Goose Eggs!

This is what the lads are supposed to do if they're planning on going places. Beat the crap teams and keep the losses to a minimum. Last night, Glavine and the Mets beat the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates again, this time a little more easily, 6-0 in nine innings.

Tom Glavine. Three hits and 10 strikeouts. In fact, striking out more than a third of the 27 batters he faced, impressive, even if they were only Pirate batters. If he gets six strikeouts in his next start in Philadelphia next week he will move ahead of K-Legend, Sandy Koufax at 2,397. Not 300 wins yet, but pretty big stuff. Damn near Hall of Fame.


This is what they call the "K Position". Lettuce Pray.

Glavine's brilliant pitching was supplemented, among others, by Xavier Nady's three-run homer. Nady, after a night off, had four RBIs


The three-run homerun payback is just around the bend...

In addition to Nady's heroics, David Wright had a night of his own, bursting out of a miserable slump to get four hits for the fourth time in his career.

The Mets are now 10 games over .500 for the first time since the end of 2000.

And now of course, a chance to kick the Braves down the stairs and slam the door shut.

*****

A rare flashback:


Mike Stivic (Rob Reiner): Do you know that in many countries, England for instance, there is a law that says whatever two consenting adults do in private is their own business?

Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor): Listen, this ain't England. We threw England outta here a long time ago. We don't want no more part of England and for your information, England is a fag country.

Mike: What?!

Archie: Certainly. Ain't they still picking handkerchiefs out of their sleeves? The whole country is based on a kind of ... fagdom.

the rest: Bunker