Mets win again, Pen is Revived
Two wins in a row on the road and we can make the following observations:

1. Niese is not ready for prime time just yet. First batter he faced homered - no crime there Santana and Pedro love the early gopher ball. But the subsequent meltdown in the 4th was more Annie than ace. In another season or two he could be another Pelf but as Jerry rightly noted:
2. Bullpen appears, for the moment anyway, to have silenced their critics with 13 straight scoreless innings.
3. Milwaukee's bullpen, by contrast, has blown both games against the Mets.
4. Given the above, conceivably the Mets could breeze to the NLCS if the Brewers ended up being their first round playoff opponent. They aren't patient enough to win in the post season.
5. Why isn't Brian Stokes, who has surrendered only 2 runs in 16 innings of relief for the Mets, the closer? Not enough melodrama?
6. Umps in this series, getting in Beltran's way at home on Monday nearly injuring him and then in Ricky Week's way last night makes me wonder if they aren't more fit as circus clowns than umps.

7. Is Beltran finally backing up his Spring Training bravado now hitting .400 with 5 homers and 13 RBI sin the last 9 games?
1. Niese is not ready for prime time just yet. First batter he faced homered - no crime there Santana and Pedro love the early gopher ball. But the subsequent meltdown in the 4th was more Annie than ace. In another season or two he could be another Pelf but as Jerry rightly noted:
"This situation that we're in is not a time to be grooming or looking at people for the years to come. We're in a pennant race, and we're going to put the best people out there - day-in and day-out - to start the game. If he performs well, obviously you give him another shot."
2. Bullpen appears, for the moment anyway, to have silenced their critics with 13 straight scoreless innings.
3. Milwaukee's bullpen, by contrast, has blown both games against the Mets.
4. Given the above, conceivably the Mets could breeze to the NLCS if the Brewers ended up being their first round playoff opponent. They aren't patient enough to win in the post season.
5. Why isn't Brian Stokes, who has surrendered only 2 runs in 16 innings of relief for the Mets, the closer? Not enough melodrama?
6. Umps in this series, getting in Beltran's way at home on Monday nearly injuring him and then in Ricky Week's way last night makes me wonder if they aren't more fit as circus clowns than umps.
7. Is Beltran finally backing up his Spring Training bravado now hitting .400 with 5 homers and 13 RBI sin the last 9 games?
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Luis has had, since joining the Mets, 7 good outings and 2 bad outings. That is pretty good, a better percentage, I bet, than Billy. And in one of the bad outings, he actually did get the save, so maybe I shouldn't even count that as bad.
1 blown save
5 saves
1 win
2 appearances with no decision, but also with no hits, no earned runs and no walks in them
sorry if I sound argumentative.
Whether this is conscious or subconscious, I don't know. Apparently Ayala did this in Washington, which explains his turnaround, and both Aaron and Billy seem guilty of this at times in NY.