Despite all the bullpen troubles, the Mets have pulled back within a tie for first place with the Philadelphia Phillies. Much thanks to Nomar Garciaparra for hitting a bottom of the 9th inning walk-off home run last night to beat the Phillies.
With all the issues and griping, one would expect this team to be 15 games out and severely incapable of winning games, yet here they are in first place in the middle of August. All the whining I hear from Mets fans, if you didn't know what team they were rooting for, you would think we were all
This team has a definite shot at making another run. A few key players are getting very hot (Carlos Beltran, David Wright, and even Daniel Murphy) and the team showed no flaws in last nights 12-0 romp of Washington.
The bullpen obviously need work, but Billy Wagner should be back by Monday, for better or worse. Just the mental aspect of having him in the bullpen will help the team and the rest of the relief corp.
I'm calling it now: The Mets will stand alone in first place by tomorrow morning.
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