I have been saying for awhile now that the Mets needed to go on an extended winning streak and that they needed to sweep a series. They have now done that. The just swept a weekend series and the took five out of six on this road trip. Forget for a moment that the sweep came against the lowly Washington Nationals who are in last place in the NL East. Forget for a moment that while they took two out of three from Pittsburgh, the Mets gave away that last game (A six game winning streak, two consecutive sweeps and winning every game on the road trip would have been EXCELLENT). Forget for a moment the Mets let the Pirates get back in the first two games of that series but did hold on to win. Forget for a moment some of the pitching woes.
The bottom line is they did take three in a row from the Nationals and five of six on the road trip. That is really what I wanted them to do, what I think they needed to do and ultimately what they did. Once again they have pushed the lead back to five game between themselves and the second place team (it has never been more than five).
If I heard correctly on television today, since the All-Star break there have only been two occasions where the Mets have won and both the Braves and Phillies have lost. Still, if the Mets play like they are capable of doing, if they start playing well at home (still a concern, especially now as they head back to Shea), if they do what they can do and what they need to do, this team will be around come postseason. I certainly feel much better right now than I did a week ago at this time.
Keep up the good work!
Let’s Go Mets!
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