that had a hope of redemption for Kaz had to smile when he tied the game. The look on his face was priceless.

The game was not without its ups and downs. It is a tad disturbing that a leadoff triple cant be scored by the heart of the order, but lets face it; they didn’t win the division 14 times in a row by rolling over.

Who said Delgado was a defensive liability? In this early stage of the season Delgado has saved many a wayward throw with his, soon to be patented slap tag of the runner.

Sure a lot of first basemen can do it, but none with the label of "poor fielder."

What a night for Jose Reyes. Reyes may have turned a corner as a leadoff hitter- stay tuned.

I think we all agree that Julio has had some much improved success on the hill. I think we all can agree that no one is confident with him on the hill in a close game. Not even Rick Peterson. When Larry Jones got on Peterson was immediately on the phone to the pen. Julio did a good job of getting out of the inning, but honestly; we all thought the same thing.

Did anyone else find Wagner’s two inning appearance puzzling? I understand that a pitcher needs to gain his confidence back but Billy seems to beat himself up over things like that. It almost seems like he is being coddled. I think the way to get him on track again is to give him the ball in the ninth with a run lead and not bat an eye. He came here to close, let him close.

Finally, Cliffy looked to be righting the ship. I would like to offer one possibility:

Reyes
Beltran
Floyd
Delgado
Wright
Lo Duca
Nady
KazMat
Pitcher

Yeah, yeah, I know, easy to say from my shoes but it is a good idea to ponder. Beltran seems to be where we expected him to be a year ago and logically would improve back in the two hole. Cliffy between Tran and Delgado couldn’t hurt. Not like there is a chance in Hell Willie will do it but fun to comprehend. Logic, no not on Willie’s Mets.

With Zambrano and his big bag against Hudson tomorrow it’s worth a shot.

And get a good night sleep Kaz, you deserve it buddy.

Thanks to Kate the hottie waitress and Fox and the Hound for the hospitality.