Machiavelli

I’m not convinced that was Jason Bay out there tonight.

I think that was a hologram of a previous Jason Bay taking his place.  For one night, Jason Bay rose from the dead to take a home run away, and then seal the deal with one of his own to help the Mets to a 6-1 win. The home run robbery was great enough, as he ran full sprint towards the corner in the fifth inning of a 1-1 tie and leapt over the wall and cradled the Jack Wilson home run turned F-7. Poetic justice? Of course it was. It’s Jack Wilson for crying out loud. He shouldn’t be hitting home runs anyway.

Wilson has 61 home runs in twelve seasons, so when Bay robbed him, he probably was acting like the kid that watched his sisters get the Wii … on the inside, of course. Wilson’s home run pace is about the same pace that Bay’s been on in his Mets career. But hey, Machiavelli now has two. On Bay’s home run on Monday, I loved watching his face upon making contact. He had a look on his face that looked like the kids that actually got the Wii. He probably had that same look on his face when he realized he was facing Livan Hernandez who, when he retires, will probably become the Marlins’ new home run sculpture.

Ike Davis had the big blow against the Braves, a three run dinger in the sixth off Tommy Hanson, who made Davis look silly on Opening Day. And it should allow people to exhale about the season arc of Davis. He’s going to be fine. He’s going to put more smiles on our faces than frowns, so nobody panic, please. It was all Dillon Gee needed as his seven inning, one run performance gave the Mets their latest great performance from a starting pitcher. The boys over at Amazin’ Avenue wondered if Gee was a poor man’s Steve Trachsel. I don’t know what criteria they use to compare, but all I know is this: Monday’s game was 2 hours and 26 minutes. Even if Trachsel had a similarly good game, we’d still be in the fourth inning. So maybe Gee is Steve Trachsel in a Mazerati … with Jose Canseco driving.