Enjoy The Ride

Swept. Sweep. Swept. Sweep? The Mets are one game away from a feat that I’m sure research will uncover hasn’t happened since the 1910 Brooklyn Superbas or something. (And by the way, Superbas is a stupid name.) So I hope that you’re enjoying the ride. But mainly you’ve let out a sigh of relief that Johan Santana’s no-hitter didn’t sap him of his superpowers and make him useless for the rest of the year (though it might have done that to Mike Baxter.)

Santana went six strong (four hits, two walks, five K’s) in the Mets’ win over the Baltimore Orioles, setting them up for the Mets fourth sweep, good and bad, in a row. The roller coaster continues, and they’re a Dillon Gee victory away from keeping that in tact. Wednesday’s win was the return of Santana to prominence, which coincided with his return to Citi Field. And now that Santana has returned to form, it sets the Mets up for a very interesting immediate future, where if they can get some solid outings from the bottom of the rotation and just a little more from the lineup (Jordany Valdespin with two RBI’s while playing left field could either be a “Eureka” moment, or Todd Hundley part two), they can gain some ground on the slumping Nationals. The Nats lost to the Rays on Tuesday despite Davey Johnson getting another pitcher ejected with pine tar in his glove. This clearly means that Orel Hershisher will be flying to Washington to pitch the Rays to victory in the 12th inning on Wednesday.