Mets Fortunes Finally Turning

Well it's taken all of a miserable season but it's finally beginning to look like the Mets terrible fortunes are turning the corner. Two days ago, to great relief the Mets found out there were "only" bone chips to be removed out of Johan Santana's elbow and "only" the rest of the season would be lost. Time to take the rest of your miserable career off, buddy. Yesterday, to everyone's vast relief it was revealed that Oliver Perez FINALLY requires season-ending knee surgery. The only caveat of course is that the surgery won't be career-ending but when the doses of good news are finally dripping down I guess we shouldn't get too greedy. Taking his place on the roster is the venerated Lance Broadway , who if you recall was the fodder we got from the White Sox in return for Ramon Castro . Ramon is hitting a whopping .192 for the White Sox, one of the few players in history who isn't doing better once he left the Mets. Broadway of course, th...