Looking For Heroes? Try Last Month's Gutter
Show of hands:
Back in May or even June, who amongst you thought you'd be mentioning Carlos Delgado and Aaron Heilman in the same breath as victory and heroes?
Thought so, yet there they were last night, leading the Mets on to a key 4-1 victory ovder the Marlins to hold serve on a slim first place lead in the face of a Phillies victory.
It was Delgado's 2-run homer, his like what, 100th homer in July already to go with his .367 batting average for the month and Heilman's unexpectedly clutch four strikeouts in two innings of set-up work to Hillbilly Wagner, who earned save number 27.
And in addition to that pair, another candidate for the annual Laughingstock to Lazarus Award, Oliver Perez wowed 'em again with with a solid, albeit somewhat abbreviated performance and knocks his ERA down to 1.36 over his last 6 starts.
And frankly, the emergence of Perez, Pelfrey and Delgado form a solid nucleus for explaining why the Mets suddenly look like NL East favourites instead of mutts.
In any event, nice rebound from a frustrating loss the night before. If we'd known we'd might take 6 of 9 from the Phillies, Cardinals and Marlins following the All Star break, I think we'd have known we'd be looking pretty damned good heading into what is expected to be a watered-down August schedule which has the earmarks of sending the Mets skyrocketing into a bulging NL East lead by September. Even if the Phillies get Manny Ramirez.
Back in May or even June, who amongst you thought you'd be mentioning Carlos Delgado and Aaron Heilman in the same breath as victory and heroes?
Thought so, yet there they were last night, leading the Mets on to a key 4-1 victory ovder the Marlins to hold serve on a slim first place lead in the face of a Phillies victory.
It was Delgado's 2-run homer, his like what, 100th homer in July already to go with his .367 batting average for the month and Heilman's unexpectedly clutch four strikeouts in two innings of set-up work to Hillbilly Wagner, who earned save number 27.
And in addition to that pair, another candidate for the annual Laughingstock to Lazarus Award, Oliver Perez wowed 'em again with with a solid, albeit somewhat abbreviated performance and knocks his ERA down to 1.36 over his last 6 starts.
And frankly, the emergence of Perez, Pelfrey and Delgado form a solid nucleus for explaining why the Mets suddenly look like NL East favourites instead of mutts.
In any event, nice rebound from a frustrating loss the night before. If we'd known we'd might take 6 of 9 from the Phillies, Cardinals and Marlins following the All Star break, I think we'd have known we'd be looking pretty damned good heading into what is expected to be a watered-down August schedule which has the earmarks of sending the Mets skyrocketing into a bulging NL East lead by September. Even if the Phillies get Manny Ramirez.
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