Finally, It's Time For A Rave

Finally, It's Time For A RaveEven though we are calling our blog Rants and Raves, you wouldn't know it by reading the first few posts. We haven't had much to rave about but finally, something good happened. I was starting to think about pulling the site down already, thinking our words were killing the Mets' chances of making the playoffs. Finally, it's time for a rave. The Mets played a pretty good game last night. The offense saw contributions from David Wright, Moises Alou and even Jose Reyes. Jeff Conine dropped down a successful sacrifice bunt to move Alou over to third so he could easily score on Paul LoDuca's sac fly. Speaking of LoDuca, he is exactly the kind of player the Mets need. Someone who really cares and will do anything to win. He has been one of their most vocal critics during this most recent slump and he has backed up all of that talk by playing hard and doing his part to win. After getting hit on the hand during his 8th inning at bat, he tried to come back on the field only to leave after being unable to throw the ball to second base. By the way, after being disgusted with the recent losing streak, LoDuca went back to his hotel room Tuesday night and shaved his head. It will be interesting to see if any of his teammates follow suit.Mike Pelfrey was pretty good overall. He had a few rough spots but got through them with little damage. Jorge Sosa bailed him out in the 6th inning. It was good to see Willie Randolph finally execute the double-switch the correct way in the right situation. Nice! Sosa pitched a scoreless 7th and Aaron Heilman pitched a scoreless 8th leading to Billy Wagner who gave up a run but ended the game and the 5 game losing streak. Us Mets fans can finally breathe a slight sigh of relief. The losing streak is over and now it's off to Miami to face Dontrell Willis and the Florida Marlins. Willis was pushed back from his last start so he can face the Mets in the series opener. Looks like the Marlins are trying to play spoiler. Glavine starts tonight, followed by Pedro, Perez and Maine. Let's start a winning streak so we can have more to rave about.