Really?!!

Picture a stunned and confused look on my face. You don't know what I look like, so let me make this easier. Picture a stunned and confused look on a handsome man's face. Better.

Joe Smith will be demoted because the Mets don't want to lose any "bullets" by letting Jorge Sosa go. Really?!! No, REALLY?!!

What happens when your "bullet" hits you in the foot? It's gonna hurt, and everyone's gonna make fun of you. Meanwhile, we have Joe Smith, who is apparently only a BB gun pellet, or some other ineffective projectile. But correct me if I'm wrong, shooting someone else with a BB gun is much more effective than shooting yourself in the foot, right?

Hopefully this story by Rubin is right (not that the other one wasn't, if that's what it sounds like), and Joe Smith is going to stick around.

And hopefully Tatis isn't being called up to replace David Wright. But who knows, the Mets may think they need to use all their bullets.

I Wish You Would Step Back From That Ledge My Friend

Ok, how to go about this. Perspective talk or the sky is falling? Hmmm, neither.

Instead, let's focus on the positives for a moment.

1. Carlos Delgado. Two hits, one of which was a home run to open the scoring. He's hit well thus far in the season, and hopefully can keep it up.
2. Oliver Perez. Willie wasn't thrilled with his performance, but I'll take any performance in which he doesn't give up any runs. Also, he got in a situation early in the game where he walked the pitcher and eventually the bases were loaded. This is one of those situations where he implodes, but he got out of it. I also saw him imploding in the sixth, but Willie took him out in a move I agree with.
3. Another note on Ollie's performance yesterday. Watching the game on Gamecast he didn't have a ball hit deep at all. I can't tell how hard the balls were being hit, but it didn't look like he was getting hammered.
4. Our starting pitching, in general, has been good, when it was supposed to be a question mark. (We'll see how I feel after the Big Pelf pitches tonight)

The bad news. We can't hit. Our leadoff hitters don't get on, we don't hit with runners in scoring position, yesterday we had some serious WTP issues. Bullpen, also an issue. Joe Smith is our only reliever who has pitched more than one inning and has an ERA under 5.4. Fortunately, it's early in the season and those ERA's should come down. Shouldn't they?

What it boils down to is it's still early in the season. But I'm sick of this "every team goes through a rough patch" talk. Quit making excuses and go out and win. When you win, you don't have to make excuses.

Bowling and David Wright

First of all, my prayers go out to David Wright and his family, who are mourning the loss of Helen Wright, David's grandmother. David has missed the last couple days of camp. Take your time David.

Ok, on to some lighthearted stuff, the news you need to know. According to Adam Rubin, Joe Smith beat John Maine bowling on Friday night, 131-115. This is the news I like to know about. Makes me feel good about the 149 I put up last night. Sign me up for Pros Vs. Joes: Bowling Edition. I like my chances.

In all seriousness, it's just great to hear about these guys having fun. Stories going around about bowling, Shrek hitting (or not hitting) peppers with a loaf of bread, Pedro selling mangos... I feel blessed to root for a team who loves this game and each other as much as we love rooting for them.

March 31st can't get here soon enough.