Guess who's back.....

Well, its only me...but, I havent been updating in awhile. Ill start with the Mets, since they should come first and foremost:

• Like what I'm seeing. Matt Cerrone over at Metsblog called this lineup "slump-proof"...at first, I disagreed, then I thought about it....perhaps he's right? The lineup is diverse, and can score in many different ways.....not like the Major Deegan Douchebags, which rely on the home run. I find it hard to believe that the lineup will suffer a power outage as well as a slump from Reyes, Nady, etc.
  

• Jose Reyes could be one of the most exciting players in baseball. Not only his speed, but his dynamic personality and athleticism on and off the field....only other people I can see in the conversation are Carl Crawford, Pujols (in a different way), K-Rod, etc. Mind you, im not talking about best player, Im talking most exciting. Watch him hit high gear when the ball scurries to the gap.....and try and disagree with me.
  

• Equation for winning = Starter (6-7 IP)+Sanchez/Heilman (1-2 IP)+Wagner (9th) = win. Its that simple.....when you start throwing variables like Darren Oliver and Jorge Roja-itez into the mix, thats when the arithmatic goes askew. How long can the starters keep this up?

• Have to love Brian Bannister so far.....solid performances, good attitude, and more youth to build on, perhaps. Now, its only been 2 games, both vs. Washington, so I'm going to call off the Cooperstown engravers, but its been a nice start.
  

• Cliff Floyd, are you out there? Looks like hes on top of the fastball about as well as I would be. Its early and all, but he looked like an ass guaranteeing a home run on TRL when he couldn't hit it out of the infield.
  

• I'm in love with Paul LoDuca. I was saying to a customer a while back that he was going to have a fight by the end of the year, and a day later, he was a step away from tackling Jose Guillen last game vs. Pedro. Even so, great quote by him the other day, in response to threats by Guillen to fight Pedro, "I think a lot of people say a lot of stuff when people are not in their face, so we'll see what happens when we're out on the field..." Great line. Hes that tough, in-your-face catcher we've been looking to get.......a real leader on the team. He's tough, calls a good game, and has those intangibles that can't be measured on the field. Im glad Omar told Bengie Molina to go scratch...we got our NY guy....

• Not to beat a dead horse, but how good is David Wright? So far : .435, 2 HR, 10 RBI, a stolen base, two walks and ZERO strikeouts. Especially with a guy that had a bit of a K problem last year, thats great to see.
  

• Carlos Beltran - what a bomb he hit off Rodriguez yesterday...Cant get the distance on it, but it was a shot....who knew?