The 'Show-Me' Series
The Mets did what they had to do this weekend, taking two out of three from the Yankees with their two best pitchers on the mound.
Now comes the hard part. Now they've gotta keep it going against the Phillies (i.e., the rival that really matters) with the makeshift back side of their rotation about to take its second turn.
They say momentum is only as good as the next day's pitcher, so what do you say R.A. Dickey? How about you Hisanori Takahashi? Things settle down for the Mets after that, with the suddenly terrific Mike Pelfrey going in the series finale.
On the opposing side, the good news is we'll miss Roy Halladay this series. Honestly though, if the Mets are going to stay in contention this season, they need to win games started by guys other than Pelfrey and Johan Santana, I don't care who the opposing pitcher is.
With Jason Bay heating up at the plate, and David Wright hopefully working through his prodigious strikeout issues, the lineup has shown more signs of life lately.
If the Mets can find a way to win this series, it would go a long way toward putting that disastrous last road trip behind them and reaffirming, at least for the time being, that they deserve to be in the conversation regarding the playoffs.
More than anything though, they need to prove to themselves that they can beat the Phillies without their two best horses leading the way. With Dickey and Takahashi (the latter of whom, granted, has been terrific for us all season) going tonight and tomorrow, that's the situation they're presented with over the next three games.
It all starts tonight. Let's get after it.
- A.F.O.M.G.
Now comes the hard part. Now they've gotta keep it going against the Phillies (i.e., the rival that really matters) with the makeshift back side of their rotation about to take its second turn.
They say momentum is only as good as the next day's pitcher, so what do you say R.A. Dickey? How about you Hisanori Takahashi? Things settle down for the Mets after that, with the suddenly terrific Mike Pelfrey going in the series finale.
On the opposing side, the good news is we'll miss Roy Halladay this series. Honestly though, if the Mets are going to stay in contention this season, they need to win games started by guys other than Pelfrey and Johan Santana, I don't care who the opposing pitcher is.
With Jason Bay heating up at the plate, and David Wright hopefully working through his prodigious strikeout issues, the lineup has shown more signs of life lately.
If the Mets can find a way to win this series, it would go a long way toward putting that disastrous last road trip behind them and reaffirming, at least for the time being, that they deserve to be in the conversation regarding the playoffs.
More than anything though, they need to prove to themselves that they can beat the Phillies without their two best horses leading the way. With Dickey and Takahashi (the latter of whom, granted, has been terrific for us all season) going tonight and tomorrow, that's the situation they're presented with over the next three games.
It all starts tonight. Let's get after it.
- A.F.O.M.G.
posted by A Friend of Mr. Glass' at 8:00 AM
2 Comments:
I know it is not likely, but since we are home and coming off a great series that we could have swept, we need to sweep and make a statement. It is definitely not out of the question.
Win series is more critical than sweeping, sweeps are the territory of do or die moments with only a handful of games left on the clock.
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