Note: Run, Forrest, Run
The Mets are above .500 for the first time since April 18.
Sometimes I feel like a hypocrite, because I am so easily swayed in sports.
The thing is, I watch sports to have fun – and, when it isn’t fun, like the first weeks of the season, I panic. I can’t help it. Then, when the team starts winning, I perk up and get totally wrapped up in the winning.
Sports is about emotion, I am more and more convinced of this every day. And so, if things are going badly with the team, I feel angry and annoyed; and when things are going well, I’m happy and pumped up. It’s not complicated.
I guess this isn’t hypocritical, it’s just human nature.
“It’s why it’s not wise to make judgments early,” Francisco Rodriguez told reporters, when asked about the team’s recent 
play. “We’re playing good now. Last week… you know.”
I just hope the Mets ‘keep their foot on the gas,’ as WFAN’s Craig Carton put it this morning on air.
“We’ve always been confident,” David Wright told reporters following yesterday’s win. “Now the big test is in these next games, now that the hype of the Philly series is over, to keep it going.”
Agreed, because it’s moments like this - winning five of six, sweeping the Phillies and Braves, looking strong, getting my hopes up, and moving to within striking distance of first place - when the Mets slip on a banana peel, lose two of three to the Pirates, and stir up panic among fans again.
