Man up and get dirty. Swagger is another word for thinking your better than everyone else. That doesn’t work anymore when the little guy stands up and punches you square in the mouth. Now its about Guts.

Though I do think it is riotous that someone thinks Wright, Reyes, and Beltran need to be dealt to “fix” the “problem.”

on sept 10, the mets beat the nats 13-10 to go 3.5 games ahead of the phillies. after the game, the mets moved to 82-63, which means they had played 145 games. 162-145=17. there were 17 games to play and they lead the phillies by 3.5 games.

Frankly, last year has innured me to this. They literally made me sick last year. I was a horror to be around for both my wife and kids all of September. This year, I’m just going to hope the boys will find a way to do it.

Frankly, despite the fact we didn’t do it with the bats the past couple of days, this isn’t an offense problem. This series would have a completely different feel if we had come in on a 5 game winning streak, which is exactly what it would have been if we didn’t have the combination of crucial injuries and underperforming members of the bullpen. Those two losses have caused the offense to feel like it needs to score 10 runs every night to win, hence the pressing and subsequent underperformance.

That said, this spiral can certainly straighten itself out. One good offensive game can get this guys clicking again, and I think there are a few guys (Smith, Stokes) that are proving they can handle September. We’re lucky in the fact that Houston is cooling off, and Milwaukee may be headed into a complete death spiral. Frankly, I want the Division, but Shea deserves at least one last October run, and all I ask for out of my team each year is to get to the postseason–all else is a wonderful bonus.

Lets Go Mets