Yay - We Won

Mike was in the lineup tonight, so I guess we can put the whole "will Mike ever catch for Pedro" controversy to rest. It seems that all the talk over it was greatly amusing to Willie, who made a joke about not announcing the lineup because he wanted to keep everyone in suspense. Anyway, Pedro struck out eleven batters, and basically looked awesome. Carlos had two dingers, and for anyone who heard the Milwaukee broadcast, he hit the first one right after the announcers were discussing his poor performance at Miller Park so far. Just as one of them says "You can't keep a guy like Beltran down for long," Carlos parked a fastball into the right field bleachers. It was classic. I also enjoyed watching Cliff give a cracked bat to a little Met fan wearing a "vote for Pedro" t-shirt. But the best of all was the bullpen. DeJean and Hernandez combined for two shutout innings. Sweet.

I think the only guy in the Mets dugout feeling not at all relaxed right now is Tom Glavine. I kind of feel bad for the guy.