Note: Confidence and Beards
The Mets have won four games in a row, they’re three games below .500, and five losses back of the Wild Card with 62 games left.
Frankly, it’s not rocket science: they’re making contact with the bats, running and driving in runs, they’re playing tight defense and pitching well… that’s it… it’s not complicated.
“Even before today, everybody was thinking that we’re going to make a run at this thing,” Pelfrey explained. “Everybody is pretty confident that after Oct. 4, we’ll still be playing… We’re just playing better baseball right now. We keep this up and we get those guys back, you watch out. We’re going to make a run at this.”
The team looks confident.
I was on field yesterday, before the game, and they all looked comfortable, there were lots of smiles, they had their kids around, the players looked relaxed and focused, they took early infield practice, the team stretched together, and there was lots of work going on, such as Carlos Delgado working with Daniel Murphy on defense out at first base. Talking with people around the water 
cooler, I sense this the team is confident and comfortable with where they’re at, and, most important, they’re starting to settle in to roles, while knowing who they are, and what they’re about… dare I say, they have a little swagger. Good timing, since, this is basically it, these next 26 games will make or break the season.
By the way, it appears several players are doing the Playoff Beard thing, such as Omir Santos, Brian Schneider, Angel Pagan, David Wright and Jeff Francoeur, among others. Yikes, there are 62 games left, so, these guys will be approaching 2004 Johnny Damon territory if they keep it up through September… should be interesting.
