After witnessing two terribly discouraging losses, we were treated to a baseball rarity these days, an old-fashioned pitching duel. Pelfry looked great and worked out of a number of jams.

There were no major hiccups today, except for Wright’s throwing error. I was glad that he didn’t have to throw the ball in the 8th inning with the tying and go-ahead runs on base for the Brewers, but was able to end the inning by stepping on third. I watched a lot of his warmup throws between innings, and those are almost as much of an adventure as they are during the game.

We are now 5-2 in games we’ve attended at Miller Park during the past 3 seasons, though we were hoping to be 7-0.

But I also understand your frustration with people who jump on individual players (Tatis, Castillo, Heilman, etc) and find a way to blame them for everything that anyone does wrong. It’s best to just ignore that nonsense.

Now, if we get a bat, I won’t be mad. I just don’t think this is a good market for the Mets to be doing business in.

I would have loved to get DeRosa though.

I’m just saying, Pelf stepped up and worked through some trouble, we committed no errors, and we beat a pitcher who was dominant today. If this rag-tag group can get their minds right, we will stay in contention.

I’m reminded manager Joe Riggins in Bull Durham. We can’t afford to lolly-gag.

You can’t tell me that these three guys are top prospects based on what you have seen. Potential to be decent players? I suppose. But to sit on these guys and watch the season disappear doesn’t make sense to me. The injuries are going to cost us games, and eventually the season, or it will cost us the extra talent teams are supposedly charging us to replace SOME missing offense now.