Do We Get To The Champagne

Pedro’s on the mound this evening. I am not sure how he will be pitching, or how far the Mets will let him go, but I hope he does well. The Mets could definitely use a boost. They still control their own destiny. In other words, with a magic number of nine and more than nine games to play (only by one), they could clinch regardless of what the Phillies do.

The problem of course is, the Mets have not been playing to win. They are finding new ways to lose. They are not getting any help from the Phillies who are finding ways to win. I do not think the Mets will go the rest of the season without winning another ballgame, nor do I think the Phillies will go the rest of the way without losing another one. Still, the Mets are making this much closer than it needs to be. They are playing like they do not want to be there. They certainly are playing like they do not deserve to be there.

Willie made a statement saying that this will all be forgotten when the Mets are sipping champagne. This is probably true. The only thing is, right now I am not convinced that they will be sipping champagne. And if they are, will they be able to do it more than once? Of course once post season starts, anything can happen, just look at the Cardinals last year, still right now one has to question if the Mets will go to the post season and if they do, how far they will get.

Hopefully they will get far.

Let’s Go Mets!